Salary
💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
About the role
- Responsible for the profitable, ethical, and scientific investigation of events, systems, devices, and/or failures
- Provide expert opinions and decide proper course of action on investigations and report reviews
- Assign engineers to client losses and manage quality control
- Survey losses and loss scenes at residential and commercial buildings
- Conduct investigations to determine and document the scope of damage
- Provide guidance and leadership on complex losses
- Implement engineering strategies within the assigned engineering team
- Collaborate with other investigators to produce detailed reports outlining the cause and origin of losses and damages
- Serve as an expert witness in court and/or in depositions
- Document and maintain billable hours on a time and expense basis
- Collaborate with EFI's national team of forensic experts
- Perform other duties as assigned, support the organization's quality program(s), and travel as required
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required
- Professional Engineering (PE) license required in the resident state
- Eight (8) years of experience or equivalent combination of experience and education required
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
- PC literate, including Microsoft Office products
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently or in a team environment
- Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies
- Ability to travel as required
- Physical requirements: stand/walk long periods; kneel, squat, bend; work outdoors in hot and/or cold weather; climb, crawl, stoop, kneel, reach/work overhead
- Ability to lift/carry up to 50 pounds and push/pull up to 100 pounds
- Be able to drive up to 4 hours per day
- Auditory/Visual: hearing, vision and talking
- Enthusiastic, collaborative, customer oriented, and naturally empathetic