Chief Metallurgist

ENTRUST • Warrenville, IL

1d • Remote

About The Position

ENTRUST Solutions Group, a Leidos company, is seeking a Chief Metallurgist to serve as a trusted technical leader and subject matter expert. The role supports clients and project teams in addressing complex materials, integrity, and reliability challenges. It combines hands-on technical expertise, client partnership, and project leadership, and is designated remote, with work primarily from home and in-person availability for client meetings, site visits, team events, or training when needed.

The Chief Metallurgist leads and supports failure analysis investigations, fitness-for-service evaluations, integrity management initiatives, and development of welding and joining procedures, material specifications, and non-destructive inspection requirements. The role also helps maintain technical standards, operating and maintenance procedures, and integrity management practices that support safe, reliable operations.

The position works directly with clients to define project scope, deliverables, and schedules, and serves as a technical lead or key member of multidisciplinary project teams. It helps ensure projects meet quality and profitability expectations, contributes expertise to proposals and RFP/RFQ/RFI responses, and collaborates across business units to connect people and resources to project needs. The role also builds client relationships and supports a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and practical problem-solving.

Requirements

• Engineering or other appropriate technical degree.
• Professional registration is required.
• 10–15 years of materials science and metallurgy experience in a natural gas or liquid pipeline operating company or engineering consulting firm.
• At least five years of experience in a management role.
• Collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• Exceptional communication skills, especially at the technical level.
• Ability to build relationships with staff and customers.
• Strong industry contacts.
• Unquestioned business and personal integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support failure analysis investigations.
• Conduct or support fitness-for-service evaluations and integrity management initiatives.
• Develop welding and joining procedures, material specifications, and non-destructive inspection requirements.
• Help maintain technical standards, operating and maintenance procedures, and integrity management practices.
• Work with clients to define project scope, deliverables, and schedules.
• Serve as a technical lead or key member of multidisciplinary project teams.
• Help ensure projects meet quality and profitability expectations.
• Contribute technical expertise to proposals and RFP/RFQ/RFI responses.
• Collaborate across business units to connect people and resources to project challenges.
• Build lasting client relationships and help foster technical excellence, collaboration, and practical problem-solving.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Generous paid time off; full-time employees are eligible to earn PTO hours.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Voluntary life, disability, critical illness, accident, and hospitalization plans.
• HSA or FSA medical accounts.
• FSA dependent care and transportation/parking accounts.
• May be eligible for a discretionary bonus as determined by the company.
• Supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and encourages innovation.
• Opportunities for professional growth and career development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior