Research Analyst / Librarian

Mpr Associates - Alexandria, VA

Full-time

Alexandria, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Research Analyst/Librarian at MPR Associates will conduct in-depth research and analysis to support engineers, business stakeholders, and clients. This role involves identifying resources, executing complex searches, interpreting findings, and presenting customized research deliverables. The position is integral to the technical library team, contributing to departmental goals and company objectives.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• ALA-accredited Master's degree in Library Science required.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to work independently and be a self-starter, with a record of taking initiative.
• Strong client service orientation and commitment to providing outstanding customer service.
• 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.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, including efficient control of workflow practices.
• Proficient in written and oral communication.
• Attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy.
• Persistent, with a questioning attitude.