Structural Forensic Department Manager

ECS is offering an exciting opportunity for a Structural Forensic Department Manager to join our Florida Facilities team in Miami, FL. In this role, you’ll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality consulting solutions to a diverse range of facilities and clients. As a Department Manager, you’ll lead both your team and your profits, mentoring engineers, inspectors, and project managers while guiding technical and client relationship aspects.

• Lead and oversee a department focused on Structural Systems
• Prepare and review repair drawings, technical specifications, structural calculations, and forensic analysis narratives for structural rehabilitation projects
• Lead the investigation and design of repair solutions for distressed, deteriorated, or failing elements such as concrete structures, facades, parking decks, and occupied building components
• Coordinate with legal teams, ownership groups, and insurance stakeholders to provide expert insight on technical findings, liability, and remediation strategies
• Oversee construction-phase services including field observations, RFI responses, submittal reviews, payment application assessments, and evaluation of change orders
• Serve as the owner’s advocate during the repair process, integrating technical consulting with construction oversight to ensure design intent is executed
• Issue and review site-visit reports summarizing observations, compliance with specifications, and resolution of construction deficiencies
• Position the Structural Forensics team as a trusted resource for diagnostics, repair design, and construction-phase oversight of building restoration and rehabilitation projects
• Encourage cross-discipline collaboration with the Building Envelope and PCA teams to enable multi-service project delivery and internal growth
• Monitor key business metrics including backlog, resource allocation, utilization, and profitability to ensure department performance aligns with strategic goals
• Demonstrate strong technical oversight and client advocacy throughout all phases of structural investigation, design, and repair implementation
• Involvement with inspections of forensic evaluations, structural investigations and design and other related inspections and professional services
• Provide litigation support, including involvement with 558 claims and related forensic evaluations
• Project management, proposal and report review and preparations, and as the department continues to evolve, lead and mentor staff engineers and inspectors
• Lead marketing and business development functions in this market sector
• Aggressively expand a group of engineers, certified inspectors, and technicians involved with structural systems
• Oversee quality control, report review and management of projects related to structural systems
• P&L responsibility for the department

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil (Structural) Engineering or Architectural Engineering
• 10+ years of relevant structural engineering experience
• Experience providing litigation support, including handling 558 claims
• Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license required;
  Special Inspector (SI) certification preferred

• Opportunity to lead high-impact projects with technical complexity and visibility.
• Be part of a growing and innovative team focused on technical excellence and client service.
• Supportive work environment that values expertise, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Competitive salary, performance bonuses, and comprehensive benefits.
• Employee Stock Ownership program (ESOP)!
• 401(k) with up to 4% match
• Tuition Assistance Program
• And more!

ECS Core Values:
Collaborate, Focus & Lead

ECS Group of Companies (ECS) was founded in 1988 with the goal to raise the standards of professional engineering consulting. Today, we are a leader in geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities consulting services. We are employee‑owned with more than 3,000 employees in 100+ offices and testing facilities coast to coast. ECS is currently ranked #66 in Engineering News‑Record’s Top 500 Design Firms (April 2025), #148 in Engineering News‑Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms (October 2025) and #50 in Zweig Group’s Hot Firm List (May 2025).

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