Consultant, Forensic Engineering

- Department: Forensic Architecture & Engineering Company Description Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work? J.
S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.

Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Consultant, Forensic Engineering to provide overall operational leadership and organizational structure for a growing engineering firm. This is a hands‑on senior leadership role responsible for ensuring that the company has the people, processes, systems, policies, financial infrastructure, and management practices required to operate effectively and scale successfully. They will work closely with the firm's founders and senior technical leaders, allowing them to remain focused on clients, engineering, business development, and the firm's long-term vision while ensuring that the organization is well managed and that day-to-day operational matters do not consistently fall back on the owners. The successful candidate will be a seasoned business leader who can move comfortably between strategic planning and practical execution. They will establish accountability, create management rhythms, identify organizational gaps, and ensure that important issues are addressed and followed through to completion.

Key Responsibilities
Executive & Organizational Leadership
- Serve as a key member of the firm's senior leadership team and act as an operational partner to the founders.
- Drive then translate the owners' vision and strategic priorities into clear organizational plans, priorities, and actions.
- Provide the structure, discipline, and accountability necessary to execute the company's operating plan.
- Establish and maintain regular management rhythms, including leadership meetings, one-on-one meetings, performance discussions, and organizational reviews.
- Identify operational issues before they become significant problems and ensure appropriate follow-up and resolution.
- Provide an objective management perspective to the founders on people, organizational, financial, and operational matters.
- Help ensure that decisions made by leadership are communicated effectively and implemented throughout the organization. Business Operations
- Oversee the firm's overall administrative and business operations.
- Ensure that appropriate systems, processes, policies, and controls are in place to support a professional and scalable organization.
- Continuously assess where the company is overly dependent on the founders and develop processes, delegation, and accountability to eliminate unnecessary bottlenecks.
- Establish clear roles, responsibilities, decision‑making authority, and accountability throughout the organization.
- Monitor key operational metrics and ensure that leadership has the information necessary to make informed decisions.
- Coordinate across engineering, project management, finance, HR, administration, and other functions to ensure effective execution.
- Contribute to marketing and sales objectives and resource strategies. Finance & Accounting Oversight
- Provide leadership and oversight of the firm's financial and accounting functions in partnership with the Controller and external accounting services.
- Ensure appropriate financial controls, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and administrative processes are established and maintained.
- Work with the Controller to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and useful management information.
- Support annual budgeting and operating plan development.
- Help leadership understand financial performance, risks, trends, and areas requiring attention.
- Ensure appropriate investment is made in financial systems, processes, and personnel as the company grows.
- Provide senior‑level oversight of the company's people practices and HR infrastructure.
- Establish and maintain effective policies, procedures, performance‑management practices, compensation processes, and employee‑development programs.
- Ensure leadership is in place for the annual performance review and compensation processes.
- Establish regular one‑on‑one and employee communication practices for key personnel.
- Coach managers and senior staff on leadership, accountability, performance, and employee relations.
- Act as a senior point of escalation for employee concerns, grievances, workplace conflicts, and sensitive personnel matters.
- Lead employee negotiations and