Rimkus
Forensic Mechanical Engineer - Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
Project ManagementMechanical DesignPublic SpeakingMicrosoft Office
About the role
- Overview Provides failure analysis and forensic consulting services requiring mechanical engineering expertise for insurance, legal, industrial, and other clients. Evaluates injury, equipment, and property damage claims caused by alleged issues with products, heavy equipment, machines, HVAC, plumbing, fire suppression, and other mechanical systems. Provides
- oral and written reports of findings, technical guidance to clients, and, when needed, expert testimony. Although this is a remote position, you must reside in the territory of Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing or Grand Rapids. Essential Job Functions Performs failure analysis for forensic assignments within the field of mechanical engineering expertise based on
Requirements
- The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, climb, bend, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, and drive a motor vehicle to job sites.
- Employees must be sharp, focused, and alert when conducting site inspections, speaking and interacting with clients, preparing written reports of findings, and testifying in depositions or trials.
- There will be periods where overtime will be required, which the employee must comply with to meet the demands of the position.
- Some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required.
- All agency submissions must be made through our designated submission process.
Nice to have
- Overview Provides failure analysis and forensic consulting services requiring mechanical engineering expertise for insurance, legal, industrial, and other clients.
- Evaluates injury, equipment, and property damage claims caused by alleged issues with products, heavy equipment, machines, HVAC, plumbing, fire suppression, and other mechanical systems.
- Provides oral and written reports of findings, technical guidance to clients, and, when needed, expert testimony.
- Investigates how and why an incident occurred, including identifying the origin, failure mechanism, and root cause of the incident, as well as the role of the mechanical system in question.
- Inspects sites/products/equipment/systems
- prepares CAD-based and manual sketches as required
- orders and evaluates required laboratory testing and performs analyses.
- Conducts various analyses, including, but not limited to, industrial safety and accidents
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