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Director, Mechanical Metallurgy Engineer

Secretariat
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/8/2026
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About The Firm

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 the ambition, energy, and commitment they bring to every challenge. We inspire and empower an open, collaborative culture that embraces ongoing professional development, recognition, diversity, and – most importantly – you.

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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, but 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 of a variety of structures and products 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. Furthermore, Secretariat was recently ranked as the #1 firm in Global Arbitration Review’s prestigious 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 the independent Lexology rankings.

Responsibilities

Exceptional analytical skills, problem-solving, communication skills, and creativity are the foundation for successful professionals at Secretariat.

Planning and leading failure analysis investigations

Planning and leading teams performing laboratory tests

Conducting field inspections

Communicating with clients and counsel in all time zones

Planning and assisting with the preparation of expert reports

Prepare for and attend depositions, trials, mediations, and arbitrations

Managing the day-to-day requirements of multiple engagements

Develop positive relationships with colleagues, peers, and clients

Qualifications

Requisite professional designations and work experience:

PhD in Metallurgical Engineering with 5 years of prior experience in engineering consulting

Alternatively, MS degree with 10 years of prior experience in either or both industry and engineering consulting

Preferred: additional licensure as a Certified Welding Inspector, Certified Welding Engineer, Professional Engineer, or other

Preferred: extensive experience with codes and standards, such as ASME, AWS, API, AISC, or similar

Excellent verbal and written communication

Strong expert report writing skills to complement analytics

Able to quickly assimilate relevant information in unfamiliar situations and develop creative approaches and solutions necessary to resolve complex problems

The ability to manage and prioritize your time and your team’s time, potentially against a backdrop of competing deadlines

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

The ability to travel globally as-needed

The ability to work odd hours to adjust for client needs globally

A rewarding career above all

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line, it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure.

Our culture and people are driven by passion, pride, and performance. Passion for the clients we serve, the work we deliver, and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.

Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do – from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.

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