Associate Director, Engineering Sciences

Responsibilities

• Attract and win new business opportunities in expert witness and strategic consulting
• Contribute to the growth of the Thermal practice through staff recruitment
• Mentor and drive the professional growth of Thermal staff members
• Provide project management and oversight of project budgets

Requirements

• PhD or MS degree in Materials Science Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a similar field
• 5+ years of professional work experience
• Proven experience testifying in depositions, trials, arbitration, or hearings
• Exceptional expert report writing skills
• Established track record in business development and maintaining a client base
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

About the Company

Secretariat is a diversified international expert services firm with more than 500 professionals in 20+ cities globally. We are trusted in high-stakes legal, risk, and regulatory matters, providing elite technical expertise to the world's most renowned law firms and leading corporations. Our Engineering Sciences team works at the forefront of complex industrial challenges, analyzing failures in sectors ranging from power plants and oil & gas to consumer electronics and medical devices.