Office Manager; AEC Project Coordination

## Overview Salary Range $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 Salary/year## Description
** Department:
** Building Science
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* Location:

Greenbelt, MD (100% in-office)
**** Lerch Bates is seeking an Office Manager to support our East Coast team. This highly visible and trusted role serves as a central resource for employees, leadership, clients, consultants, and vendors while ensuring the efficient day-to-day operation of the office and supporting critical business functions.
**** As an Office Manager, you will oversee office operations, project administration, contract coordination, CRM and Deltek data management, facilities support, and client service activities. Working closely with the Regional Director, East Coast Area Business Manager, consultants, and project teams, you will help drive operational excellence while ensuring projects, contracts, and office functions are organized, accurate, and executed efficiently.
**** This position is ideal for an organized, proactive professional who enjoys solving problems, supporting teams, managing multiple priorities, and acting as a trusted operational partner within a fast-paced consulting environment.
**** Success in This Role
** Successful Office Managers are highly organized, resourceful professionals who anticipate needs, solve problems proactively, and help ensure the office, project teams, and business operations run efficiently. They serve as trusted partners to leadership, valued resources for employees, and key contributors to the exceptional client service that defines Lerch Bates.
** About Lerch Bates:
** 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. That means when the company succeeds, our employee-owners share in that success. It's more than a retirement benefit—it's an ownership mindset backed by the opportunity to build long-term financial value while helping shape the future of the company.
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* What You’ll 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.
*** Office Operations & Administration
*** Manage day-to-day office operations, including office supply management, project equipment tracking, and vendor coordination.
* Maintain front desk operations, greet visitors, manage incoming communications, and foster a professional and welcoming office environment.
* Process incoming and outgoing mail, shipping, and deliveries accurately and in a timely manner.
* Maintain organization and cleanliness of conference rooms, kitchens, reception areas, and common spaces.
* Coordinate meals, meetings, employee events, and other office functions as needed.
* Support onboarding activities by preparing work spaces, equipment, and materials for new hires.
* Assist with office equipment maintenance and operation, including copiers, filing systems, document production, copying, and binding.
** Project Coordination & Contract Administration
*** Prepare project proposals and support the administration and execution of contracts, service agreements, purchase orders, and project…