Manager, Engineering Sciences - Mechanical

About the Firm

Secretariat professionals are trusted in the highest-stakes legal, risk, and regulatory matters around the world. When you join Secretariat, you become part of a rapidly growing elite team of bright minds and passionate problem-solvers. Your skills and expertise will be utilized on day one – working with the world’s most renowned law firms, leading corporations, and influential institutions to answer complex questions that shape critical financial, economic, and strategic business decisions. Our globally integrated teams are united by the ambition, energy, and commitment they bring to every challenge. We inspire and empower an open, collaborative culture that embraces ongoing professional development, recognition, diversity, and – most importantly – you.

About Our Global Engineering Sciences Team

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 including automotive, construction, 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.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hands-on failure analysis investigations
• Perform laboratory tests
• Assist with field inspections
• Assist with client communications in all time zones
• Perform technical analysis and draft report sections
• Analyze technical reports offered by others and develop rebuttal points
• Develop positive relationships with colleagues, peers, and clients
• Demonstrate excellent analytical skills with acute attention to detail to successfully achieve project milestones
• Manage workload to achieve simultaneous project milestones while maintaining project schedules and budgets
• Contribute to the growth of Secretariat’s Mechanical Engineering practice by recruiting talented staff
• Provide project management and project budget oversight

Qualifications

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering or similar designation
• MS degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering or similar designation and 3+ years of work experience
• Pursuing PE credentials is a plus
• Excellent report writing skills to complement analytics
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent listening, verbal, written, technical, and presentation skills
• Desire to lead auxiliary tasks associated with a growing practice within a rapidly growing firm
• Ability to travel as needed
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with engineering software such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD), or Multibody Dynamics (MBD) is a plus
• Working proficiency in a second non-English language is a plus

About the Career

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line, it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure. Our culture and people are driven by passion, pride, and performance. Passion for the clients we serve, the work we deliver, and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do – from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.