Building and Utility Infrastructure Assessor

The Opportunity:
Tetra Tech is seeking a Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) Facility Condition Assessor/Engineer to join our Asset Management team. This position will support building and utility infrastructure assessments, with an emphasis on evaluating the condition, performance, and remaining service life of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. This is a remote position for candidates located in the greater Knoxville or Nashville, Tennessee area, with occasional work from a local Tetra Tech office. Due to project requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens and be able to successfully pass a background check.
Why Tetra Tech:
At Tetra Tech, we are Leading with Science to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Our industry-leading experts in engineering and consulting are committed to driving positive change in communities around the world. For over 50 years, we have been at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. Today we stand as a market leader, offering cutting-edge solutions in water, environment, energy, and international development. Our work has improved more than 625 million lives around the world.
Your Impact:
Join Tetra Tech to make a real difference. Our work leverages cutting-edge technologies, advanced analytics, and the expertise of world-class scientists and engineers to create meaningful change around the world. Discover your full potential – join us to advance your career while leaving a lasting legacy.
Responsibilities:
Tetra Tech is an industry leader in Infrastructure Asset Management Services. We complete numerous facility, infrastructure, and utility condition assessments and inventory collection projects for government and commercial clients worldwide each year. Our assessments combine field inspections with engineering analysis of system- and asset-level data to determine asset condition and inform infrastructure capital planning. Tetra Tech seeks engineers and qualified technicians experienced in assessing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems, including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), building automation and controls, electrical distribution, lighting, plumbing, fire protection, and related building and utility infrastructure systems.
Responsibilities:
Strict adherence to Tetra Tech safety policies.
Perform facility condition assessments of buildings, utility infrastructure, and other real property assets across mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems, including HVAC, building automation and controls, electrical distribution, lighting, domestic water distribution, sanitary drainage, fire protection, and related building systems.
Conduct inventory and condition assessments of building systems consistent with the UNIFORMAT classification convention per ASTM E1557.
Utilize electronic devices (smartphones, tablets, and other equipment) efficiently to accurately capture inventory and condition assessment data.
Provide quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) of field data collected by self or others to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and elimination of data gaps.
Perform fieldwork on-site in both the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS), with typical assignments lasting 1–2 weeks.
Utilize various facility condition assessment and asset inventory data collection systems, including applicable computerized assessment platforms. Project activities may also include:
Review existing building drawings, mechanical and electrical plans, equipment schedules, utility diagrams, and other technical documentation to support facility assessments.
Demonstrate competency in using electronic data collection devices and assessment software, including preparing for assessments, conducting field inspections, documenting deficiencies, and submitting assessment data in accordance with established protocols and guidance.
Assess mechanical systems, including HVAC equipment, heating and cooling distribution, ventilation systems, building automation and controls, and associated components.
Assess electrical systems, including primary and secondary distribution, transformers, switchgear, panelboards, lighting, emergency power systems, and associated electrical infrastructure.
Assess plumbing and fire protection systems, including domestic water distribution, sanitary drainage, plumbing fixtures, water heating equipment, fire suppression systems, and associated components.
Evaluate observed system conditions, identify deficiencies, document potential repair and replacement requirements, and support the development of remaining useful life estimates and capital improvement recommendations.
Effectively interact with Project Managers, Technical Leads, and co-workers to ensure compliance with project scope, technical requirements, and quality objectives.
Conduct activities in accordance with internal procedures, applicable laws and regulations, and relevant industry standards.
Pursue continuous professional development and maintain a high degree of technical competency, discipline, knowledge, and professional awareness.
Work safely at all times and promptly report health and safety incidents, hazards, and concerns.
Perform additional duties as required.
Qualifications:
The assessment and inventory collection requirements are varied and often differ from one location to the next. Successful candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of experience working with mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), or related building and utility infrastructure systems and/or a technical degree with knowledge of the building systems listed in the position summary and a working knowledge of other associated systems.
Successful candidates will have a strong desire to learn more about the technology used to assess and collect inventory information for various building systems and be comfortable entering data using portable electronic devices and computerized assessment platforms.
MEP assessors shall be capable of understanding, identifying, and rating the condition of building mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, including:
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
Heating and cooling generation and distribution systems
Building automation systems and controls
Electrical distribution systems, switchgear, transformers, and panelboards
Interior and exterior lighting systems
Emergency and standby power systems
Domestic water supply and distribution systems
Sanitary drainage and plumbing systems
Fire protection and suppression systems
Related building equipment and utility infrastructure
Candidates may have backgrounds in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, plumbing design, building systems engineering, facility maintenance, construction management, or other related technical disciplines. Professional engineering licensure is not required.
Assessors should possess a general understanding of applicable building codes, industry standards, equipment condition evaluation, and facility accessibility requirements, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and be capable of identifying potential capital improvement projects.
Ability to assess equipment condition, identify deficiencies, evaluate remaining useful life, and support the development of repair and replacement recommendations.
Ability to work independently with minimal Project Manager oversight while maintaining established project schedules and quality requirements.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including technical documentation and report-writing experience.
Familiarity with industrial facilities, large office buildings, institutional facilities, and other large or complex building types.
Must reside in, or be willing to relocate to, the greater Knoxville or Nashville, Tennessee area and be able to report to a local Tetra Tech office as requested.
U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a National Agency Check with Local Agency Check (NACLC) clearance from the Department of Defense (DoD) are required.
Valid U.S. driver's license in good standing and ability to obtain a U.S. passport are required.
Ability to successfully pass a Department of Motor Vehicles background check.
This position requires the candidate to be a U.S. Citizen due to the projects they will be working on.
Background Check: If this position requires a CAC card, CUI Enclave Access and/or a Security Clearance, a background check will be completed.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Candidates will be expected to move manhole covers and may be required to transport 50-pound objects on an occasional basis. Workdays can be long with candidates required to remain in a stationary position or moving about for extended hours, ascending/descending ladders, position self to move in small spaces (utility tunnels, crawl spaces, etc.), and possibly traversing covering 4-6 miles of.
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