Consultant - Fire and Life Safety Engineer

Responsibilities

• Research, design, concept development, planning, installation, operation, maintenance, and optimal integration of automatic sprinkler, fire alarm, mass notification systems, smoke control, egress analysis, and building and fire code analysis review and compliance.
• Substantiate reports and documentation regarding installation, construction, and operation specifications.
• Ensure responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.
• Interpret building code, life safety, and fire code requirements.
• Review architectural drawings for compliance with building and fire code requirements.
• Negotiate with authorities having jurisdiction on fire safety designs and proposals.
• Produce fire safety strategy documents to inform and support the chosen building form throughout the design process.
• Design fire protection and life safety systems including automatic fire sprinkler systems, fire detection and alarm systems, smoke management systems, and egress systems.
• Carry out and review fire engineering calculations including smoke modeling and evacuation analysis from simple hand calculations to complex 3D computational modeling.
• Afford direct client interface.
• Organize in-house resources.
• Follow quality control review processes of all project documentation.
• Develop project proposals and budgets.
• Conduct financial management of all projects.
• Mentor junior staff.
• Prepare technical reports/specifications.
• Participate in department initiatives.
• Contribute to the overall business development of the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant post-education experience in engineering discipline and prior fire and life safety design experience.
• Experience in fire protection engineering design applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• P.E. License is preferred.
• REVT and AutoCAD proficiency.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Roth and Traditional 401(k) plans.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation (or other personal time).
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Pay

Expected Salary (all locations): $90,800 - $125,000

Schedule

Not specified

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant post-education experience in engineering discipline and prior fire and life safety design experience.
• Experience in fire protection engineering design applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• P.E. License is preferred.
• REVT and AutoCAD proficiency.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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