Materials (Metallurgical Engineering) Co-op - San Antonio
About The Position
Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. (BakerRisk) is a leading company in explosion analysis, structural design, and risk management, providing consulting, engineering, laboratory, and testing services to government agencies and private companies involved with hazardous operations or materials. The Materials engineering staff collaborates with industrial clients to identify potential explosion hazards, develop scenarios, evaluate consequences, and recommend measures to reduce risks. Materials engineers typically have backgrounds with experience in standard metallurgical lab equipment, polishing practices, optical microscopes, and material testing and inspection techniques.
Requirements
- Must be a junior currently obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in metallurgical or mechanical engineering with a materials emphasis with a GPA 3.0 or higher.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel required.
- Ability to learn engineering software as needed and to perform specific tasks as assigned by engineers.
- Ability to take instruction, ask questions in effort to accomplish assigned tasks.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills required to interact with internal and external contacts.
- Establish priorities for completion of the assigned workload, which may change from day to day.
Nice To Haves
- BS - Juniors and Seniors in materials science and mechanical engineering.
- Masters and PhD candidates.
Responsibilities
- Designed to gain technical skills and work practices in engineering environment.
- Uses application of standard engineering/scientific techniques, procedures and criteria as assigned by technical staff.
- Performs work that is routinely needed, including assisting with performing life assessment, fitness-for-service assessments, risk evaluations, initiating promotional activities, performing laboratory testing as needed.
- Contribute to draft reports, proposals, and presentations.
- Developing a research project on a materials-related topic.
- Working on multiple projects and proposals for a variety of project managers.
Benefits
- Hands-on relevant industry experience.
- A chance to work with high-level professionals in the field of failure analysis.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
