Senior Staff Consultant (Safety & Risk Assessment)

Engineering Systems Inc•Aurora, IL

About The Position

This position requires an individual with 3 – 10 years of experience in engineering and/or safety, including consumer product evaluations, risk assessment, or product design reviews (and/or equivalent academic experience). The job involves leading a wide variety of incident investigations, including accident reconstruction. Projects require field work, investigation, analysis, report development and legal testimony. Preferred for the candidate to have a successful history of legal testimony at deposition, trial, or other legal venues. The candidate should have experience managing projects of moderate to substantial complexity and/or size. Established set of existing client projects highly preferred. The candidate will provide safety expertise as part of a multi-disciplinary team evaluating accidents of various types of settings and conducting risk assessments of varying scopes. Independent work and collaboration in a team environment is anticipated. The candidate will be responsible for planning, directing and coordinating activities of small- to large-scale consulting projects to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed timing and financial constraints by performing duties personally or in conjunction with other consultants. The candidate will assist in all phases of project management from proposal through closing. General duties will include organizing staffing and logistics, developing work plans, and conducting technical analysis based on principles of science and engineering. Work will include review of existing scientific literature and standards, and the performance or supervision of original research to obtain and analyze relevant technical data. The candidate will interface directly with clients, assessing client needs, establishing performance timelines, developing budgets, and explaining complex technical concepts in lay terms. Professional certifications (if applicable) and a good publication/presentation record are desired.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field required.
Three to ten years work (and/or equivalent academic experience) in an industry or safety consulting position.
Experience working in product testing or design evaluations, forensic engineering, teaching experience, and/or in-depth knowledge of human factors or risk assessment methodology.
Authoring of high-quality technical reports and/or peer-reviewed publications.
Full competency in Office productivity software
Advanced skills in technical computing environments

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field preferred.
Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) or Certified Safety Professional (C.S.P.) preferred.

Responsibilities

Evaluates root causes in equipment, consumer products, and recreational accidents, including issues regarding human factors, risk reduction, warnings and instructions, engineering controls, and the like.
Identifies and reviews existing media (e.g., photographs, video, witness statements, depositions, police and accident reports, etc.) to develop preliminary conclusions and plan further investigation.
Conducts inspections of accident scenes and of involved or exemplar machines, safety equipment, consumer products, and other items as needed.
Locates, assesses pertinence of, and applies consensus safety standards, scientific literature, existing test data, and governmental regulations.
Designs and conducts testing and/or develops models to obtain and evaluate product performance or human factors data
As part of a team, conducts risk assessments or job safety analyses for a variety of products and industrial machines.
Prepares written reports and verbal presentations of findings and conclusions in clear, concise, and easy-to-understand terms.
Provides legal testimony in a variety of venues, including courtroom settings.
Manages client projects including a collaboration with and delegation of tasks to other engineers and support staff.
Works with Business Development to identify potential clients and strategies to build client base.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Professional Development investment
Medical, Dental & Vision
Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance/Universal Life Insurance
401k with employer match
Flexible Time Off (FTO) – encouraged to take at least 20 days of paid time off/year
Career Growth
Pet Insurance
Work/Life Balance
10 paid holidays (9 standard holidays and 1 floating holiday)
Access to OnePass – provides unlimited access to a nationwide network of gyms
Wellness Reimbursement
30-minute fitness break available in addition to 1-hour lunch break
Business casual dress code and positive working environment
Continuing education opportunities