Why MTIS works this way
Materials problems are not evenly distributed. A high-temperature creep question, a subsea coating failure and a weld metallurgy dispute need three different specialists, and no consultancy of sensible size employs all three. MTIS already applies this principle to laboratories — the question decides the method, and the method decides which partner laboratory runs it. The specialist network applies the same logic to people.
Specialists remain independent. They are not employees, they choose which projects they take, and they keep their own practice and their own clients.
Who we are interested in
- Chartered or professionally registered engineers and scientists, or those with equivalent demonstrable standing.
- Deep specialism in a defined area — corrosion, welding and joining, fracture and fatigue, polymers and composites, high-temperature materials, coatings, additive manufacture, or a comparable field.
- Direct industrial investigation experience, not solely research or teaching.
- Willingness to have work reviewed, and to have conclusions questioned. Every MTIS finding is written to be examined.
How a project runs
- Register an interest. You tell us your field, your standing and the kind of work you want.
- We talk. A conversation about your specialism and how you work, not a form-filling exercise.
- Terms are agreed in writing before any work begins — scope, fee basis, confidentiality, intellectual property, insurance and liability. Nothing is assumed.
- You are approached for specific projects. You decide each time whether to take it.
- MTIS carries the client relationship — contracting, invoicing, quality review and the final deliverable.
What MTIS handles, and what stays with you
MTIS handles
- Client contracting and invoicing.
- Investigation design and overall method.
- Partner-laboratory coordination and chain of custody.
- Technical review of the work before it leaves the door.
- The final report and its defensibility.
You keep
- Your independence and your own practice.
- The right to decline any project.
- Your own clients — they do not become MTIS clients by association.
- Named credit for your technical contribution, where the client agrees.
What we ask of you
- Your own professional indemnity cover, appropriate to the work you take.
- Evidence of your registration, qualifications and relevant experience.
- Acceptance of MTIS confidentiality terms. Client material is not discussed, reused or published without written client agreement.
- Work that stops where the evidence stops. MTIS does not publish conclusions the evidence does not support.
Bringing your own client to MTIS
Some specialists want the technical work without the administrative load that comes with it — contracting, invoicing, quality assurance and report production. MTIS can carry that side of a project you have originated. The arrangement, and what MTIS charges for it, is agreed case by case in writing before the project starts.
Register an interest
Email info@mtis-malaysia.com with the subject line Specialist Network, and tell us:
- Your specialism, in one sentence.
- Your professional registration and qualifications.
- Two or three examples of investigation work you have led — no client names, no confidential detail.
- Where you are based and where you are willing to work.
We read everything that arrives and reply to those we want to talk to. We would rather build this slowly and well than quickly and badly.