Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineer SME

Jacobs is an engineering and consulting company delivering solutions for critical infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, and data center projects. The Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineer SME provides technical design leadership, quality control, client support, and mentoring across fire alarm, fire protection, smoke control, and other life safety systems for data center buildings.

Responsibilities:

• Quality control of Fire Alarm and LSS drawings
• Providing markups on lead engineer submittalsto align with design intent and client specifications
• Providingdesign guidance and explaining best practicesbased on real world experience
• Mentoring junior staff
• Client interaction and justification for design intent
• The Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm SMEs may work on several concurrent projects and will be responsible for ensuring that projects are completed on time
• As a Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm SME, you’ll provide technical design leadership of systems for data center buildings which include fire alarm and detection systems, smoke control systems, fire protection systems, and other life safety or low voltage systems

Requirements:

• This job opportunity is available at ANY location in the United States. Ideally, selected candidates will be near a Jacobs U.S. based office, but we intend to hire the "best" candidates
• • NICET FAS Level III or IV
• • Bachelor's degree in engineering
• • Knowledge and extensive design experience with Fire Alarm Systems and related manufacturers' equipment, including VESDA systems
• • Proficient in IBC, IFC, NFPA101 Life Safety Code and NFPA 72 Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
• • Knowledge of NFPA 75, NFPA 76, NFPA 2001, and NFPA 13 codes
• • Knowledge and application of NFPA 70 (NEC) and electrical design requirements
• • Knowledge of general design and construction specifications
• • Experience mentoring junior staff
• • Extensive design experience in data centers
• • Professional Engineering (PE) license • Experience leading projects and managing resources • Experience estimating and scheduling mid-to-large-scale projects