Senior Consultant - Metallurgy​/Materials Science

Responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating forensic investigations as a materials and/or metallurgical engineer. Job duties include directing and performing metallurgical laboratory work, site and laboratory inspections, authoring technical reports, communicating with staff and clients, and meeting project goals and objectives.

• Perform forensic, root cause failure analysis in industrial, insurance, and/or litigation projects as part of a team environment
• Write technical reports, communicate effectively with clients, perform research and present technical material clearly and concisely to clients and internal colleagues
• Ability to review and understand technical literature and reports
• Perform both tradition and case-specific testing and/or analysis
• Confers with project staff to outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of work
• Coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget
• Potential to testify in deposition or trial in litigation matters as an expert witness
• Confers with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems
• Direct the work of other staff regarding any of the above responsibilities
• Travel as required for project work and business and professional development events

• Experience and familiarity with metallurgical/materials laboratory procedures, testing and capable of directing staff in performing high quality lab work
• Experience in material failure analysis with a focus on metallurgy, materials science, or mechanics of materials
• Knowledge of fractography and metallography techniques
• Experience in utilizing a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopic (EDS) analysis capability in addition to the ability to direct staff in performing
• Experience and/or knowledge of analytical techniques related to failure of metals, alloys, composites, polymers and glasses
• Experience or exposure to insurance claims and/or product liability matters
• Litigation consultation and interaction with attorneys, adjusters, and paralegals
• Deposition and trial experience as an expert witness, or a willingness to become a testifying subject matter expert
• Excellent technical (metallurgical/materials) and critical thinking skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to effectively communicate complex technical topics and findings to a wide variety of audiences
• SEM and EDS knowledge and operational abilities
• Laboratory equipment and technical capabilities not limited to stereos copy (KEYENCE), microscopy, metallography and sample preparation
• A team player actively engaging others in accomplishing project work and office goals both within their home office as well as across offices and other technical disciplines throughout ESi
• Basic understanding of other technical and engineering disciplines for effective collaboration and partnership on multidisciplinary teams
• Ability and desire to market ESi and grow the materials failure analysis specialty.
• Ability and desire for career advancement

• Bachelors in Metallurgy, Materials Engineering, and/or Materials Science or related field from accredited university required
• Master's or Ph.D. in Metallurgy, Materials Engineering, and/or Materials Science or related field from accredited university strongly preferred

• Professional Engineer preferred (or willingness to obtain license)
• CWI, CQE, API certifications are a plus

• Intermediate/advanced skills in Word
• Intermediate/advanced skills in Power Point
• Intermediate/advanced skills in Excel
• Intermediate/advanced skills in Microsoft Office

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb stairs and ladders, and sit.

Site inspections may…