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Walker Consultants

Designs parking facilities and repairs buildings

Restoration Consultant

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Waltham, MA, USA
In Person
Architecture & Civil EngineeringStructural Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering, Architecture, or a similar field.
  • Professional licensure is required.
  • At least 5 years of experience working on and/or managing projects in the forensic and/or restoration fields.
  • Strong writing, communication, and team skills.
  • Experience developing and maintaining client relationships.
Responsibilities
  • Perform investigations, surveys, and testing of existing buildings to identify and diagnose deficiencies contributing to damage or deterioration.
  • Critically analyze plans, specifications, and calculations prepared by others.
  • Monitor project progress, adherence to project requirements, budgets, and procedural standards.
  • Perform or review condition appraisals, develop repair schemes, and make repair recommendations.
  • Complete and maintain project documentation in project management software.
  • Manage multiple projects and teams, including engineers and technical personnel.
  • Maintain, market, and promote restoration and forensic engineering consulting services to new and existing clients.
  • Assist with training less experienced staff in a variety of roles.

About the company

Walker Consultants designs parking facilities and advises property owners, developers and public agencies on how to plan, assess and maintain buildings. Its engineers, architects and planners work on planned construction as well as existing structures, connecting physical design with long-term asset performance. The firm investigates failures, develops repair plans and evaluates roofs, exterior walls and internal building systems. Clients engage Walker for technical consulting and design services, from early due diligence through construction support and long-term capital planning. Founded in 1965, the company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Hoffman Estates, IL

Founded

1965

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What believers are saying

  • Technical learning has a schedule: Walker combines two-day in-house conferences with weekly technical webinars.
  • Publishing expertise earns extra compensation: Walker awards honorariums for presentations and authored articles.
  • Time off has a floor: Walker lists three weeks minimum annual PTO for full-time Irvine/Los Angeles Building Envelope Consultants.

What critics are saying

  • Fieldwork limits flexibility: Walker's full-time hybrid enclosure consultant vacancy in Los Angeles or Irvine requires willingness to travel as needed.
  • Sales accompanies project delivery: Walker's Denver Parking and Mobility Project Manager must develop new business.
  • Legal scrutiny shapes forensic work: Walker's expert testimony practice translates technical findings into courtroom evidence.

What makes Walker Consultants unique

  • Ownership stays with employees: Walker has remained 100% employee-owned since 1983.
  • Parking forecasts draw on accumulated evidence: Walker maintains proprietary revenue and expense projections from thousands of studies.
  • Leak diagnosis reaches concealed problems: Walker combines infrared scanning and water testing to locate building leakage sources.

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