Materials Lab Forensics Scientist – PE or EIT Engineer - WA

Materials Lab Forensics Scientist – PE or EIT Engineer - WA

KEAD is a dynamic and multi-layered engineering consulting and inspection firm based in Seattle, WA and Honolulu, HI that serves the Insurance, Legal, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Construction Industries. The KEAD team is made up of Architects, Materials, Welding, Mechanical, and Structural Engineers. KEAD is a tight knit team that takes pride in tackling tough cases and providing high quality results for our clients.

KEAD is seeking a qualified person with between 0
-10 years of education / work and team experience for our Seattle office. This position will focus on providing project and technical support regarding materials investigation to project leads throughout the organization. Duties include usage and maintenance of our materials lab’s equipment, collection and organization of test data, writing technical reports, design and inspection support for some of our MEP, crane or structural projects, and managing assigned projects as a Project PM.

• Site and laboratory work
• Testing (destructive and nondestructive)
• Proper utilization and maintenance of shop, testing, and analytical tools equipment
• Forensic documentation
• Multimedia/video setup for remote inspections
• Learning inspection, testing, and documentation procedures quickly and executing with confidence.
• Clear, proactive, and confident communication with clients and team while on site, especially in a forensic case
• Creation of field, observation and findings reports
• Data organization, analysis, and development of spreadsheets
• Input for proposal estimates based on your scope of responsibility
• Manage project life cycle for all material engineering projects and some construction defect and cross functional forensic projects
• Manage proposal/contract execution and receipt of client documents

• US Citizenship or current legal work status
• No felony convictions, drug convictions, restraining/protective orders or domestic violence convictions
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Materials Engineering from an ABET accredited school with a Materials Science focus or experience
• FE Examination Certificate from NCEES and EIT status
• Research / Laboratory experience involving materials or engineering testing
• 0-10 years of work with a technical team
• Experience performing metallurgical analysis using tensile tester, hardness tester
• Metallographic Microscope
• Metallographic preparation equipment including cutting, grinding and etching processes
• Microscopy including digital (Keyence preferred) and optical methods
• Handling of Chemicals used in etching and surface preparation for inspection
• Experience testing a variety of materials such as metals, plastics, construction materials
• Experience interpreting ASTM, ASME and ISO testing procedures
• Experience authoring test procedures and handling protocols
• Proficient with MS Office products (Word, PowerPoint)
• Analysis level expertise with MS Excel

• WA State P.E or Other US State P.E.
• 1-10 years of Lab Experience
• SEM equipped with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX/EDS)
• FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
• Knoop and Vickers Micro Hardness Testers
• Experience working on or around mechanical systems (plumbing, HVAC, engines, heavy equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, airplane, boats, Maker, robotics, etc) – Hands on! Tell me what you worked on!!!!
• Working knowledge of firearms including safe handling and design principles
• Experience working on or around industrial and/or construction sites
• Experience working with materials including metals & alloys, aggregates, composites, plastics and ceramics
• Basic fabrication skills including sawing, welding, milling, turning additive manufacturing and use of power tools
• Established experience working with NDT equipment
• Working knowledge of MS Project for managing projects and reporting
• CAD Software proficiency with Solid Works or AutoCAD
• Ability to grow and maintain relationships and trust with past, existing and new clients

All applicants please send resume and references Attn: