Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineer

Jacobs is an engineering and consulting company that delivers solutions for critical infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, and advanced manufacturing. The company is seeking a Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineer to lead the design of fire alarm, fire protection, smoke control, detection, and other life safety systems for data center projects. The role includes coordinating with clients, architects, engineers, vendors, and code officials while producing compliant designs and construction deliverables.

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
• The Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineers may work on several concurrent projects and will be responsible for ensuring that projects are completed on time
• 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
• Provide code-compliant asset protection and fire mitigation and life safety solutions
• Provide guidance to co-workers and receive solutions from variance senior design professionals so that you can take ownership of various projects as the engineer of record
• Interface directly with client counterparts in the designing of their facilities and state and local code o0icials
• Utilizing AutoCAD and Revit MEP, our teams create 3D models in coordination with architects and engineers
• From those 3D BIM models you’ll design fire alarm systems, fire sprinkler systems, smoke and leak detection, security and intrusion detection systems, and more
• Using the various applicable Life Safety & Fire codes as well as industry standards you will 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
• • At least 2 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