Senior Managing Consultant

ESi's Civil Structural Practice Group is seeking a Senior Managing Consultant with deep expertise in environmental engineering and infrastructure projects. This role involves forensic investigations, expert analysis, and consulting regarding environmental and infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate is a professional with hands-on experience managing construction and infrastructure projects who is ready to apply their knowledge in a forensic consulting environment.

This consultant will conduct site inspections, analyze project documentation, assess construction progress, and communicate findings through expert reports, presentations, and testimony. This role offers the opportunity to work on challenging cases involving claims, disputes, and failures—while collaborating with ESi's multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists nationwide.

Key Responsibilities:

• Authors high-quality technical reports.
• Conducts well-developed and well-prepared client presentations.
• Testifies in court or provides depositions if requested by clients.
• Establishes work plan, staffing, and budget for each project phase and arranges for assignment of project personnel.
• Confers with project staff to outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• Directs and coordinates project within prescribed schedule and budget scopes.
• Confers with project personnel to provide technical advice and resolve problems.
• Seeks technical advice and oversight from more experienced consultants when necessary.
• Coordinates proper internal project technical reviews.
• Works with Business Development to identify potential clients and strategies to build client base.
• Actively participates in Business Development activities, including client meetings, presentations, and appropriate conferences.
• Mentors earlier-career employees in growth and development.
• Actively seeks to develop professionally in skills, experience, and industry reputation.
• Actively works to develop client base and book of business.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil engineering from ABET accredited institution required.
• Master's Degree preferred.

Certifications, Licenses, and Registrations:

• Should hold a Professional Engineer's License (CE and/or SE and/or GE).

Experience Requirements:

• 15+ years' experience in civil engineering, with at least 10+ years directly related to design and management of environmental engineering and infrastructure projects.
• Experience and familiarity in flood modeling, hydraulic modeling, and coastal modeling; experience with hydraulic modeling software preferred.
• Litigation support experience strongly preferred, including preparation of expert reports, sworn testimony in deposition and/or trial, and supporting attorneys in dispute resolution.

Computer Skills:

• Must be agile in Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and other modules appropriate to the practice.
• Must have some computer graphics skills, and CAD capability is a plus.
• Must be able to do field work using test equipment commonly used in the area of expertise.

Compensation will be made up of a competitive base salary as well as bonus potential determined by your own individual performance and the performance of the organization overall.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb stairs and ladders, and sit. Site inspections may require that employees stand, walk, carry tools, and/or work from an elevated position for extended periods of time.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Noise levels at project sites are variable, and may be loud enough to require hearing protection.

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