MPR Associates, Inc. (MPR), a thriving multi-discipline, specialty engineering services and consulting firm, is actively seeking a capable and motivated Research Analyst/Librarian to join our Technical Library team. If you are seeking a unique, challenging, and rewarding career opportunity, MPR may be the right company for you.

Founded in 1964, MPR has a wide and growing client base in the fields of power and energy, federal services, and health and life sciences. We work throughout the United States as well as internationally. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, we also have offices in East Lyme, Connecticut, and Burlington, Massachusetts. MPR makes challenging projects successful, delivering safe and reliable technical solutions across the entire project or product life-cycle to benefit our clients and society as a whole. We hire the best and brightest, which results in a high-performance culture built on trust and respect, making MPR an exceptional place to work.

General Job Description

The Research Analyst/Librarian will conduct in-depth research and analysis initiatives in support of engineers, business stakeholders, and clients. The individual will work with engineers, business stakeholders and clients to identify resources, execute complex searches, interpret and analyze findings, and present customized research deliverables based on an understanding of MPR industries and clients. 

As a key member of the technical library team, the individual will participate in team efforts to achieve department goals and company objectives. This is a full-time, exempt position in MPR’s Alexandria, VA office reporting to the Technical Library Manager.   

• Establishes working relationships with engineers, business stakeholders, and clients.
• Proactively engages with engineers, business stakeholders, and clients by contributing ideas, identifying research objectives, and offering insight in support of client outcomes.
• Identifies emerging engineering and business information critical to MPR’s success and disseminates information assets through various means.
• Assesses information needs and resources, conducts and executes complex searches, analyzes/synthesizes and distills large information datasets.
• Presents and communicates results into concise, actionable deliverables relevant to engineer, business stakeholder, and client requirements.
• Collaborates and contributes to all aspects of the library, including maintenance of the integrated library system (ILS), cataloging/processing information assets and materials, and collection development efforts.
• Evaluates and prioritizes incoming telephone, email, and in-person requests for library assistance.

• U.S. citizenship is required.

Education

• ALA-accredited Master’s degree in Library Science required.

Experience

• Minimum three (3) years of experience performing research and analysis required; engineering and technical experience a plus.
• Expertise in searching technical and scientific resources relevant to multiple engineering disciplines, including both publicly available and commercial resources such as ASM, Dun & Bradstreet, Scopus, AccessEngineering, and Pacer is required.
• Proficiency with conducting business, market, and competitive intelligence research supporting engineers and highly technical professionals in the power, health and life sciences, and federal sectors. Experience with advanced search techniques, information databases, data visualization, and related tools is required.
• Broad knowledge of energy, power, utility, financial, intellectual property, health and life science, and business information resources is desired.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook is required.

Skills

The ideal candidate is:

• Able to work independently and be a self-starter, with a record of taking initiative.
• A team player with strong client service orientation and commitment to providing outstanding customer service.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and quickly adjust to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent time management skills and habits.
• Motivated to expand skills and knowledge, as well as tackle new problems and take on new responsibilities.
• Able to manage multiple projects with strong organizational and time management skills, including efficient control of workflow practices, and the ability to effectively maintain work products and working files.
• Proficient in written and oral communication.
• Attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy.
• Persistent, and has a questioning attitude and the ability to accept that in others.