Designer, Engineering Design & Technologists

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Are you interested in sophisticated machinery and want to bring your skills to a great company? Lerch Bates is seeking a skilled designer to develop layout solutions, produce drawings, and be a point of contact and source of information for our clients.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture or Engineering, mechanical design experience, and previous experience with Revit. Lerch Bates offers work‑life balance, great benefits, and career development.

Lerch Bates is a global multidisciplinary technical consultancy that saves time and money for those designing, modernizing, investigating, or managing buildings. From risk to ROI, schedule to sustainability, our suite of services helps plan the future of buildings at every phase of the lifecycle.

We partner with clients to find the best technical outcomes for projects, ensuring functionality, safety, and value work together.

We simplify the path to the best technical expertise for the built environment worldwide, offering integrated specialties in vertical transportation, logistics, enclosures & structures, forensics, and multidisciplinary building lifecycle services.

• Design layouts for all types of vertical transportation equipment, including passenger and freight hydraulic and traction elevators, escalators, and moving walks.
• Be responsible for assigned projects, meeting deadlines, estimating time for tasks, managing multiple projects, and ensuring project accuracy.
• Coordinate project design and drawing delivery with Project Managers and Consultants.
• Coordinate layout drawings with Consultants and client Architects. Coordinate project schedule with Consultants and clients.
• Interpret specifications when provided and apply them as required.
• Research elevator codes and building codes and apply them as required.
• Download and review architectural drawings, updating Consultants on design changes/issues compared to LB Vertical Transportation drawings.
• Document Consultant and Architect communications from phone conversations, emails, drawings/mark‑ups, and faxes.
• Effectively communicate with BIM/CAD project coordinators.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of experience using AutoCAD and Revit; experience with architectural drafting and coordination with architects is preferred.
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, Excel, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and Bluebeam Revu.
• Competency with Revit. Some education/experience in AutoCAD is helpful.
• Mechanical engineering design experience and electrical engineering design experience are preferred.

• Pay Rate of $25–$30/hour
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employee Stock Ownership program
• Generous PTO
• Incentive compensation bonus
• 401(k) with up to 6% employer match
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account
• 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!

Lerch Bates is 100% employee‑owned. Our employee‑owners bring a distinct “we own what we do” brand of technical consulting to every project and partnership. After an eligibility window, you are eligible for stock ownership, which essentially works as an additional wealth accumulation and/or retirement account.

Integrity
• Ownership
• Community
• Respect
• Optimism

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.

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