Associate Fire Protection Engineer

About the role

Jensen Hughes has exciting career opportunities available for Associate Fire Protection Engineers across our locations throughout the United States. We are looking for entry-level associates for our Mid Atlantic offices in Rockville, MD, Columbia, MD, Fairfax, VA, and Blacksburg, VA. We are open to considering candidates for our other offices. Winter 2025 and Spring 2026 graduates are welcome to apply and join our global team of 1,500+ engineers, scientists and consultants who are among the very best in the industry.

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.
• 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 by 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 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 including 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.
• Position may involve some CADD document preparation/production.
• Read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) or higher in Fire Protection, Mechanical, Civil or Architectural Engineering or other related engineering field
• 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 advancing the science of safety and in exceeding our client expectations.

Pay

National Pay Range $65,000—$90,000 USD