Job Description
Fire Protection Engineer with a minimum of eight+ years of experience: skills will include, but not limited to: automatic suppression system design; fire detection, alarm and communication system design; code analysis; egress analysis; fire resistant construction analysis; smoke control analysis; as well as general fire protection and life safety concepts and research. Desired Skills and Duties - Develop client relationships, pursue new business opportunities, and develop proposals.
- Provide project management for multiple projects including project planning, staffing, financial management, and successful project delivery.
- Provide fire protection consulting engineering services to a variety of potential clients, including but not limited to architects, developers, owners, government, and insurers.
- Provide fire and life safety code consulting for relevant ICC (IBC, IFC, IMC) codes and NFPA standards.
- Develop fire models, smoke control models/analysis, and pressurization models/analysis.
- Review and provide consulting for life safety, building, and fire code compliance.
- Perform structural fire calculations.
- Develop fire safety strategies for special hazards.
- Deliver prescriptive and performance-based design strategies.
- Design fire alarm, fire detection, and fire suppression systems.
- Review, develop, and commission smoke control systems.
- Perform site visits and communicate with AHJ, architects, contractors, and consulting teams.
- Participate in and lead internal team meetings and external client meetings.
- Present design approaches to authorities having jurisdictions.
- Collaborate with multiple teams across multiple offices in a multi-discipline environment.
- Manage profitability of projects and maintain working relationship with clients.
- Perform research and documentation for internal and external distribution.
- Attend and participate in local and national trade organizations, such as SFPE and NFPA.
Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Engineering from accredited college or university in Fire Protection Engineering, Fire Sciences, or related engineering field.
- A minimum of 6 years of professional working experience in Fire Protection.
- A minimum of 2 years managing projects.
- A P.E. license in Fire Protection Engineering or in the process of achieving this professional credential.
- Strong communication skills essential for a team-based and team-leading working environment.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills required for our fast-paced environment; must be highly motivated, proactive, and willing to take on new challenges.
- Solid understanding of relevant software, including FDS, CONTAM, egress modeling software, AutoCAD, Revit, BlueBeam, and the Microsoft Office suite of software.
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