VHT Consultant II

Lenexa, 8345 Lenexa Drive, Lenexa, Kansas, United States of America

Dallas, 5201 Tennyson Parkway, Plano, Texas, United States of America

Washington D.C., 4800 Westfields Blvd, Chantilly, Virginia, United States of America

Posted Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM

At Henderson, we're about more than just buildings We're about the people, experiences, and longevity of a building. We’re a company of problem-solvers and innovators known for our technical excellence and ability to provide come up with out-of-the-box solutions when it comes to design and construction. We love the process of bringing buildings to life – and keeping them in shape long after the doors open.

As an ESOP, each of our employee-owners are an essential part of our mission to lead the industry in innovation, sustainability, and client experience. With a vision to build a better world, Team Henderson has a people-first culture and diverse portfolio of world-class facilities.

We provide total building system design and construction services across multiple high-growth markets throughout the country for industry leaders. You'll get to use your talent to work on projects for some of the biggest names in mission-critical, higher education, sports, healthcare, grocery, restaurant, and retail within the sectors we serve in business, community, grocery, health, retail, and venue.

We're about more than just buildings. We're about you. You, and the hundreds of passionate employee-owners who make us who we are. We’ve always been committed to providing an inclusive workplace where people can bring their full self to work and helps people reach their full potential – both as professionals and individuals. Together, we provide dream up innovative solutions for our clients industry-wide problems, design and construct spaces that become landmarks, and toast the good life at our happy hours.

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This is an ongoing search for VHT Consultants with Henderson Building Solutions. Current opportunities may be available in Lenexa, KS;
Chantilly, VA; and Dallas, TX. If you're an elevator and escalator professional looking to transition into a consulting role or continue growing your consulting career, we'd love to hear from you. This position offers the opportunity to work on a wide variety of modernization, assessment, and new construction projects across commercial, healthcare, education, government, and other markets. Multiple openings; applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

The VHT Consultant II supports the design, assessment, modernization, and execution of elevator and escalator consulting projects throughout the project lifecycle. This role partners with clients, architects, engineers, contractors, and internal teams to develop practical, code‑compliant vertical transportation solutions for new and existing facilities. The VHT Consultant II is responsible for conducting field assessments, developing modernization and design documents, managing project‑level client relationships, and providing technical expertise throughout project execution.

This role also contributes to project planning, scheduling, quality reviews, and business development while helping ensure successful project delivery. This position offers a combination of field work, technical design, client interaction, and collaboration in a fast‑paced, team‑oriented environment and requires strict adherence to all applicable elevator field safety practices.

• Independently conduct field assessments, audits and surveys.
• Develop maintenance and modernization specifications tailored to client needs.
• Analyze and interpret submittals, shop drawings and performance data.
• Produce accurate VHT-specific construction drawings.
• Confidentlyinterpretconstruction drawings with minimal oversight.
• Develop new elevator design solutions, coordinate with architects/MEP engineers, and integrate requirements into project documentation
• Conduct traffic analyses using Elevate or equivalent software, interpret results and prepare recommendations.
• Serve as primary…