Senior Associate, Engineering Science - MEP

About the role

Join our expanding Global Engineering and Scientific consulting team where you will work at the forefront of today’s most complex engineering challenges. You may be engaged in analyzing failures of a myriad of products from a variety of industries. Generally, our mechanical engineering sciences team engages in review of automotive, consumer products, consumer electronics, medical devices, and the built world. For our construction services team, mechanical engineers specialize in the design, construction, and materials of buildings/high-rises, bridges, retaining walls, and other structures that create our built world.

Responsibilities

• Conducting hands-on failure investigations including
• Comparison of the original design to as-built and existing conditions
• Performing field and laboratory testing
• Aiding with field inspections
• Performing calculations
• Researching and analyzing data
• Reviewing, sorting, and summarizing relevant documentation
• Drafting supporting verbiage for reports
• Creating demonstratives
• Analyzing technical reports offered by others and developing concurring and rebuttal positions
• Aiding with client communications in all time zones
• Developing positive relationships with colleagues, peers and clients
• Demonstrating excellent analytical skills with acute attention to detail to successfully achieve project milestones
• Managing workload to achieve simultaneous project milestones while maintaining project schedules and budgets
• Engaging in guided and self-directed professional development through formal and informal training

Qualifications

• Requisite professional designations and work experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Building Science/Architectural Engineering, or similar. Advanced degree preferred.
• 2+ years of prior experience in forensic/root cause analysis or MEP design engineering.
• Pursuing PE credentials is a plus
• Skilled and proficient analytical and problem resolution abilities
• Excellent listening, verbal, written, technical, and presentation skills
• Proficient at technical writing skills to complement analytics
• Assimilate relevant information quickly and effectively in unfamiliar situations and develop creative approaches and solutions necessary to resolve complex problems
• Prioritize and manage time and resources with competing priorities and deadlines
• Manage external stakeholders
• Work independently whilst knowing which issues and risks need to be highlighted to senior staff, ideally accompanied by suggested viable solutions
• Passionate desire to join and/or lead auxiliary tasks associated with a growing practice within a rapidly growing firm
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed