Managing Director, Electrical Engineer - Electrical Systems/Fire Investigations

Managing Director, Electrical Engineer - Electrical Systems/Fire Investigations

Secretariat Advisors, LLC

United States, Georgia, Atlanta

1197 Peachtree Road Northeast (Show on map)

Jun 03, 2025

Job Description:

Secretariat is a world-class independent expert advisory services firm that provides world-class expert witness, litigation support, investigative and advisory services to top companies and leading law firms on significant litigation matters and bet-the-company disputes and investigations.

As part of our expanding Global Engineering Sciences 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 from automotive, industrial facilities, construction projects, consumer products, consumer electronics, electrical grids, and batteries to name a few. 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.

For this Managing Director role, we are looking for an electrical engineering leader that has strong proven experience in team building, team-based project execution, and top-notch client management. Ideally, the candidate will have strong practical experience assessing electrical system failures, whether it relates to detailed analyses of the operation of a complex facility where an incident occurred or performing/leading fire investigations.

Secretariat is a diversified international expert services firm with more than 500 professionals in 20+ cities around the global. 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 Who's Who Legal.

This Managing Director role is an all-encompassing role that incorporates the management of client assignments, proactively identifying and participating in networking, and business development activities.

REQUIREMENTS

Established track record for business development and existing client-base

Requisite professional degrees and ~10 years of work experience:

PhD or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Fire Protection Engineering

Excellent verbal and written communication

Have previously testified in deposition, trial, arbitration or hearings

Excellent expert report writing skills to complement analytics

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

Secretariat is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.