Principal

## About Exponent **Exponent** is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges. Our vision is to engage multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we've connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow's solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability. Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you’ll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus, we help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team! **Key statistics:** - 950+ Consultants - 640+ Ph.D.s - 90+ Disciplines - 30+ Offices globally ## Our Opportunity We are currently seeking a **Principal** for our Construction Consulting Practice in **Washington, DC**. In this role, you will work as part of a dynamic and diverse team advising and assisting clients on large and complex construction projects and issues. You will also help lead Exponent’s efforts to address our clients’ most critical challenges in the data center space, applying multidisciplinary expertise to improve portfolio management, reliability, mitigate risk, and support high-performing, resilient facilities across the full lifecycle. ## You will be responsible for - Leading and contributing to complex data center projects and programs by advising clients on portfolio management, reliability, risk identification, and performance optimization across planning, design, construction, and operations - Growing our construction consulting business with a particular focus on developing and managing new client relationships, in collaboration with other practices in the firm - Providing strategic planning to identify, develop, and secure new business opportunities and promote Exponent’s service offerings and brand - Generating significant revenue to help build a profitable team of consultants - Serving as main liaison between clients and Exponent - Overseeing performance of Exponent’s team and quality of our services and deliverables - Advising and assisting clients in areas of construction advisory, including but not limited to portfolio, program, and project management; project controls and scheduling; process improvements; governance; risk and performance management; data analytics and information management; change management; and dispute avoidance - Recruiting, developing, and mentoring staff in the areas of construction advisory consulting - Promoting Exponent's expertise in construction advisory by meeting with potential clients, presenting at conferences, writing thought leadership articles and white papers, and conducting seminars ## You will have the following skills and qualifications - M.B.A. (any discipline), or M.S./M.S.E. in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or Business Administration - Minimum 10 years of experience in construction management and project advisory - Significant experience in construction advisory, including but not limited to portfolio, program, and project management, project controls and scheduling, risk management and performance monitoring, process improvements, data analytics and information management, change management, dispute avoidance, and other areas of construction consulting services - Experience supporting or advising on mission-critical infrastructure (e.g., data centers, energy systems, or large-scale industrial facilities), including familiarity wit…