Job OverviewJensen Hughes is looking to grow the team and has an early career opportunity for an Associate Fire Protection Engineer in our Concord, California office location. This position is open to recent grads or experienced early career Engineers with strong interest or experience in fire protection engineering.
Working with us offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team. You will be given early responsibility and the opportunity to progress rapidly. Jensen Hughes encourage all Engineers to achieve professional licensed status and we offer help and support during the process.
Responsibilities- Perform professional-level fire protection engineering services such as life safety code consulting, sprinkler design, fire alarm design, performance-based fire engineering design, under the direction of a P.E. or an experienced consultant.
- Develops plans, specifications, and inspection reports as needed on assigned tasks to see that these items are complete, accurate and in accordance with good professional service practice standards.
- Assist in the resolution of design problems that may include performing field investigations or inspections, detailed design work, and detailed checking of design computations done by others, or general coordination of specific design aspects into a project.
- Identify applicable codes and standards to reference in evaluating how to respond to inquiries.
- Conduct and document assigned work such as basic building code analyses, egress analyses, fire detection and alarm systems reviews, smoke control systems reviews, and basic sprinkler and water supply systems reviews, including hydraulic calculations.
- Apply engineering calculations such as size required, means of egress, maximum allowable building area, sprinkler system water supplies and smoke control equipment.
- Submit progress reports to Project Managers and Project Leaders.
- Effectively communicate with project team members, clients and others.
- Responsible self-starter with problem solving and reasoning skills.
Requirements and Qualifications- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) or higher in Fire Protection, Mechanical, Civil or Architectural Engineering or other related engineering field.
- 3+ years' experience in Fire Protection Engineering
- The ideal candidate will be a "Doer Seller," with client connections and ability to develop new business.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience with developing building code concepts and equivalencies, conducting building plan reviews, and conducting field reviews/inspections
- Familiarity with project management or specific responsibilities for any portion of large complex is preferred
- Ability to present clear and technical sound fire protection engineering strategies.
- Proficient working independently and as part of a team, enjoy professional challenges, and endeavor to be an integral part of the long-term growth of Jensen Hughes
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Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting and not a guarantee of compensation. Final compensation may vary based on factors, including but not limited to, responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, geographic location, internal equity, alignment with market data.
Jensen Hughes offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a retirement plan, healthcare coverage, and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position and location.
National Pay Range
$86,000-$129,000 USD
