Field Inspector

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Job Summary

Lerch Bates is hiring a Field Inspector to bring in-depth elevator knowledge and provide an essential service for the company. The field inspector will ensure all inspections and subsequent reports are completed in a timely manner.

Title: Field Inspector

Department: Vertical Transportation

Company Insight

Lerch Bates is the global multidisciplinary technical consultancy saving time and money for those designing, modernizing, investigating, or managing buildings. From risk to ROI, schedule to sustainability, Lerch Bates’ suite of services helps you plan the future of your building at every phase of the building lifecycle. As your partner in finding the best technical outcomes for your project, we ensure functionality, safety, and value work together.

We simplify the path to the best technical expertise for the built environment anywhere in the world. Lerch Bates offers integrated specialties, including vertical transportation, logistics, enclosures & structures, forensics, and multidisciplinary building lifecycle services that optimize performance from design, construction, and management to forensic investigation, repair, and modernization.

What You’ll Do

• Independent inspections of elevators and escalators across designated regions.
• Develops and manages weekly schedules based on the needs of clients and consultants who will be requesting the inspections.
• Assist consultants with site inspections for modernization surveys as needed.
• Provide pictures and survey notes to the PM to review and develop the final report for the client.

What You’ll Bring

• Thorough knowledge of the installation and maintenance of the conveyance equipment and current elevator code.
• Previous experience in the Elevator industry; QEI/CEI certification is highly preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• An ability to pay strong attention to thoroughly inspect the equipment
• An ability to work on top of high-rise buildings and elevator shafts

Why Work With Lerch Bates

• Pay rate of $55-$65/hour
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employee Stock Ownership program!
• Generous PTO
• Incentive compensation bonus
• 401(k) with up to 6% employer match!
• FSA and HSA
• 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!

Be more than just an employee…

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. When you work with us, you join a company with an ownership mindset. Expect responsibility, service, and performance in everything we do . So,
what does that mean for you
? After a certain service time, you are eligible for stock ownership, which essentially works as a wealth accumulation and/or retirement account!

CORE Values:
Ownership . Community . Integrity . Respect . Optimism .

Working Environment

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.

Physical Demands

This role requires regular sitting, talking, and hearing in meetings and by phone. Employees must navigate tight spaces, climb ladders, move around construction sites, take measurements, and travel by car, air, or rail. Duties may involve working at heights and in confined spaces, using hands for tasks like typing and operating elevator components, and applying up to 30 lbs. of force.

Close visual attention is also required.

Mental Demands

This position requires strong written and verbal communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills. Employees must interpret complex information, apply mathematical and logical reasoning, quickly learn new skills, and manage detailed, multitask workloads under shifting deadlines.…