Director, Mechanical Metallurgy Engineer

JOB 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.  

• Planning and leading failure analysis investigations 

• Planning and leading teams performing laboratory tests 

• Conducting field inspections 

• Communicating with clients and counsel in all time zones 

• Planning and assisting with the preparation of expert reports 

• Prepare for and attend depos, trials, mediations, and arbitrations 

• Managing the day-to-day requirements of multiple engagements 

• Develop positive relationships with colleagues, peers, and clients 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Requisite professional designations and work experience:  

• PhD in Metallurgical Engineering with 5+ years of prior experience engineering consulting 

• Alternatively, MS degree with 10+ years of prior experience in either or both industry and 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