The Opportunity
Citywide Elevator Consultants is an independent vertical transportation consulting firm that operates exclusively on the owner's side. We do not sell equipment. We do not service elevators. We work for the people who own buildings, including institutional asset managers, developers, and real estate portfolios, and our job is to make sure their vertical transportation systems are procured, designed, and managed with professional rigor.
We are expanding our technical consulting practice and are looking for someone who can take ownership of new construction and modernization engagements from specification through bid. This is not a support role. It is a client-facing, technically demanding position that requires you to be the most prepared person in the room: on a call with a structural engineer, in a submittal review with a manufacturer, or presenting findings to an asset manager.
If you are someone who reads a set of construction drawings and immediately begins forming questions, who understands that a specification is a legal and technical instrument and writes it accordingly, and who wants to build something rather than maintain it, we want to speak with you.
What This Role Actually Does
New construction elevator consulting is a distinct discipline. Unlike modernization work, where a consultant often operates independently in a more controlled scope, new construction places you inside a live project team. You are working alongside architects, structural engineers, MEP consultants, and general contractors. You have to speak their language, understand construction sequencing, and know precisely when and how vertical transportation intersects with the broader development process. That fluency cannot be faked in a project meeting.
Your core work will be:
Specification Development
You will produce tailored vertical transportation specifications for new construction and modernization projects across a national portfolio. These are not template documents pulled from a shelf. Each specification reflects the specific building, the bid structure, the ownership goals, and the applicable code environment. Whether Citywide is administering the bid or a general contractor is running it, you will understand how the document needs to be constructed to function correctly in that context.
Drawing and Submittal Review
You will evaluate construction drawings and equipment submittals, including hoistway configurations, machine room layouts, pit details, and structural coordination, for compliance with the project specification and applicable codes. You will issue written disposition responses that are clear, technically precise, and defensible. You will hold positions under contractor pressure when the record supports them.
Client Communication
You will communicate directly with clients, architects, engineers, and general contractors. Written and verbal communication are core deliverables of this role, not secondary skills. The ability to explain a complex technical position clearly to a non-technical audience, and to do so with confidence, is as important as the technical knowledge behind it.
Project Management
You will manage multiple concurrent projects, tracking submittals, RFI responses, review timelines, and client deliverables. This is a national practice. You will be organized, responsive, and self-directed without requiring oversight to maintain momentum.
Who We Are Looking For
The strongest candidates will have experience in one of the following areas:
Elevator industry professionals with demonstrated new construction project experience, submittal review capability, and specification development. QEI certification is valued. Knowledge of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, IBC, and ADA/ABA guidelines is expected.
MEP engineers or construction consultants with a background in specification writing and building systems coordination who are prepared to develop deep vertical transportation expertise. If you understand structural loads, can read a set of prints and synthesize a technical specification from them, and are comfortable engaging with engineers and architects as a peer, the elevator-specific knowledge is something we can build together.
What cannot be taught: the ability to produce a precise, well-constructed specification. The instinct to read a drawing and identify what is missing. The confidence to hold a technical position in writing and in a meeting. The discipline to manage complex deliverables independently.
Across both profiles, we are looking for someone who takes technical writing seriously, communicates with precision, and understands that our work product is our credibility.
Qualifications
Required
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in elevator consulting, MEP engineering, construction management, or a closely related field
- Demonstrated experience developing or revising technical specifications
- Ability to review construction drawings and identify coordination, compliance, or design issues
- Strong technical writing capability: clear, precise, and professional
- Comfort operating independently in a remote, multi-project environment
Preferred
- QEI certification or active pursuit of it
- Familiarity with CSI MasterFormat specification structure
- Experience working within or alongside an elevator consulting firm, general contractor, or owner's representative organization
- Background in structural, mechanical, or electrical engineering
- Proficiency with Bluebeam or equivalent plan review tools
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
- Remote work: this role operates nationally without a physical site requirement
- A direct line to senior leadership and meaningful input into how this practice grows
- The opportunity to build and eventually own a technical consulting function within a firm that is expanding its scope and its ambitions
Pay: $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
