Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Fire Protection Engineering.
10+ years of experience in fire protection engineering.
Proficient in AutoCAD and Revit; skilled in MS Office and cloud tools.
Strong communication and analytical skills preferred.
EIT certification required; PE and LEED certifications preferred.
Proven leadership experience in mentoring junior staff.
Customer-focused with effective communication at all organizational levels.
Responsibilities
Design fire suppression and alarm systems across various sectors.
Create designs for sprinklers, high-rise fire pumps, and gaseous suppression systems.
Lead project construction planning and conduct site visits.
Develop system layouts and produce drawings using Revit and AutoCAD.
Survey existing sites to evaluate fire protection infrastructure.
Coordinate multiple project schedules with junior engineers.
Mentor and guide junior engineering team members.
Benefits
Flexible and hybrid work environment to promote work/life balance.
Comprehensive wellness programs focusing on physical and mental health.
Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity in hiring practices.
Full Job Description
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.
