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Building Envelope Associate
Thornton Tomasetti
Newark, USA
Full-time
Senior · 8+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
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Your Role
- As an Associate-level Architect or Engineer in our Forensics practice, you will leverage your experience investigating, assessing, designing repairs for, and rehabilitating building enclosure systems, including facades, roofing, waterproofing, windows, and curtain walls.
- In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary investigations, develop repair solutions, prepare technical reports and construction documents, and manage client relationships. You will support forensic investigations, litigation support assignments, condition assessments, and restoration projects involving existing buildings.
- What You'll Do
- Lead façade and building envelope investigations for commercial, institutional, residential, and historic structures.
- Perform field assessments of masonry, stone, concrete, curtain wall, window wall, roofing, and waterproofing systems.
- Diagnose water infiltration, façade distress, material failures, and construction defects.
- Develop repair and rehabilitation strategies based on investigation findings.
- Prepare technical reports, repair documents, drawings, specifications, and construction administration deliverables.
- Manage façade inspection programs, condition assessments, and restoration projects.
- Coordinate material testing, water testing, and forensic evaluations.
- Support expert witness services, insurance claims investigations, and litigation-related assignments as needed.
- Mentor and supervise engineers, architects, and project managers.
- Participate in proposal development, client presentations, and business development efforts.
- Collaborate with structural, architectural, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- What You'll Bring
- Licensed Architect (RA) or Professional Engineer (PE) preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in building envelope consulting, façade engineering, restoration, or forensic investigations.
- Strong knowledge of building enclosure systems, including masonry, stone and terra cotta, curtain walls and windows, roofing systems, and waterproofing assemblies.
- Experience preparing repair documents and construction administration services.
- Familiarity with building codes.
- Excellent written communication and technical report-writing skills.
- Experience managing client relationships and project teams.
- Experience with façade forensic investigations and failure analysis preferred.
- Experience with water infiltration and leak investigations preferred.
- Expert witness or litigation support experience preferred.
- Experience with construction defect investigations and remediation design preferred.
- Compensation
Benefits
- Depending on your employment status, benefits may include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability and other voluntary benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Childcare
- Paid Time Off, Family Leave for New Parents, Volunteer Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Commuter Transit (where available)
- 401k retirement savings with Company matching on employee contributions and/or qualified student loan repayments
- Fitness Reimbursement
- And other various wellness, diversity/inclusion and employee resource programs and initiatives
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Thornton Tomasetti is proud to be an equal employment workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Thornton Tomasetti are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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Qualifications
- Licensed Architect (RA) or Professional Engineer (PE) preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in building envelope consulting, façade engineering, restoration, or forensic investigations.
- Strong knowledge of building enclosure systems, including masonry, stone and terra cotta, curtain walls and windows, roofing systems, and waterproofing assemblies.
- Experience preparing repair documents and construction administration services.
- Familiarity with building codes.
- Excellent written communication and technical report-writing skills.
- Experience managing client relationships and project teams.
- Experience with façade forensic investigations and failure analysis preferred.
- Experience with water infiltration and leak investigations preferred.
- Expert witness or litigation support experience preferred.
- Experience with construction defect investigations and remediation design preferred.
- Compensation
About Thornton Tomasetti
Architecture & Engineering Services2677 employeesFounded 1949
Independent global engineering consulting firm designing, investigating and analyzing structures, materials and systems for clients worldwide.
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