Senior Fire Protection/Alarm Engineer

Overview

Design and lead fire protection & alarm systems across sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• site survey
• construction coordination
• revit modeling
• autocad drafting
• sprinkler design
• team mentoring

Tasks

-Survey existing project sites to document existing conditions and to assess existing FP/FA infrastructure. -Coordinate with the design team and/or construction staff to lead related portions of construction planning and visit the project construction site throughout the construction administration process along with field reports, RFI responses, and FP/FA shop drawing and submittal reviews. -Coordinate workload and schedules of multiple concurrent projects with junior engineering staff. -Design and layout systems, and create drawings using Revit, AutoCAD, and HydraCALC. -Responsible for designs of automatic sprinklers, standpipes, high-rise fire pumps, gaseous agent suppression, fire alarms, voice evacuation, mass notification, special technology fire detection and smoke control. -Lead and mentor junior engineering staff -Design of fire suppression and fire alarm systems throughout all company market sectors including academic, commercial, healthcare, science and technology, and mission critical.

Requirements

• b.sc. engineering
• eit
• pe
• autocad
• revit
• 10+ years

What You Bring

-Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Fire Protection Engineering. -EIT required, PE preferred LEED preferred. -Proficiency in AutoCAD and Revit with fluency in MS Office products including Word, Excel and Outlook and cloud tools. -Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills. -Customer service perspective with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff. -Ability to create and modify technical drawings and specifications. -Strong communication and computer skills are required. -10+ years of professional fire protection engineering industry experience designing fire protection and fire alarm systems. -Proven leadership experience and willingness to mentor junior team members.

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Benefits

Our wellness programs are above and beyond, as our team members physical and behavioral health are a priority. At Vanderweil Engineers, we believe our best work is done when flexibility is offered. We know that work/life synergy is crucial to our employees, our flexible and hybrid work style allows team members to have the freedom to be innovative, and drive results their way.

About Vanderweil Engineers

-The firm has engineered over 56 million sqft of educational space and 50 million sqft of R&D labs in the past two decades. -Ranked #1 data‑center engineering firm in 2019, and having delivered mission‑critical campuses totaling over 6.5 GW of capacity. -Their power group has designed 500+ central energy plants and utility systems, including substations, micro‑grids, BESS and CHP. -They embrace sustainability: their Boston HQ earned Fitwel v2.1 healthy‑building certification and over 100 LEED projects globally. -Headquartered in Boston with about 500 seasoned professionals across multiple U.S. offices, they remain employee‑owned and agile.

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