Designer Job at Lerch Bates Inc. in Englewood

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Job Summary

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.

Company Insight

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.

What You’ll Do

• 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.

What You’ll Bring

• 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.

Why Work with Lerch Bates?

• 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!

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. After an eligibility window, you are eligible for stock ownership, which essentially works as an additional wealth accumulation and/or retirement account.

CORE Values

Integrity • Ownership • Community • 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

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

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. Regular interaction with executives, colleagues, clients, and external stakeholders is also expected.

Background Check

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre‑employment background check and drug test. The drug test includes screening for marijuana, regardless of state or local laws permitting its use. A conditional offer of employment will be rescinded if a candidate fails either the background check or the drug test. This requirement is mandated by federal regulations applicable to our government contracting obligations.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.