Building Envelope Rehabilitation Consultant; Licensed PE

Envelope Rehabilitation Consultant (Licensed PE)

Department: Existing Building

Lerch Bates is seeking an Envelope Rehabilitation Consultant (Licensed PE) to lead complex building enclosure evaluation, rehabilitation, and repair projects for existing buildings. This role serves as a senior technical authority responsible for assessing building performance issues, developing repair and rehabilitation strategies, and overseeing restoration projects from investigation through construction completion.

As a Building Envelope Rehabilitation Consultant, you will act as a trusted advisor to clients while leading project teams, mentoring technical staff, and managing the delivery of complex rehabilitation and restoration projects. You will apply advanced building science principles and engineering judgment to solve challenging problems involving roofing systems, waterproofing, facades, fenestration systems, structural components, and other building enclosure assemblies.

This role is ideal for an experienced professional who enjoys combining technical expertise, project leadership, client development, and team mentorship while remaining actively involved in project execution.

Lerch Bates (LB) 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. At Lerch Bates, your expertise matters, your voice carries weight, and your work directly contributes to our shared success as OneLB.

Below are the core responsibilities for this position. This list is not exhaustive and may evolve depending on business needs.

• Evaluate existing buildings to identify defects, deterioration, water intrusion, structural concerns, and building enclosure failures
• Prepare and present technical reports documenting existing conditions, findings, repair recommendations, and probable repair costs
• Conduct building condition assessments, forensic investigations, and rehabilitation evaluations
• Perform permit reviews, code reviews, and constructability evaluations
• Conduct technical peer reviews of reports and findings prepared by team members

• Develop repair and rehabilitation strategies for existing building systems and assemblies
• Coordinate with architects, engineers, designers, consultants, and contractors throughout project delivery
• Prepare and oversee construction drawings, technical specifications, bid documents, and repair details
• Review drawings, specifications, shop drawings, and submittals for compliance with project objectives and building science principles
• Communicate complex technical concepts through reports, presentations, sketches, and client discussions

• Lead rehabilitation, restoration, and modernization projects from investigation through construction completion
• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, quality control, staffing, and client expectations
• Provide technical oversight and direction to specialists, designers, and consultants
• Monitor project performance and proactively address schedule, budget, or quality concerns
• Ensure project deliverables meet Lerch Bates quality standards and client expectations

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, owners, property managers, architects, attorneys, contractors, and consultants
• Develop and maintain long-term client relationships
• Partner with business development teams to prepare proposals, scopes of work, and project budgets
• Identify opportunities to expand…