Job Description
You’re not the stereotypical engineer. You like creating your own work product rather than making improvements to someone else’s. You enjoy engaging and interacting with others. You like providing your expert opinion in a way that non-engineers can understand. Controlling your schedule is important to you. You’d definitely describe yourself as “hands-on” and a “Go-Getter”.
We’re looking for an engineer like you.
At Reserve Advisors, our engineers enjoy work-life balance in both an office environment and in the field while conducting reserve study inspections of communities that range in all sizes and building types. They manage their schedules from start to finish, owning each aspect of the project while working with multiple clients at one time, allowing for variation in their day to day. Our engineers provide Expert Unbiased Guidance to our clients in the form of a Reserve Study report.
The successful engineering candidates at Reserve Advisors possess the following characteristics:
- Come from wide ranging engineering backgrounds including Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Industrial engineers and even more disciplines
- Enjoy speaking to others, are personable, and can provide thoughtful customer service to clients
- Are motivated and self-driven to go above and beyond to do what it takes
- Able to provide critical thinking skills and problem solving techniques to almost any situation
- Organized and able to multi-task
Reserve Advisors takes great pride in offering a thorough training program for new Reserve Analyst Associate Engineers. Regardless of your engineering background, our multi-phase training program allows for all engineering backgrounds to become experts in the Reserve Study process. We pair new Associate Engineers with an engineer mentor for the duration of the training process.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Learn to execute reserve study process from start to finish
- Contact clients and schedule inspections
- Coordinate and book travel for inspections
- Conduct property inspections of all common assets relevant to the community
- Compile data; research cost and useful life of common assets
- Lead team review and justify decisions with supporting information and garnered knowledge
- Write reserve study report
- Complete report and shipment edits as directed by editors and QA
- Complete training program phases one through three
- Become familiarized with the schedule, routine and work process of Associate Engineers, Engineers, Senior Engineers and the Regional Engineering Manager
- Additional duties as may be assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or Architecture from an accredited school (required)
- A completed FE with the ability to earn a PE is preferred
- Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and field inspection skills
- PC Proficiency: Adobe, Microsoft Office and the Google web platform
- Willing to travel with occasional overnight trips required
- Valid driver’s license
Working Conditions
Frequent overnight and out of town travel possible with working days being spent outside. Extended hours possible. In office, standard office environment with frequent computer use.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Equal Employment Opportunity/M/F/disability/protected veteran status