Shell UK Graduate PhD Recruitment

The successful candidate will lead projects on the friction and wear of lubricants.
The candidate would critically assess current tribology rigs at Thornton, Cheshire, and recommend new equipment, or modifications to existing equipment, to enable fulfilment of future testing requirements.
The candidate would also be expected to propose new R&D projects, to interact with colleagues in product development groups, to interact with key University contacts, and to become familiar with tribological models in use at Thornton, and be capable of reporting and presenting results from projects.
In the medium term, the successful candidate would have the opportunity to move into a product development team, or an alternative department in Thornton (eg Fuels, EVT etc).

Required qualification/skills
We require a physicist or engineer  (or a chemist) educated to PhD level with experience  in tribology (the science of lubrication, friction and wear) and/or mechanical engineering /machinery design. Any previous experience in the testing of lubricants would be an advantage.
When applying
Your application will be managed through Shell’s graduate route which consists of the following three stages:

1. online application
2. telephone interview
3. attending an assessment centre (known as a Shell Recruitment Day or SRD)

So we can identify your application for this specific role, please follow the below steps during your graduate application:

1. When prompted to ‘Please quote the Reference Code if relevant’ on page 1 of the application process, please input ‘Tribology Scientist’
2. When asked to indicate your ‘main area of interest’ and ‘preferred specialist area’ please choose ‘Technical’ and ‘Product/Process Research’ respectively.

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