Full-Time
Civil/Structural Engineer
Forensic Architecture & Engineering
Posted on 8/23/2026
J.S. Held
1,001-5,000 employees
Global risk-focused advisory and forensic services
No salary listed
Alpharetta, GA, USA
Remote
Remote within the United States, with regular local and regional travel to project sites.
Bachelor's
 Architecture & Civil Engineering (1) |
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- A bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited school is required.
- A Professional Engineer or Structural Engineer license is required; highly qualified and experienced Engineers-in-Training or Engineer Interns will be considered.
- Between 0 and 5 years of experience as a forensic engineer is required.
- Experience or willingness to learn climbing moderate- to steep-pitched roofs using hand-rope assist, rope-and-harness systems, aerial lifts, and similar equipment is required.
- Willingness to work at heights is required.
- Familiarity with modern building codes and industry standards is required.
- Willingness to travel and conduct site inspections is required.
- A valid driver's license is required.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds is required.
- Ability to travel to project sites and conduct field investigations is required.
- Ability to work in hot and cold environments, indoors and outdoors, is required.
- Ability to access and work on pitched roofs, scaffolds, lifts, elevated surfaces, attics, crawlspaces, and other enclosed spaces with appropriate personal protection is required.
- Ability to lift, transport, set up, and use an extension ladder to access roofs and other elevated surfaces is required.
- Physical ability to climb, stand, walk, kneel, and crouch for extended periods is required.
- Conduct field observations, testing, and data collection, including steep-roof inspections.
- Prepare technical reports detailing observations, testing results, research conducted, and opinions or recommendations.
- Work with building departments to determine repair directives.
- Conduct research and develop technical topics for publication.
- Meet with and present to peers and clients.
- Engage in client-relations business development and marketing.
- Experience in engineering design or construction is preferred.
- Experience conducting damage assessments and forensic investigations is preferred but not required.
- Storm damage and building envelope evaluation experience is a plus.
J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that offers specialized technical, scientific, financial, and advisory services. It helps corporations, law firms, insurance companies, and government agencies by bringing together experts from multiple disciplines to provide solutions that reduce risk and increase value. Its services include forensic accounting, construction advisory, environmental health and safety, equipment consulting, and property damage assessment, among others. The company earns revenue through fees for these high-value services and also conducts research and development to stay ahead in its field. Compared with competitors, J.S. Held differentiates itself through its global reach, multidisciplinary teams, and a focus on risk mitigation and value creation across complex client needs. Its goal is to help clients manage risk effectively and maximize value over time by delivering practical, well-supported advice and solutions.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Jericho, Vermont
Founded
1974
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Element Forensic Engineering adds 40+ professionals and national Canadian insurance-dispute capacity on August 13, 2026.
- Steeplechase expands restructuring mandates across retail, real estate, and manufacturing on August 12, 2026.
- EcoOnline’s 2026 alliance pushes J.S. Held into workplace safety software-led consulting distribution.
What critics are saying
- Integration risk rises after August 2026 acquisitions of Element, Steeplechase, and CMM.
- FTI Consulting, Kroll, and Alvarez & Marsal pressure J.S. Held’s expert-fee pricing in 2026.
- A downturn in insurance claims or restructuring work would hit revenue concentration quickly.
What makes J.S. Held unique
- J.S. Held spans technical, scientific, financial, and strategic advisory across six continents.
- Its August 2026 Canada platform deepens insurer and counsel coverage with Element Forensic Engineering.
- The firm keeps buying niche specialists, including CMM, LLP and Steeplechase Advisors in 2026.
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J.S. Held adds depth of Forensic Engineering expertise in Canada with acquisition of Element Forensic Engineering. Aug 13, 2026, 08:07 ET Combination expands technical and financial forensic expertise for insurers and counsel across Canada. NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Global consulting firm J.S. Held announces the acquisition of Element Forensic Engineering (Element), a Canadian firm with offices throughout the Toronto area and an additional office in Calgary, recognized for its work with insurers and counsel across structural, fire investigations, code interpretation, environmental, mechanical, electrical, and building science matters. Building upon earlier acquisitions, this transaction further expands J.S. Held's Canadian Forensic Architecture & Engineering platform and connects Element's clients to the firm's global bench of technical and financial experts, with capabilities including property loss evaluation, contents and inventory valuation, business interruption and economic damages, environmental and contamination claims, and causation and liability analysis. Founded by Jeff Martin and Jeremy Bishop, Element has built a team of 40+ professionals serving insurers and counsel across both insurance claims and disputes, with a primary hub of operations in the Greater Toronto Area and a national footprint extending through its Calgary office. The firm has earned a strong reputation for industry-leading service, innovative solutions, and responsiveness, anchored in a commitment to bringing together the right people with the best solutions to achieve effective results for the insurers and counsel it serves. Lee Spirer, Chief Executive Officer of J.S. Held, said, "We admire how the Element team works, with a commitment to collaboration and to bringing together the right people to achieve effective results for their clients. That mindset is a strong cultural match for J.S. Held, and the combination meaningfully deepens the technical and financial expertise available to insurers, counsel, and corporate clients across Canada." The acquisition adds meaningful capacity to J.S. Held's Canadian forensic engineering bench and positions the combined team to serve national clients with closer-to-the-loss resources, managing travel costs and expediting timelines that are important to insurance carriers managing files across the country. Jim Stanilious, Insurance Services Division Leader, noted that the synergy extends well beyond efficiencies: "While this combination adds meaningful capacity to serve insurers and counsel across Canada, it also pairs Element's capabilities in structural, fire, environmental, mechanical, electrical, and building science with the broader J.S. Held platform, including building consulting, contents valuation, environmental health and safety, accident reconstruction, and forensic accounting. For carrier and counsel clients, that means closer-to-the-loss resources from one team able to address the full scope of a complex claim." For insurers and counsel, the combination means a single team able to address the full technical and financial dimensions of a claim. Element's forensic engineering work connects directly to J.S. Held's Building Consulting practice, the firm's largest insurance-facing practice in Canada, along with capabilities Element's clients have frequently needed to source elsewhere, including contents valuation, environmental health and safety, and accident reconstruction for premises liability matters. The result keeps Element's responsiveness and trusted relationships in place while extending the firm's reach into the broader building science, mechanical, electrical, and cause and origin work clients increasingly require. Reflecting on what the combination means for Element's clients, Jeremy Bishop, Managing Partner of Element Forensic Engineering, said, "The greatest value proposition for our clients as we join J.S. Held is scaling our depth of expertise. I think of this like going from a small family medical office to the deep and layered expertise of being treated at a hospital. Our clients keep the relationships and the responsiveness they expect from Element, and they gain access to a global bench of specialists they can call on as their matters grow in complexity." For the Element team, joining J.S. Held also brings access to mentorship, training, and technology platforms that support both team development and client service. Jeff Martin, Managing Partner of Element Forensic Engineering, framed the benefit to the firm's professionals and the clients they serve, observing, "J.S. Held brings to our team members and ultimately our clients a mature and scaled approach to technology-enabled client service. From the implementation of AI to support team members and manage proprietary client information, to more robust training programs and a breadth of industry expertise we can all learn from." With the addition of Element Forensic Engineering, J.S. Held strengthens its position as a leading forensic engineering platform in Canada, expanding the firm's ability to address insurance claims and disputes across the country. The combined team brings together Element's established forensic engineering practice and J.S. Held's global technical and financial expertise to deliver a single, multidisciplinary resource for insurers, counsel, and corporate clients. About J.S. Held 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. More than 1,500 professionals serve organizations across six continents, including 84% of the Global 200 Law Firms, 75% of the Forbes Top 20 Insurance Companies (90% of the NAIC Top 50 Property & Casualty Insurers), and 71% of Fortune 100 Companies. J.S. Held, its affiliates and subsidiaries are not certified public accounting firm(s) and do not provide audit, attest, or any other public accounting services. J.S. Held is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Securities offered through PM Securities, LLC, d/b/a Phoenix IB or Ocean Tomo Investments, a part of J.S. Held, member FINRA/SIPC. All rights reserved. Kristi L. Stathis | Global Public Relations | +1 786 833 4864 | [email protected] SOURCE J.S. Held
J.S. Held buys restructuring consultancy Steeplechase Advisors. 12 August 2026 Consulting.us J.S. Held, a Jericho, NY-based technical and forensic advisory firm, has acquired Steeplechase Advisors, a Minneapolis-based restructuring consulting firm. Founded in 2017, Steeplechase provides mid-market companies with advisory services in receiverships, fiduciary roles, interim management, refinancing, litigation support, and transactions. The boutique firm has senior expertise across cash flow modeling, liquidity analysis, stakeholder management, and operational turnaround execution, as well as expert testimony and asset recovery. Steeplechase has worked on engagements in the retail and consumer products, real estate, agribusiness, manufacturing, hospitality, transportation, and luxury goods industries. The firm has 12 employees listed on LinkedIn. J.S. Held's acquisition of Steeplechase is the fourth addition to its strategic advisory practice, following MorrisAnderson, Stapleton Group, and Phoenix Management. The Phoenix deal included Phoenix IB, a special situations investment bank. "Joining J.S. Held gives our clients access to a substantially larger bench of senior restructuring and financial experts, deeper technical capability across the industries we serve, and expanded capital markets relationships through Phoenix IB," said Jim Cullen, founder and CEO of Steeplechase Advisors. J.S. Held's strategic advisory practice now has more than 85 restructuring, turnaround, and special situations professionals advising lenders, legal counsel, sponsors, boards, and creditors on in-court and out-of-court mandates. "Our team has built our Strategic Advisory Practice with discipline and conviction. Jim Cullen and his colleagues are exactly the kind of entrepreneurial leaders who make it stronger," said Lee Spirer, president and CEO of J.S. Held. J.S. Held has 1,500+ people across five continents providing services in technical and scientific advisory, strategic advisory, digital and data, financial investigations, valuation, and risk.
Global consulting firm J.S. Held has acquired Steeplechase Advisors, a restructuring and special situations advisory firm serving middle-market companies. The acquisition marks the fourth strategic addition to J.S. Held's Strategic Advisory Practice, following acquisitions of Phoenix Management, Stapleton Group, and MorrisAnderson. The combined entity now comprises more than 85 restructuring, turnaround, and special situations professionals advising lenders, legal counsel, sponsors, boards, and creditors. Steeplechase brings expertise in receiverships, fiduciary roles, interim management, and refinancing across sectors including retail, real estate, agribusiness, manufacturing, and hospitality. Jim Cullen, founder and chief executive officer of Steeplechase Advisors, said the acquisition gives clients access to a larger bench of senior restructuring and financial experts. J.S. Held employs more than 1,500 professionals across six continents.
J.S. Held appoints Irvinder Singh Lail as Head of Global Capability. J.S. Held, a global consulting firm, has announced the appointment of Irvinder Singh Lail as Head of Global Capability. In his new role, Irvinder will work to advance the firm's global operating model by formalising how J.S. Held organises and deploys expertise across regions, enhancing service delivery, and expanding capacity for the firm's experts. Irvinder will support the continued development of J.S. Held's global service model, strengthening how the firm coordinates work across time zones to access and mobilise the right experts for complex, time-sensitive matters. The firm currently operates with teams in multiple geographies that support around-the-clock client service. His mandate is to formalise the model by expanding centres of expertise, standardising shared platforms, and scaling the infrastructure needed to support the firm's continued growth. He will work alongside Jessica Larson, Senior Vice President of Digital Transformation, helping align global resourcing strategies with the firm's investments in advanced technology. He brings more than 25 years of experience across the professional services, technology, banking, financial services, and insurance sectors. Irvinder joins J.S. Held from Alvarez & Marsal, where he was responsible for building multiple capabilities and verticals for its Global Capability Center. Prior to that, he was Senior Director - Global Business Services & Office Head India at Bain & Company. He was also a Director - Financial Services Advisory | Africa - India - Middle East at EY. Lee Spirer, President and Chief Executive Officer of J.S. Held, said, "The next phase of J.S. Held's growth depends on how deliberately Reinsurance Group build the firm, focusing not just on where Reinsurance Group operate but on how its teams connect across regions to serve clients as one organisation. "Irvinder brings the experience to further develop the operational system behind our global model and to identify and source the specialised talent that extends the reach of our expert teams." "Human capital and digital capability are two sides of the same equation," said Larson. "As we scale automation and AI-enabled workflows across the firm, Irvinder's work will ensure that our talent strategy expands in step, so that people and technology advance together rather than on separate tracks. I look forward to partnering with him to accelerate both." "The response we have already seen from prospective team members and from clients reinforces the market opportunity in front of us," Spirer added. "Irvinder's appointment reflects continued momentum in how J.S. Held builds for the clients who rely on us for high-stakes work."
Chambers and Partners recognizes J.S. Held and experts across six global disciplines. Jul 14, 2026, 08:07 ET Expert support for in-house and outside counsel in forensic accounting, asset tracing and recovery, business intelligence and investigations, investigative due diligence, political risk, and ESG risk. NEW YORK, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Global consulting firm J.S. Held announced today that J.S. Held and its experts are recognized by Chambers and Partners in six disciplines, reflecting the firm's expertise supporting in-house and outside counsel in complex disputes, investigations, and high-risk matters. Chambers and Partners recognition of J.S. Held spans forensic accounting, asset tracing and recovery, business intelligence and investigations, investigative due diligence, political risk, and ESG risk, highlighting J.S. Held's integrated technical, financial, and investigative capabilities. * Forensic Accountants - US * Asset Tracing & Recovery - Global * Business Intelligence & Investigations - UK and Asia Pacific * Investigative Due Diligence - Global * Political Risk - Global * ESG Risk - Global J.S. Held Experts are recognized as leading practitioners by Chambers & Partners Executive Vice President Iain Potter, based in the Asia-Pacific region, is recognized by Chambers & Partners for his forensic accounting expertise supporting litigants and their counsel. Iain Potter, FCA, FCIArb, is a Chartered Accountant qualified in the UK (ICAEW) and Singapore (ISCA), "...is incredibly skilled, credible on the witness stand, and able to distill complex economic issues into layman's terms." Iain specializes in the quantification of economic damages and the valuation of businesses and intellectual property for international arbitration and complex commercial disputes. Chambers and Partners recognize Senior Managing Director Michelle J. Avery for her forensic accounting expertise supporting litigants and their counsel. As reflected in Chambers, Michelle J. Avery, CPA, CFF, "...is a superior supporting and testifying expert who provides exceptional analysis and produces first-class results." Michelle leads the Complex Accounting & Litigation team at J.S. Held. Michelle has extensive experience providing forensic accounting and expert witness services to prominent law firms and leads major dispute resolution engagements in high-profile domestic and international civil litigation. Supporting in-house and outside counsel in disputes, Senior Managing Director Peter Pender-Cudlip is recognized for his expertise in asset tracing and recovery and business intelligence and investigations. The Chambers report reflects in asset tracing and recovery, "Peter is unstoppable and effective, bringing difficult-to-match investigative experience across fraud, arbitration, insurance, and bankruptcy matters." In the area of business intelligence and investigations, Chambers shares, "Peter is unstoppable and effective." Peter has over 20 years of international investigations and business intelligence experience, having worked on projects in more than 40 countries across the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the US, and Russia. Chambers and Partners recognize two J.S. Held experts in the area of political risk - crisis and risk management: Senior Managing Director Livia Paggi and Senior Managing Director Philip Worman. The Chambers Review reveals, "Livia is a trusted advisor on political risk, ESG, and business intelligence matters, regularly supporting multinational companies on complex international issues. Livia Paggi manages Political Risk, ESG, and Business Intelligence services where she advises multinational clients on doing business successfully in some of the world's most challenging markets. Over the past decade, Livia has developed expertise in Russia and the wider Eurasia region. Philip Worman has over 25 years of experience in the political risk, business intelligence, and investigations sector, advising clients on doing business in emerging and frontier markets. Philip has particular expertise in sanctions policy and risk mitigation. Chambers adds, "Philip is outstanding. He is highly regarded for his expertise in political risk, sanctions advisory, stakeholder management, and market entry strategy." J.S. Held brings together professionals with technical, financial, and investigative expertise to support clients and their counsel across complex disputes and high-risk matters. As a multidisciplinary consulting firm with global reach, J.S. Held combines deep subject matter knowledge with the ability to address matters requiring cultural awareness and cross-border insight. About J.S. Held 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. More than 1,500 professionals serve organizations across six continents, including 84% of the Global 200 Law Firms, 75% of the Forbes Top 20 Insurance Companies (90% of the NAIC top 50 Property & Casualty Insurers), and 71% of the Fortune 100 Companies. Kristi L. Stathis | Global Public Relations | +1 786 833 4864 | [email protected] SOURCE J.S. Held