{"id":37413,"date":"2025-03-14T14:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=37413"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:54:22","slug":"jacek-czech","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/jacek-czech\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacek Czech"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37413\" class=\"elementor elementor-37413\" data-elementor-post-type=\"leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9460c81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"57263\" data-id=\"9460c81\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9438d5a\" data-eae-slider=\"97945\" data-id=\"9438d5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088a2dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"088a2dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jacek (pron. Yatsek) gained his master\u2019s degree in Materials Engineering from AGH University of Krakow, Poland in 2004. During this time he obtained European certificate in TIG and MAG welding of low carbon steels. Following graduation, he took part in a 12-month internship at JFE Steel in Japan, where he worked on the development of high strength micro-alloyed steels for the automotive industry.<\/p>\n<p>Upon returning to Poland, he worked as a Materials Engineer for several international corporations that operated within aerospace (Pratt &amp; Whitney), automotive (American Axle &amp; Manufacturing) and white goods (Whirlpool) industries. During this time Jacek used his knowledge of materials and special processes mainly to support the design of new products, develop manufacturing processes, in particular; heat treatment, welding and NDT, but also to coordinate EU-funded research projects and oversee performance of the supply chain. In 2016 he moved to Yeovil, Somerset where he worked at Honeywell Aerospace, as a Materials Engineering Manager.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2020-2025 Jacek worked as Forensic Materials Engineer investigating causation of over 150 incidents, involving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/expertise\/materials-chemistry-biology\/\">materials<\/a> and mechanical failures, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/expertise\/engineering\/escapes-of-water-oil-gas\/\">escapes of water and oil<\/a>, corrosion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/expertise\/personal-injury\/\">personal injury cases.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In February 2025, Jacek joined Hawkins and continues to forensically investigate causation of various incidents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15cd437 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15cd437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\"><strong>Languages <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Jacek is fluent in English and Polish and has elementary proficiency in Japanese<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacek (pron. 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