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Following his graduation with a Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering, Steve began his career working with composite materials. He initially worked in the motorsports sector as a Project Engineer, building chassis, bodywork, and other composite components for both motorsport and luxury sports cars. He subsequently moved into the aerospace sector, where he developed new primary structural composite materials and assisted manufacturers with automated processes for producing composite aircraft components.
Steve moved into forensic investigation in 2009 and has since investigated numerous incidents, ranging from assisting private clients with small domestic losses to providing expert advice to solicitors and barristers dealing with multi-million-pound complex claims involving multiple parties.
Steve investigates incidents involving mechanical and materials failures of both metallic and non-metallic components, including structural collapses of racking, suspended ceilings, and buildings, failures resulting in personal injury, and failures caused by corrosion, wear, fatigue, and overloading.
He has a particular interest in investigating the causes and circumstances of escapes of water and other fluids from plumbing systems. These may arise from improper installation, inappropriate decommissioning, over-pressurisation, defective fittings, pinhole corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, chemical attack, accidental or deliberate tampering, and damage caused by freezing.
He joined Hawkins as a Principal Associate in February 2026 and is currently based in the Cambridge office, although he frequently supports colleagues in London.
