Key skills
Mentoring
About this role
Role Overview
- Responsible for large projects of high complexity.
- Conduct building/fire/life safety code reviews and analyses.
- Prepare and present technical reports and presentations.
- Engage in design development through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other formats.
- Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, subcontractors, and vendors.
- Participate in client meetings, value analysis, and basic cost estimating.
- Provide direct supervision to assigned staff; develop staff skills and abilities by providing guidance and mentoring to strengthen technical abilities.
- Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
- Assist in the development of new standards and specifications for the fire engineering group.
- Develop project scope, budget, and design approach for projects of various sizes and complexities.
- Assist with Business Development activities, including proposal development, presentations, etc.
- Oversee and manage multiple concurrent projects.
Requirements
- Requisite knowledge, interpretation, and application of Building codes and NFPA standards. Familiarity with Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of fire suppression and fire alarm systems, both design and commissioning preferred.
- Checks the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manages time to meet project budget and schedule.
- Participates and collaborates in project team setting with internal and external clients.
- Strong technical writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD.
- Experience with CFD modeling software (i.e. FDS, ASCOS) is preferred but not required.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Fire Protection Engineering or related engineering discipline. Masters in Fire Protection preferred but not required.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience.
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) who has passed the fire protection engineering examination administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying required.