Secretariat
Associate Director, Engineering Sciences - Thermal, Fluids, and Combustion
Secretariat, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Associate Director, Engineering Sciences - Thermal, Fluids, and Combustion
Chart Your Journey at Secretariat
From a collaborative culture to teammates who will always be by your side, find a career that will grow with you. Deliver your impact at Secretariat.
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.
Make your impact at Secretariat.
ABOUT OUR 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, but with a heavy focus on large industrial facilities like power plants, Oil & Gas facilities, chemical processing plants, construction, 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 globe. 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.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Exceptional analytical skills, problem solving, communication skills, and creativity are the foundation for successful professionals at Secretariat.
Attracting and winning new business opportunities for Secretariat in both expert witness and or strategic consulting
Contributing to the growth of Secretariat’s Thermal practice by recruiting talented staff
Mentoring and driving growth of Thermal staff
Providing project management and project budget oversight
QUALIFICATIONS
Established track record for business development
and
existing client-base
Requisite professional degrees
and
~ 5+ years of work experience:
PhD or MS degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Fire Protection Engineering
Excellent verbal and written communication
Have previously testified in deposition, trial, arbitration or hearings
Excellent expert report writing skills to complement analytics
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
A rewarding career above all 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. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.
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.
To learn how Secretariat collects, uses, and protects your personal information during the recruitment process, please review our Privacy Policy
Public information and disclosures related to the role are managed in accordance with Secretariat policies.
Voluntary Self-Identification Secretariat is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected status. If you believe you belong to a protected category, you may indicate so for government reporting purposes. Completion is voluntary and confidential.
Disability Status and related information collection is voluntary and used to measure our EEO efforts. For details on what constitutes a disability and how information is used, please refer to our policy documents.
This description is intended to describe the general nature of the role and is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities.
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From a collaborative culture to teammates who will always be by your side, find a career that will grow with you. Deliver your impact at Secretariat.
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.
Make your impact at Secretariat.
ABOUT OUR 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, but with a heavy focus on large industrial facilities like power plants, Oil & Gas facilities, chemical processing plants, construction, 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 globe. 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.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Exceptional analytical skills, problem solving, communication skills, and creativity are the foundation for successful professionals at Secretariat.
Attracting and winning new business opportunities for Secretariat in both expert witness and or strategic consulting
Contributing to the growth of Secretariat’s Thermal practice by recruiting talented staff
Mentoring and driving growth of Thermal staff
Providing project management and project budget oversight
QUALIFICATIONS
Established track record for business development
and
existing client-base
Requisite professional degrees
and
~ 5+ years of work experience:
PhD or MS degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Fire Protection Engineering
Excellent verbal and written communication
Have previously testified in deposition, trial, arbitration or hearings
Excellent expert report writing skills to complement analytics
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
A rewarding career above all 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. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.
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.
To learn how Secretariat collects, uses, and protects your personal information during the recruitment process, please review our Privacy Policy
Public information and disclosures related to the role are managed in accordance with Secretariat policies.
Voluntary Self-Identification Secretariat is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected status. If you believe you belong to a protected category, you may indicate so for government reporting purposes. Completion is voluntary and confidential.
Disability Status and related information collection is voluntary and used to measure our EEO efforts. For details on what constitutes a disability and how information is used, please refer to our policy documents.
This description is intended to describe the general nature of the role and is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities.
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