Job OverviewJENSEN HUGHES has an exciting career opportunity for a Fire protection Engineer located in our Denver, Colorado office. We are looking for a candidate with strong interest or experience in Fire protection. Recent graduates in engineering fields are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities- Perform professional-level fire protection engineering services such as life safety code consulting, fire protection design, fire alarm/mass notification design, performance-based engineering design, smoke control system design, and computer modeling under the direction of a senior consultant.
- Develop 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 fire sprinkler and water supply system 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.
- Perform fire hazard and dust hazard analyses.
- Effectively communicate with project team members, clients and others.
- Position may involve some CAD document preparation/production
Requirements and Qualifications- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) or higher and 3-6 years experience
- Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills to write reports, business correspondence, presentations and procedure manuals, and to respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and the general public
- Passion and interest in Fire code safety and in exceeding our client expectations.
- Candidate must be local to Austin, Texas. This is not a remote position; the candidate will work side-by-side with staff in the Austin, Texas office.
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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
$90,000-$140,000 USD
