Associate Engineer

Position Title: Associate Engineer

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: Regional Engineering Manager

About Us

Since 1991, Reserve Advisors has empowered communities by providing vital long-term capital planning. With over 37,000 completed studies, our dedicated team of engineers and project managers help associations foresee and fund essential maintenance and repairs, ensuring safe, thriving neighborhoods. We carefully assess physical assets and craft financial roadmaps that shield homeowners from risk and potential surprises. Backed by purposeful growth, we offer a stable, nurturing environment where your daily work deeply protects the places people cherish: the communities they live in.

About the Role

As an Associate Engineer, you become the trusted guide for community boards, blending hands-on asset evaluation and financial analysis with thoughtful client education. Working from the field, you independently evaluate shared community spaces and translate field observations and data points into comprehensive, but not complicated, financial plans. You embrace a highly consultative path that shapes vital capital decisions. Our structured training ensures you confidently develop the skills required to foster enduring client relationships and position you to take ownership of a dynamic, independent schedule.

What You'll Be Doing

Project Management & Client Coordination

• Act as the primary point of contact for assigned clients.
• Plan and coordinate site visits, inspections, and project schedules.
• Set clear expectations on scope, deliverables, and timelines; provide proactive status updates.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects while consistently meeting deadlines.

Property Inspections

• Conduct on-site inspections of community common elements (e.g., roofing, siding, pavement, mechanical systems, amenities).
• Verify and document asset condition, quantities, and key observations.
• Capture photos and detailed field notes to support accurate reporting.

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Compile inspection findings; research typical replacement costs and estimated remaining useful life.
• Use internal tools and templates to draft reserve study reports.
• Support the development of funding plans and reserve projections.
• Participate in internal QA reviews and incorporate feedback to finalize reports.

Team Collaboration

• Partner with engineering, QA, and operations to ensure consistent, high-quality deliverables.
• Contribute field insights during team reviews to improve methodologies and outputs.
• Continuously build expertise in reserve study standards, methodology, and best practices.

What You Won't Be Doing

• Sitting quietly behind a desk all day; this dynamic role demands continuous, hands-on field exploration and client consulting.
• Performing standard, repetitive engineering design or isolating lab testing.
• Enduring rigid micromanagement; our results-based culture deeply values achieving clear performance expectations and the quality of your insights.
• Fielding frantic weekend calls about sudden project emergencies or immediate deadlines.
• Fading into the background as a silent analyst; your compelling voice directly guides real-world capital decisions.