Job description
Position: Restoration Consultant / Project Manager
Location: Chicago, IL (East or West Office)
About This Opportunity
In this role, your time will be spent researching, analyzing, and solving structural deficiencies involving structures of all sizes, shapes, materials, and types such as high-rises, parking structures, plazas, building envelopes, water-retention structures, tunnels, and bridges. You will also be responsible for providing forensic investigation, behavior evaluation, repair design and budgeting, preparation of repair documents and construction administration. You will evaluate, assess, and devise repair plans for a variety of existing structures.
Qualified candidates will have strong restoration and/or forensic engineering experience, superior problem-solving skills, and a proven ability to manage several complex projects simultaneously. The ability to effectively communicate both in writing and verbally with decision-makers at all levels in an organization, be highly resourceful and self-directed and enjoy working in an environment that offers the freedom and autonomy to develop and implement best practices. Strong time management skills, proven leadership abilities, self-initiation, and reliance are essential skills.
Responsibilities
- Perform investigations, surveys, and testing of existing buildings to identify and diagnose deficiencies contributing to damage or deterioration.
- Critically analyze plans, specifications, and calculations prepared by others.
- Monitor progress of projects, adherence to project requirements, and closely track budget and procedural standards.
- Perform or review condition appraisals, develop repair schemes and repair recommendations.
- Complete and maintain all project documentation in project management software.
- Coordinate engineers and technical personnel for projects in the office.
- Maintain, market, and promote restoration and forensic engineering consulting services to new and existing clients.
- Assist and train less experienced staff in a variety of roles.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Competencies
- Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in structural or architectural engineering or similar.
- Other Requirements:
- Registered professional engineer or architect, or ability to obtain professional license.
- 5 years of experience working in the restoration field.
- Willingness to travel around the IL, WI, and MO areas, with occasional travel for conferences.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Experienced professional in parking structure restoration preferred.
Benefits of Joining Walker
As a skilled member of the Walker family, you will be given the opportunity to grow and develop your skills surrounded by committed, talented and enthusiastic co-workers. In addition to competitive compensation, as a full-time employee, Walker offers
vacation retreats,
tuition and licensure reimbursement,
401(k) match and
HSA employer contribution,
commuter benefit accounts,
medical,
dental,
vision insurance, and
more!
Who We Are
Walker is a 100% employee-owned company of many capabilities offering professional services to clients in the private and public market sectors. Walker maintains a strong foundation as an industry leader in all aspects of parking planning, design, engineering, restoration and consulting that encompass operations, technology, and mobility solutions engaging a wide spectrum of specialists and renowned experts who have been advancing standards in the industry for several decades.
However, our abilities reach far beyond just parking and include highly experienced advisors in forensics who provide investigative assessments, creative repair solutions, and litigation support on all types of facilities around the world impacted by natural events as well as design or construction defects.
Additionally, we are among the largest providers of restoration and building envelope services in the industry. The combination of our structural engineering design excellence, building science experts, and vast geographic presence makes Walker the first choice for these services throughout the country.
Walker Consultants is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We invite all qualified applicants to apply and do not discriminate against individuals because of their race, color, religion, national origin, gender, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or age.
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