at Engineering Systems, Inc. (ESI) in Aurora, Illinois, United States
Job Description
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.
About ESi
Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi) is an engineering and scientific investigation and failure analysis firm. We primarily work with law firms, insurance companies, and manufacturers on small to large-scale projects to answer any technical questions they have. Our projects can entail investigating major transportation accidents, equipment failures, personal injury claims, and damage to residential or commercial structures. The variety and depth of our project work creates a variety of fulfilling roles at ESi.
Some of the benefits we can offer you!
Professional Development investment
Medical, Dental & Vision
Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance
401k with employer match
Merit Bonus
Annual Bonus
Competitive Salary
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 Wellbeats - on-demand fitness & well-being videos
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
Job Description:
This position requires an individual with 5 - 10 years experience in industrial machine safety, including machine safeguarding, risk assessment, or occupational health and safety. The job involves leading a wide variety of incident investigations, including accident reconstruction. Projects require field work, investigation, analysis, report development and legal testimony. The candidate should 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 in industrial 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 required.
Key Responsibilities:
Evaluates root causes in industrial and recreational accidents, including issues regarding machine safeguarding, risk reduction, control of hazardous energy (lockout-tagout), engineering controls, robotics, and the like.
Identifies and reviews existing media (e.g., photographs, video, witness statements, depositions, police and OSHA 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 machine 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 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.
Qualifications
Education Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field. Master's degree or Ph.D. in Mechanical... For full info follow application link.
