Associate Director, Mechanical Metallurgy Engineer

Job Description

OB DESCRIPTION:

Secretariat is a world-class independent expert advisory services firm that provides world-class expert witness, litigation support, investigative and advisory services to top companies and leading law firms on significant litigation matters and bet-the-company disputes and investigations.

As part of our expanding Global Engineering and Scientific consulting team, you will work at the forefront of today’s most complex engineering challenges. You will be engaged in analyzing failures of a myriad of products from a variety of industries, but with a heavy focus on large industrial facilities like power plants, Oil & Gas facilities, chemical processing plants, and similar. Outside of that work, you will be engaged in automotive, consumer products, consumer electronics and medical devices.

Secretariat leverages our diverse technical expertise, and industry knowledge of a variety of structures and products to provide clients with world-class value to identify solutions that drive performance and safety.

Secretariat is a diversified international expert services firm with more than 500 professionals in 20 cities around the global. Furthermore, Secretariat was recently ranked as the #1 firm in Global Arbitration Review’s prestigious GAR 100 Expert Witness Firms’ Power Index, and more than 90% of Secretariat’s leading experts are recognized as leading experts in their field by the independent Lexology rankings.

This Director role will report to one of the internationally recommended experts and is an all-encompassing role that incorporates the management of client assignments, proactively identifying and participating in networking, and eventually business development activities.

Responsibilities

Exceptional analytical skills, problem solving, communication skills, and creativity are the foundation for successful professionals at Secretariat.

• Conducting hands-on failure analysis investigations
• Performing laboratory tests
• Conducting field inspections
• Communicating with clients and counsel in all time zones
• Performing technical analysis and drafting reports
• Analyzing technical reports offered by others, and developing rebuttal points
• Managing the day-to-day requirements of multiple engagements
• Developing positive relationships with colleagues, peers and clients
  
  

Qualifications

• Requisite professional designations and work experience:
• PhD in Metallurgical Engineering or similar with 3 years of prior experience engineering consulting
• Alternatively, MS degree with 5 years of prior experience in either industry or engineering consulting
• Preferred: additional licensure as a Certified Welding Inspector, Certified Welding Engineer, Professional Engineer, or other
• Preferred: extensive experience with codes and standards, such as ASME, AWS, API, AISC, or similar
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Strong expert report writing skills to complement analytics
• Able to quickly assimilate relevant information in unfamiliar situations and develop creative approaches and solutions necessary to resolve complex problems
• The ability to manage and prioritize your time and your team’s time, potentially against a backdrop of competing deadlines
• Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
• Excellent listening, verbal, written, technical, and presentation skills
• The desire to lead, auxiliary tasks associated with a growing practice within a rapidly growing firm
• The ability to travel globally as-needed
• The ability to work odd hours to adjust for client needs globally
  
  

Secretariat is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.