Associate Consultant

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Job Summary

Are you looking to kick-start your career? Lerch Bates is hiring an Associate Consultant to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities to be able to act as the primary contact and information resource for all potential and active customers within the assigned service area and produce revenue as set by leadership within two years of joining the organization. If you are eager to learn and utilize your materials management experience, this could be the role for you

Company Insight

Lerch Bates is the global multidisciplinary technical consultancy, saving time and money for those designing, modernizing, investigating, or managing buildings. From risk to ROI, schedule to sustainability, Lerch Bates suite of services helps you plan the future of your building at every phase of the building lifecycle. As your partner in finding the best technical outcomes for your project, we ensure functionality, safety, and value work together. We simplify the path to the best technical expertise for the built environment anywhere in the world. Lerch Bates offers integrated specialties, including vertical transportation, logistics, enclosures & structures, forensics, and multidisciplinary building lifecycle services that optimize performance from design, construction, and management to forensic investigation, repair, and modernization.

What Youll Do

• Learn industry knowledge, skills, and best practices on the job from Consultants, Sr. Consultants, Regional and Area Managers, business partners, and outside sources.
• Work independently as a Consultant within two years of joining the organization.
• Perform all of the other essential functions of a Consultant with varying degrees of assistance from other team members.
• Generate a customer pipeline by marketing LB services for all given lines of business in the service area. This may include but is not limited to exhibiting at regional conferences, conducting client lunch and learns, visiting potential and current client locations, and writing industry-specific blogs and articles.
• Participate in all aspects of project development, including but not limited to bid and contract development, conceptual planning, design, construction administration, maintenance audits, site safety and equipment inspections, and modernization projects for vertical transportation systems.
• Manage active projects with assistance from team members to ensure client satisfaction, quality, timeliness of delivery, and timely billing and payment.
• Assist with the planning, coordination, billing, delivery, and all other activities associated with other business lines in the assigned service area as requested.
• Provide scheduled and requested reports with assistance to business support functions and leadership as requested, including but not limited to equipment and systems status, percentage of work completed, billing percentages, contract additions, change orders, and deficiencies lists.
• Must wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hat, or other safety requirement of LB or the general contractor when performing on?site, fieldwork, inspections, audits, surveys, construction administrative services, etc.
  

What Youll Bring

• A Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or Supply Chain Management preferred.
• 1?2 years of experience in materials management, waste management operations, supply chain management, automated transport, material storage/retrieval systems, bulk and unit material handling/distribution systems, or warehouse intralogistics.
• Previous knowledge of the industry, including expert knowledge in one or more of the following areas: elevators, escalators, moving walkways, mid?and/or high?rise building design, specifications and analysis, or other vertical transportation equipment.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Knowledge of and the ability to adhere to ASME codes, standards, and safety rules.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to coordinate the design and implementation of systems with the architectural team, building owner, management companies, municipalities, etc.
• Strong organizational skills.
• The ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Deductive reasoning and critical thinking skills.
• The ability to maintain and gain knowledge and understanding of industry operational and equipment trends.
• The ability to execute tasks with a high degree of accuracy.
• The ability to work in a fast?paced team environment managing multiple projects and priorities.
• The ability to present professionally in communication, interactions, attire, and hygiene with customers, the public, and others.
• The ability to work effectively with all levels of Consultants and Designers, build partnerships and direct teams.
• The ability to travel regionally on a regular basis.
• Intermediate or better proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Acrobat and PowerPoint, CAD/Drawing review software, CAD deliverables, Project Time Recording System.
  

Why work with Lerch Bates?

• Competitive Compensation
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employee Stock Ownership program
• Generous PTO
• Incentive compensation bonus
• 401(k) with up to 6% employer match
• FSA and HSA
• Charitable paid time off
• Birthday Bonus
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Learning and Development An entire internal department dedicated to your learning and career development
• Exceptional company culture
• Employee resource groups
• Team building and networking activities
• And more
  

Working Environment

This role involves both physical and mental demands and may be performed in various settings, including offices, construction sites, and confined spaces like elevator pits. Tasks often require frequent movement in multiple directions. Lerch Bates will provide reasonable accommodations upon request through Human Resources.

Physical Demands

This role requires regular sitting, talking, and hearing in meetings and by phone. Employees must navigate tight spaces, climb ladders, move around construction sites, take measurements, and travel by car, air, or rail. Duties may involve working at heights and in confined spaces, using hands for tasks like typing and operating elevator components, and applying up to 30 lbs. of force. Close visual attention is also required.

Mental Demands

This position requires strong written and verbal communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills. Employees must interpret complex information, apply mathematical and logical reasoning, quickly learn new skills, and manage detailed, multitask workloads under shifting deadlines. Regular interaction with executives, colleagues, clients, and external stakeholders is also expected.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre?employment background check and drug test. The drug test includes screening for marijuana, regardless of state or local laws permitting its use. A conditional offer of employment will be rescinded if a candidate fails either the background check or the drug test. This requirement is mandated by federal regulations applicable to our government contracting obligations.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.