Associate Director, Engineering Sciences - Chemist

Secretariat; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Secretariat, based in New York City, is looking for an experienced professional to join our Global Engineering and Scientific consulting team. As a key member, you will be responsible for business development and mentoring within a fast-growing environment. Successful candidates will have strong backgrounds in chemistry or chemical engineering with excellent communication and analytical skills.

We are an expert services firm recognized for our commitment to professional development and collaboration. Join us to tackle complex challenges and deliver impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• Established track record for business development and existing client base.
• 5+ years of work experience in a relevant field.
• Have previously testified in deposition, trial, arbitration, or hearings.

Responsibilities

• Attracting and winning new business opportunities for Secretariat.
• Mentoring and driving growth of staff.
• Providing project management and project budget oversight.

Skills

Business development

Chemical composition analysis

Communication skills

Analytical abilities

Expert report writing

Problem-solving

Mentorship

Education

PhD or MS degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering

Job description

Overview

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 Secretariat: 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 ambition, energy, and commitment. We inspire and empower an open, collaborative culture that embraces ongoing professional development, recognition, diversity, and – most importantly – you.

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, 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 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. Secretariat was recently ranked as the #1 firm in Global Arbitration Review’s 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 Lexology rankings.

Responsibilities

• Attracting and winning new business opportunities for Secretariat in both expert witness and/or strategic consulting
• Strong background in identifying chemical composition and structures of various substances
• Mentoring and driving growth of 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 Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or similar
• 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