Forensic Structural Engineer | PE, Full Autonomy, W-2

RadRecruit; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full W-2 stability and benefits

Set your own schedule

Work from wherever

Job summary

RadRecruit is seeking a forensic engineer with a PE license to lead independent investigations into structural failures. You’ll run end-to-end cases, inspect sites across your territory, and write technical reports that withstand litigation.

This role offers full W-2 stability, a flexible schedule, and travel with limited overnight work. Tenured professionals in this niche regularly clear $200K+, with the autonomy to engineer real outcomes rather than chase billables.

Qualifications

• Licensed PE in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Comfortable with fieldwork and local travel (overnights and CAT work are limited)
• Curious, analytical, and able to defend conclusions in writing
• Clear, concise report writing
• No forensics background required—they’ll train the rest

Responsibilities

• Investigate structural failures: roof collapses, construction defects, equipment failures
• Run independent investigations end-to-end
• Write technical reports that stand up to scrutiny in litigation
• Perform site inspections across your territory
• Build expertise across failure types—not pigeonhole into one

Skills

Fieldwork

Report writing

Analytical thinking

No forensics background required

Education

Professional Engineer License (PE)

Job description

Here’s what a good forensic engineering seat looks like:Cases across all 50 states—roof collapses one week, construction failures the next, equipment defects the week after. You run your own investigations, set your own schedule, and write reports from wherever suits you. Dave finishes his from the bleachers at his kid’s soccer game. That’s real flex, not policy flexFull W-2 stability and benefits. No chasing billable hours. No production quotas. No sitting behind a desk cranking out the same stamp drawings you did last month.If you have your PE and like fieldwork, they’ll train you on the rest. You don’t need a forensics background.Tenured engineers in this niche regularly clear $200K+.It’s not for everyone. If you hate ladders or getting your hands dirty, keep scrolling. But if you’re an engineer who loves solving puzzles and wants the work to actually mean something—we should talk.

Requirements

• Licensed PE in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Comfortable with fieldwork and local travel (overnights and CAT work are limited)
• Curious, analytical, and able to defend conclusions in writing
• Clear, concise report writing
• No forensics background required—they’ll train the rest

Responsibilities

• Investigate structural failures: roof collapses, construction defects, equipment failures
• Run independent investigations end-to-end
• Write technical reports that stand up to scrutiny in litigation
• Perform site inspections across your territory
• Build expertise across failure types—not pigeonhole into one

Benefits

• Tenured engineers in this niche regularly clear $200K+
• Full W-2 stability—benefits, retirement, the whole package
• Set your own schedule, work from wherever
• Cases across all 50 states—no repetition
• A firm that trusts engineers to engineer, not micromanage
• Real autonomy without losing W-2 stability