We are looking for a
Senior Fire Protection Engineer and Team Lead in our
Alexandria, VA office (Hybrid role).
Our Fire Protection Department services include fire alarm and detection system design, high-rise buildings, large campus fire alarm and protection, sprinkler, emergency communications and more.
Some of your responsibilities include the following:- Design of fire suppression and fire alarm systems throughout all company market sectors including academic, commercial, healthcare, science and technology, and mission critical.
- The engineer will be responsible for designs of automatic sprinklers, standpipes, high-rise fire pumps, gaseous agent suppression, fire alarms, voice evacuation, mass notification, special technology fire detection and smoke control.
- Coordinate with the design team and/or construction staff to lead related portions of construction planning and visit the project construction site throughout the construction administration process along with field reports, RFI responses, and FP / FA shop drawing and submittal reviews.
- Design and layout systems, and create drawings using Revit, AutoCAD, and HydraCALC.
- Survey existing project sites to document existing conditions and to assess existing FP / FA infrastructure.
- Coordinate workload and schedules of multiple concurrent projects with junior engineering staff.
- Lead and mentor junior engineering staff.
Essential Skills & Requirements:- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Fire Protection Engineering.
- 10+ years of professional fire protection engineering industry experience designing fire protection and fire alarm systems.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and Revit with fluency in MS Office products including Word, Excel and Outlook and cloud tools. Strong communication and computer skills are required.
- The preferred candidate will have excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills.
- Candidate must have the ability to create and modify technical drawings and specifications.
- Customer service perspective with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff.
- PE required. LEED preferred.
- Proven Leadership Experience.
- Valid driver's license required with the ability to travel to project sites as needed.
