Fire Protection Engineer

Description

• Performing other duties of basic to high complexity as necessary to meet client requirements, such as creating fire protection and life safety engineering designs
• Attending conferences, symposia, etc. to improve the visibility of the firm's products and services in collaboration with applicable sales staff.
• Performing other duties of basic to high complexity as necessary to meet client requirements such as creating fire protection and life safety engineering designs and evaluations: egress analysis, fire separation requirements, fire hazard analysis, water supply evaluations, insurance provider recommendations.
• Collaborating with sales staff to create proposals in response to current and potential client requests for proposal (RFPs). Reviewing draft proposals for adherence to firm, industry, state, local, and federal regulations, and best practices.
• Meeting with current and potential future clients to review their current and future design needs.
• Reviewing draft designs to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations and signing off on completed designs.
• Providing technical guidance and training to more junior staff. Mentoring more junior staff and developing them for future growth within the discipline and firm. May supervise the work of junior engineers on project work.
• Ensuring that firm policies and practices are followed on all designs.
• Evaluating systems utilizing HydraCAD, HydraCALC, or similar software as required.
• Reviewing draft designs for compliance with NFPA, UFC, national, state, and local regulations as applicable to project work and signing off on completed designs. Ensuring that firm policies and practices are followed on all designs.
• Developing comprehensive fire protection engineering designs, including conceptual layouts, basis-of-design documentation, water supply and hydraulic analyses, and detailed plans for fire sprinkler and suppression systems, fire pumps, and fire alarm systems.
• Acting as QFPE for work with federal projects, providing life safety, fire suppression and fire alarm analysis and design.
• Performing site assessments and studies, as needed to ensure designs are aligned with industry standards and local requirements.

Requirements

• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience working with FM Global datasheet requirements and other insurance provider requirements.
• Expert Knowledge of Microsoft business software (excel, word, etc.).
• Advanced Knowledge of computer assisted design and drafting (CADD) 3D and 4D software and practices.
• Experience working with UFC criteria for federal work.
• Professional engineering (PE) license in Fire Protection.
• Expert Knowledge of engineer principles of design.
• Experience with life safety requirements, building code analysis, passive fire protection systems, performance-based designs
• Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering or related discipline.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• 5 years of related experience.
• Experience with design of suppression system (wet-pipe, dry-pipe, preaction, deluge, foam, clean agent), fire alarm/mass notification system, smoke control system, fire pumps, water storage tanks.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, or Electrical Technology or related discipline. Certification as an Engineer in Training (EIT) or passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam in states where an EIT is not obtainable (within 18 months of hire or promotion or transfer).

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance