Senior Envelope Rehabilitation Consultant

Job Summary

Lerch Bates is seeking a Senior Building Envelope Rehabilitation Consultant to lead complex structural evaluation, rehabilitation, and repair projects for existing buildings. This role serves as a technical authority responsible for assessing structural deficiencies, developing repair and rehabilitation strategies, and overseeing the execution of structural restoration projects from concept through completion. You will act as an Engineer of Record, providing final technical decisions and signing/sealing structural repair documents and reports.

You will manage multidisciplinary project teams, oversee design development, and ensure structural rehabilitation solutions meet engineering standards, code requirements, and client objectives.

Department
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Existing Building

About Lerch Bates

Lerch Bates is a global technical consulting firm focused on improving how buildings perform for owners, designers, and the people who use them every day. For more than 75 years we’ve partnered on some of the world’s most complex and high-profile projects. Today we provide Total Building Performance expertise that integrates Building Science and Building Flow into a unified delivery model.

Our work spans design, construction, investigation, repair, rehabilitation, management, and modernization with one consistent goal: helping clients make confident, well-informed decisions in an increasingly complex built environment. We are 100% employee-owned through our ESOP, which fosters an ownership mindset and accountability in everything we do.

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed in this position. They are not intended to prescribe or restrict the assignments that management may make.

• Lead structural condition assessments of existing buildings, including commercial, institutional, and complex facilities
• Investigate structural deficiencies such as deterioration, cracking, corrosion, settlement, and system failures
• Evaluate load paths, structural performance, and building stability concerns
• Review existing construction documents and field conditions to identify structural risks and repair needs

• Develop structural rehabilitation and repair strategies for existing building systems
• Perform and oversee structural calculations for repair, retrofit, and code upgrade conditions
• Prepare and seal structural repair drawings, reports, and engineering deliverables as the Engineer of Record
• Conduct peer review of structural reports and design documents prepared by internal staff

• Assume full responsibility for project scope, schedule, budget, design quality, and execution
• Manage multidisciplinary teams including engineers, designers, and technicians
• Oversee construction administration for structural repair and rehabilitation projects
• Conduct site visits to evaluate construction progress and ensure compliance with design intent

• Serve as a senior technical advisor and primary client contact for structural rehabilitation projects
• Lead client meetings to present findings, repair strategies, and engineering recommendations
• Collaborate with business development teams on proposals, scopes, and project planning
• Build long-term client relationships and support growth of existing accounts

• Lead and mentor up to three direct reports, including engineers and technical staff
• Provide technical direction, performance feedback, and professional development support
• Establish best practices for structural evaluation and rehabilitation methodologies

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or related discipline)
• Professional Engineer (PE) or Structural Engineer (SE) license preferred
• 8+ years of experience in structural engineering, with a focus on forensics, rehabilitation, or existing buildings
• Proven experience acting as Engineer of Record on structural repair or retrofit projects
• Strong expertise in structural systems behavior, building failures, and rehabilitation design
• Experienc…