Director, Forensic Civil Engineering

Company Description

The Vertex Companies, LLC (VERTEX) is a global $150M professional services firm that offers integrated forensic consulting, expert witness services, construction project advisory, and compliance and regulatory consulting to a myriad of markets and industries. Our brand purpose is to better outcomes for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Join us if you are looking for a career that offers you a chance to love what you do, continuously learn, and take pride in your work.

Our Forensic team is a collaborative group of architects, engineers, fire investigators, and building consultants who provide expert analysis for clients including insurance firms, law firms, developers, and property owners. We work on complex projects involving property damage, construction defects, and design errors, with a strong pipeline of challenging assignments across industries.

Job Description

Vertex is seeking a Director, Forensic Civil Engineering to expand our testifying expert team. This role will be responsible for testifying and providing expert support on civil cases, including construction defect litigation matters. The Director is also responsible for supporting client satisfaction and employee engagement. This position is responsible for supporting the success of the Forensic practice area. Directors will proactively suggest potential solutions for new challengesopportunities identified within their assigned market. They are expected to perform as seasoned managers and leaders in overseeing and developing a team of consultants, including supporting hiring, placement and career development within the practice. They will provide leadership in a manner that models the Company’s core values and inspires and encourages goal achievement through empowerment, learning, and creativity among the team.

Business Development, Leadership, Strategic Planning

• Responsible for supporting assigned Managing Director (MD) in meeting or exceeding the defined annual budget for the entire practice areapractice division (including revenue generation, overall utilization of assigned resources, and execution of profitable engagement work streams that may be either qualitative or quantitative in nature.)
• Responsible for supporting development of new accounts and retaining and expanding existing engagements within the practice area to achieve sales goals
• Effectively delegate assignments to assigned direct reports, instruct and monitor progress, and ensure work product is consistently high quality
• Supports MD in monitoring relevant data such as utilization, Accounts Receivable, discretionary spending, etc.
• Develop and foster relationships with decision makers within existing keystrategic accounts and crosssell other service areas
• Meet or exceed defined individual average utilization goals (and incorporating consideration of individual revenue targets) as set forth by company leadership
• Responsible for learning business development methodology and for being active in efforts to individually generate incremental revenue
• Identify potential new market segments and alert MD for evaluations and consideration
• Travel as necessary to support client, employee, and leadership needs.
• Establish quality control of service delivery, maintaining an excellent reputation of quality and lead and manage in a manner that assists with rapid resolution of any client, team member or operational challenges

• Operations

  • Lead and manage in support of strategic plans that align with the organization’s vision and defined business objectives
  • Responsible for leading and managing in alignment with the development of the overall practice in achieving profit objectives
  • Support construction of strong crossfunctional teams to achieve success in shared goals, understanding that multiple perspectives and talents build stronger teams and results
  • Manage assigned projects consistent with contracts and proactively alert assigned MD to any potential challenges or issues
  • Ensure compliance of operations with all local, state and Federal (and International, if applicable) regulations, as well as compliance with company policy
  • Ensure consistent high quality on deliverables for the practice

  • Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field (i.e.: Civil, Structural, Mechanical, etc.) or other advanced degrees as called for in area of specialization.
    • Professional Engineer (PE) licensed is required, with multiple states preferred.
    • Previous deposition and testimony experience is required.
    • Minimum of 10 years’ industry experience
    • Proven track record of customer relationship management and staff management and development
    • Demonstrated leadership skills

    • Knowledge & Skills

      • Experience in providing reliable work product review for technical deliverables
      • Able to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with coworkers, clients, subcontractors, and vendors
      • Able to provide oversight and direction to assigned staff
      • Strong leadership, communication and organizational skills
      • Strong analytical and problemsolving skills
      • Able to perform complex tasks and handle multiple priorities and the ability to perform exceptionally under high stress conditions
      • Knowledge of computer operations and standard software packages (word processing, spreadsheets, Adobe) required

      • Additional Information

        All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

        VERTEX offers a solid total compensation package including base salary and discretionary bonus plan. We also offer a robust benefits package including, healthcare (with multiple plan options) and dental; Companypaid Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and LongTerm Disability. We offer a 401k plan with immediate match and vesting, Flex Spending Account, Employee Assistance Program, and other perks. We provide a generous paid time off plan for eligible employees including 15 days of vacation, 64 hours of sick time, and 9.5 paid holidays (prorated for eligible parttime employees). Our “Lifetime of Learning” program also offers tuition reimbursement and additional support for pursuing advanced education, to help employees grow their skills and careers.

        VERTEX is an Equal OpportunityAffirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

        If you require assistance to complete any part of the application process, please contact our Recruiting team at [email protected].

        NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

        Please note that VERTEX does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, VERTEX will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, VERTEX explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of VERTEX.