Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineer

Jacobs is a company focused on solving critical problems for thriving cities and resilient environments. They are seeking a Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineer to work on data center facilities projects, providing technical design leadership for fire alarm and detection systems, smoke control systems, and other life safety solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Preliminary assessments
• Concept creation
• Leading designs with support from your peers, SME’s, and BIM designers
• Internal and external problem resolution
• Drawing and specification production
• Customer and vendor accessibility
• Providing 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
• Interface directly with client counterparts in the designing of their facilities and state and local code officials
• Design fire alarm systems, fire sprinkler systems, smoke and leak detection, security and intrusion detection systems, and more
• Provide calculations; equipment size and quantities; equipment and construction specifications; network diagrams and various construction deliverables in both 2D and 3D platforms for a constructible design

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• At least 4 years of Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD design experience
• Knowledge and design experience with Fire Alarm Systems and related manufacturers' equipment, including VESDA systems
• Knowledge of IBC, IFC, NFPA101 Life Safety Code and NFPA 72 Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
• Knowledge and application of NFPA 70 (NEC) and electrical design requirements
• Knowledge of general design and construction specifications
• Professional Engineering (PE) license
• Knowledge of NFPA 75, NFPA 76, NFPA 2001, and NFPA 13 codes
• Design experience in data centers
• Experience leading projects and managing resources
• Experience mentoring junior staff
• Experience estimating and scheduling mid-to-large-scale projects