Vehicle Accident Reconstructionist (ACTAR Required)

Description

• Inspect and analyze automotive or mechanical parts to determine the cause of failure.
• Work involves documenting and preserving evidence obtained, preparing written reports of findings, and providing expert testimony in litigation as necessary.
• The Vehicle Accident Reconstructionist will perform timely, accurate analysis, prepare reports, and present your findings to the client and other interested parties.
• The Vehicle Accident Reconstructionist will also prepare and present demonstrative diagrams and charts and provide an analysis of the cause of various incidents.
• Reconstructing vehicular accidents using engineering analysis, CAD-based tools, and test data where appropriate.
• Analyze product liability, design, and safety.
• Responsibility will include analyzing single- and multiple-vehicle collisions, speeds, roadway drag factors, perception-response times, lamp analysis, time-distance relationships, damage analysis/consistency, etc.
• Evaluate cars, trucks, or other various forms of transportation.
• Performing damage analysis, speeds from damage (energy), coefficient of friction of roadway, time and distance relationships, lamp analysis, occupant kinematics, vehicle dynamics, perception and response times, braking efficiency of air brake systems on commercial motor vehicles, and possibly intersection traffic signal analysis.
• Provide collision scene evidence analysis and forensic mapping of collision sites and vehicles.

Requirements

• Travel - This position requires travel. Out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be required.
• Prior forensic and/or vehicle accident reconstruction experience and ACTAR accreditation is required.
• Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Degree preferred, but not required.
• Physical Demands - While performing this job, the employee must frequently stand, walk, sit, climb, bend, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, and hear. Must be able to perform field inspections, physically move debris, inspect vehicles (commercial and tractor-trailer), and drive a motor vehicle to job sites. Employee may lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Clear vision and depth perception are also necessary.
• Significant commercial vehicle investigation and inspection preferred.
• First-rate report writing skills are crucial to success.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are essential.
• Part-time and ex-law enforcement officers or experts with 10+ years of accident reconstruction experience.
• Independent Judgement; strong analytical skills.
• You must be able to manage multiple investigations simultaneously and be detail orientated.

Benefits

• Overtime - This position is classified as salaried with an exempt FLSA status. There will be periods where overtime will be required, which the employee will need to comply with in order to meet the demands of the position.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance