National Field Inspector & Building Assessor

Sb Thomas & Associates, Inc.; Pittsburgh, Northern (Allegheny County, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SB Thomas & Associates, Inc. seeks a full-time Property and Facility Condition Assessor to support building assessments and capital planning nationwide. The role requires extensive travel to client sites across the United States, including air travel and extended stays.

Ideal candidates have experience in property inspection, building science, or related training, with strong observation and documentation skills and the ability to learn SB Thomas’s procedures.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have experience, education, or completed professional training in at least one of the listed areas.
• Strong observational, documentation, and written-communication skills are essential.
• Willingness to travel nationwide up to 100% of the time and stay away from home for weeks.

Responsibilities

• Participate in training on assessment procedures, building systems, and documentation standards.
• Conduct visual condition assessments of multifamily housing, schools, commercial buildings, and public facilities.
• Observe and document site, structural, roofing, envelope, interior, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, accessibility, and life-safety conditions.
• Identify deficiencies, deferred maintenance, repair needs, and capital-replacement requirements.
• Record building components, quantities, age, condition, and remaining useful life.
• Take clear, organized photographs and enter field data into assessment systems.
• Assist with Facility Condition Assessments, Property Condition Assessments, and capital-planning tasks.
• Complete fieldwork and documentation within schedules.

Skills

Residential home inspection

Commercial property inspection

Facility Condition Assessments

Property Condition Assessments

Property Needs Assessments (PCNAs/CNAs

Construction management

Building science

Construction inspection

HVAC, electrical, plumbing, roofing, –

Home-inspection training program

Travel readiness

Education

Completed home-inspection training program

Home inspector license or certification

Certification in building inspection

Construction management background

Engineering technology background

Tools

Tablet-based assessment systems

Mobile applications

Microsoft Office

Job description

SB Thomas & Associates, Inc. seeks a full-time Property and Facility Condition Assessor to support building assessments and capital planning nationwide. The role requires extensive travel to client sites across the United States, including air travel and extended stays.

Ideal candidates have experience in property inspection, building science, or related training, with strong observation and documentation skills and the ability to learn SB Thomas’s procedures.