Senior Building Consultant

About the Role

EFI Global is a full-service engineering, fire investigation, environmental, health and safety, and specialty consulting services firm serving a variety of industries in both the public and private sectors. Over the last four decades, we have grown into a recognized global leader in engineering failure analysis, origin-and-cause investigations, environmental consulting, laboratory testing, and specialty consulting. Our teams share a dedication to expertise, quality, and demonstrating that caring counts®. With over 700 professional engineers, fire investigators, architects, and scientists, we empower clients to make better-informed business decisions through our global solutions and local expertise.

Primary Purpose

Handles assignments up to $1M unassisted from adjusting business for commercial and personal property lines, including liability and builders risk assignments.

Responsibilities

• Manages daily and complex assignments with best-in-class service and expertise, delivering consistent value and trustworthy reporting to clients.
• Completes site visits, generates complex scopes of damages/repairs, high-value cost estimating, site documentation, project management, and high-stakes negotiations.
• Provides independent control of reconstruction job costs and time frames to insurers and property managers.
• Maintains accurate records based on company standards and procedures, using designated technology.
• Manages billings, including documenting and maintaining billable hours, work in progress, and timely delivery of reporting to clients, including contractors on complex projects.
• Provides independent oversight of complex mitigation processes, including industry-standard drying practices, billing procedures, and daily site clerking.
• Partners with high-level property claims adjusters and clients to produce best-in-class one-stop-shopping for clients.
• Completes and publishes narrative and executive summary reports.
• Develops and maintains a client base.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Travels as required.

Qualifications

• Education & Licensing:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred.
  • Current IICRC Master certifications (WRT, ASD, Smoke & Soot or equivalent) required.
• Experience: Eight (8) years of relevant experience, including five (5) years in the Insurance Restoration Industry or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Skills & Knowledge:
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
  • PC literate, including Microsoft Office products.
  • Analytical and interpretive skills.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills.
  • Ability to create comprehensive, accurate, and constructive written reports.
  • Valid driver’s license with a clean driving history.
  • Ability to work in a team environment and meet performance competencies.

Work Environment

• Mental: Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem-solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; manage multiple priorities; and meet deadlines.
• Physical:
  • Computer keyboarding, travel as required.
  • Ability to stand/walk for long periods, kneel, squat, bend, climb, crawl, stoop, reach/work overhead.
  • Lift/carry up to 50 pounds, push/pull up to 100 pounds.
  • Drive up to 4 hours per day.
  • Continual use of manual dexterity.
• Auditory/Visual: Hearing, vision, and talking.

Additional Notes

Credit security clearance, confirmed via a background credit check, is required. The range of starting pay for this role is $110,000 - $120,000 annually, with a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, PTO, and more.