A WORLD LEADER IN TESTING, INSPECTION & CERTIFICATION SERVICES

Bureau Veritas offers dynamic, exciting employment opportunities with an attractive salary/benefit package and an opportunity to play a vital role with a global organization. If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity to become part of a stellar team of professionals, we invite you to apply online today.

Bureau Veritas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, sexual orientation, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other non-job-related characteristics.

This position is responsible to ensure equal opportunity in employment in that all persons are treated equally and on the basis of merit, in decisions regarding selection, placement, promotions, training, work assignments, transfers and other personnel actions.

City: Remote 

State: Remote

SUMMARY:  Describes the job’s primary purpose or contribution to the department/organization.

Responsible for leading the overall direction, completion, and outcome of all assigned projects.  This will require using knowledge of buildings, construction, and technical standards.  This role will discuss the project site with site contact and municipal facilities.  May need to travel to client project sites. The Project Assessor will be required to travel to client project sites.

This role will focus on accessibility building assessments for commercial buildings. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other job-related duties may be assigned in conformance with state and federal regulations.

1. The ability to leverage professional/technical expertise and judgment in developing the project plan and assessment.
2. Complete facility condition assessment (FCA) reports utilizing asset assessment management software with the ability to accurately describe the complex findings based on data gathered during field and technical review.
3. Conduct client facing on-site inspections and building condition assessments using mobile inspection and capital planning software on an electronic tablet inclusive of but not limited to Facility Condition Assessments (FCA), energy audits, accessibility assessments, mechanical equipment evaluations, space utilization planning and analysis, and other technical services associated with capital planning of commercial, institutional, and/or municipal facilities.
4. Conduct a Physical survey of the accessible and visible major building systems (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing), structure and foundations, representative interiors, common areas, exterior walls, windows, flat roofs, low-sloped roofs, and pavement with the ability to accurately identify client/project specific needs.
5. Obtains areas/measurements and quantities to adequately justify estimated costs to replace or remedy physical deficiencies and to estimate replacement reserve expenditures.
6. Complete equipment and building component inventory surveys capturing requirements.
7. Determine and identify system type, condition, remaining useful life and significant physical deficiencies of building components and systems based on visual inspection.
8. Conduct interviews with the owner (or their on-site representative), tenants, service providers, local government agencies, and other individuals knowledgeable about the subject property and its systems.
9. Review repair/improvement costs incurred by tenants/ownership along with the following documents (if available): certificate(s) of occupancy, maintenance reports and logs, elevator safety inspection reports, Building and Fire Department inspection reports, and warranty information.
10. Review pertinent property records as furnished by Client and/or property contact.  In general, documented information will consist primarily of project contact supplied receipts from repairs and/or improvements, pending proposals, current improvement projects, available relevant Construction drawings, etc.  There may also be previously prepared building facility condition reports, ADA surveys, capital plans, etc., that must be reviewed and analyzed with professional discretion.
11. Authors reports, taking into consideration any specialized client scope requirements, which convey the building condition assessment and provide exhibits which illustrate or clarify information presented in the body of the report, will vary widely from project to project based on the property being assessed, the geographic location and site conditions.  Provides photographic documentation of the site.   
12. Provide recommendations and planning level cost estimates for building envelopes, components and systems repair or replacement for inclusion in the capital budget plan.
13. Travel by Plane, Motor Vehicle, Train (50% of workweek) to client sites across the U.S.
14. Owns the project-by-project communication across the leadership team and keeps them informed of any actual or potential issues, including continuing updates of when reports will be e-mailed/shipped to production. Conduct various types of building assessments and walk-through surveys of major building equipment and systems, structures and foundations, including but not limited to: Property Condition Assessments, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, asbestos/lead/radon sampling, Seismic Reports, structural surveys, roofing surveys, Facility Condition Assessments, energy audits, accessibility assessments, mechanical equipment evaluations, ADA checklists, pre-construction document reviews, construction monitoring, desk reviews, report reviews, and/or document review  with the ability to accurately identify client/project specific needs.
15. Conducts interviews with the owner (or their on-site representative), tenants, service providers, local government agencies, and other individuals knowledgeable about the subject property.
16. Complies with federal, state and local legal requirements by studying new and existing legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on necessary action.
17. Acts as technical lead, providing guidance and technical direction for specialized projects and protocols.
18. Protects operations by keeping company information confidential.
19. Delivers outstanding customer service through timely response and proactive solutions to clients’ needs.
20. Demonstrates BV’s guiding principles in support of the company’s strategic goals.
21. Follows all documented policies, Standard Operating Procedures, and Work Instructions applicable to the position and support of BV’s quality standards and strategic initiatives.
22. Maintains safe and clean work area by complying with all procedures, rules, and regulations.
23. Must be able to meet the physical demands of the job.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This job does not have specific supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the e