Forensic MEP Engineer

🕒 March 18

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HKA

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501 - 1000 employees

💸 Finance

🏛️ Government

💰 Venture Round on 2019-07

Consulting • Finance • Government

HKA is a leading global consultancy offering multi-disciplinary expert and specialist services in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, forensic accounting, and commercial damages within the capital projects and infrastructure sector. The company is known for its independent consultancy work, providing trusted advice and insights to public and private sector clients around the world. With a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, HKA prides itself on fostering an inclusive culture that promotes meaningful relationships and allows everyone to thrive. The company was founded in 2017 and provides services that help clients navigate uncertainty, disputes, and project overruns.

📋 Description

• Lead forensic investigations involving failures, deficiencies, and performance disputes associated with building MEP systems. • Evaluate causation related to HVAC systems, electrical distribution, emergency power, lighting, plumbing, fire protection, and life safety systems. • Determine responsibility associated with design intent, construction practices, commissioning, operation, and maintenance. • Prepare independent, litigation-ready expert reports suitable for use in arbitration, mediation, and court proceedings. • Provide expert witness testimony under oath at deposition, arbitration, and trial, including experience under cross-examination. • Consult directly with legal counsel, insurers, owners, and developers on dispute strategy, evidentiary issues, and remediation options. • Review and analyze drawings, specifications, calculations, commissioning records, test reports, and maintenance documentation. • Conduct site inspections, system testing, and performance evaluations. • Assess compliance with applicable Canadian codes and standards (CSA, National Building Code of Canada, provincial amendments). • Develop technically sound remediation and repair recommendations.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Building Systems Engineering; advanced degree preferred. • Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) license in at least one Canadian province required; eligibility for registration in additional provinces preferred. • 15+ years of progressive MEP engineering experience, including significant involvement in design, construction administration, commissioning, and system troubleshooting. • Demonstrated experience investigating failures and deficiencies in HVAC, electrical power and distribution, emergency power, plumbing, fire protection, and life safety systems. • Demonstrated forensic engineering and dispute consulting experience, including preparation of independent expert opinions for contested matters. • Minimum 1+ year of experience serving as an Expert Witness, with formal experience providing testimony in depositions, arbitration, and/or court proceedings. • Proven ability to draft clear, defensible expert reports suitable for judicial and arbitral scrutiny. • Strong client delivery and relationship management experience, including direct interaction with legal counsel, insurers, developers, and asset owners. • Experience managing multiple concurrent assignments while meeting litigation-driven deadlines. • Demonstrated contribution to business development activities, including proposal support, maintaining and expanding client relationships, participation in industry events, and identification of follow-on work. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills appropriate for client presentations, expert testimony, and cross-examination. • Willingness to travel for site investigations, hearings, and client meetings.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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.