Forensic Water/Wastewater Engineer

🕒 Março 18

🇺🇸 Estados Unidos – Remoto (EUA)

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HKA

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501 - 1000 funcionários

💸 Finanças

🏛️ Governo

💰 Venture Round em 2019-07

Consulting • Finance • Government

HKA é uma consultoria global líder que oferece serviços especializados multidisciplinares em mitigação de riscos, resolução de disputas, contabilidade forense e danos comerciais no setor de projetos de capital e infraestrutura. A empresa é conhecida por seu trabalho de consultoria independente, oferecendo conselhos e insights confiáveis a clientes do setor público e privado em todo o mundo. Com um compromisso com a igualdade, diversidade e inclusão, a HKA se orgulha de fomentar uma cultura inclusiva que promove relacionamentos significativos e permite que todos prosperem. A empresa foi fundada em 2017 e fornece serviços que ajudam os clientes a navegar pelas incertezas, disputas e atrasos de projetos.

Descrição

• Investigate failures and disputes involving treatment plants, conveyance systems, pump stations, and utility infrastructure throughout the United States. • Lead forensic investigations involving water and wastewater infrastructure, including treatment facilities, pump stations, pipelines, storage, valves, and collection/distribution systems. • Conduct site inspections and evidence collection following failures, service disruptions, flooding events, equipment malfunctions, and construction or operational disputes. • Determine cause, origin, extent, and contributing factors, including assessment of design intent, construction practices, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and lifecycle performance. • Prepare independent, litigation-ready expert reports (and supporting exhibits) for arbitration, mediation, and court proceedings, addressing causation, standard of care, and responsibility. • Provide expert witness testimony in depositions, arbitration, and/or court, including testimony under cross-examination. • Collaborate with attorneys, insurers, owners, contractors, and other technical experts to develop coordinated expert opinions and respond to opposing expert positions. • Advise clients on remediation options, risk mitigation, operational changes, and dispute resolution strategy. • Review and analyze drawings, specifications, calculations, O&M manuals, SCADA/controls records, commissioning documentation, maintenance logs, and incident/failure history. • Evaluate hydraulic performance and capacity constraints (e.g., HGL issues, surge/water hammer considerations, pump curves, system head, I/I impacts) and identify design or operational deficiencies. • Assess treatment process performance and compliance considerations, including unit process selection, process control, reliability, and failure modes. • Perform or direct field diagnostics and data analysis, such as flow testing, pressure testing, CCTV/condition assessment, pump station performance evaluation, and equipment failure analysis. • Develop technically sound repair and mitigation recommendations, including prioritization of corrective actions and constructability considerations.

🎯 Requisitos

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering; advanced degree preferred. • Professional Engineer (PE) license required. • 10–15+ years of water and/or wastewater engineering experience, including treatment, conveyance, or utility operations. • Experience with plant design, hydraulic analysis, and system performance evaluation. • Demonstrated forensic engineering and dispute consulting experience. • Minimum 1+ year of experience serving as an Expert Witness, with formal testimony provided in depositions, arbitration, and/or court proceedings. • Strong client delivery and relationship management experience. • Experience contributing to business development, proposal support, and client relationship expansion.

🏖️ Benefícios

• A strong collaborative culture with a mutual pursuit of your success alongside the success of our teams. • The opportunity to solve problems creatively, contribute to our innovative direction, and be valued as an individual. • The ability to leverage HKA’s strong network and presence in various industries and reputation for exceptional expert witnesses to accelerate career development and connections.