Fire Alarm Designer

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Fire Alarm Designer to join our Engineering team in Long Island City, NY. The Fire Alarm Designer will develop accurate, code-compliant fire alarm shop drawings, submittal packages, calculations, and related project documentation for commercial and residential projects throughout New York City. The ideal candidate has at least five years of hands-on fire alarm design experience, strong AutoCAD skills, practical knowledge of NYC/FDNY requirements, and experience with Notifier fire alarm systems. NICET Level II certification in Fire Alarm Systems is required. This is an in-office position; the successful candidate must be able to commute reliably to our Long Island City office.

Work environment: Primarily office-based work using computer-aided design and project-documentation software. Periodic travel to customer sites and active construction projects in the New York City metropolitan area may be required. Ability to visit construction sites and safely navigate typical field conditions, including stairs, unfinished spaces, and active work areas, when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Prepare complete, accurate, and coordinated fire alarm shop drawings, including floor plans, device layouts, riser diagrams, wiring diagrams, details, legends, and installation notes.
• Design fire alarm and life-safety systems in accordance with applicable codes, project specifications, manufacturer requirements, and authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) requirements.
• Review architectural, electrical, mechanical, sprinkler, and other trade drawings to identify design requirements, coordination conflicts, and required system interfaces.
• Develop permit and construction submittal packages, including product data, calculations, bills of material, sequences of operation, scope narratives, and related documentation.
• Perform or support battery calculations, voltage-drop calculations, notification appliance circuit calculations, power-supply sizing, and other required design calculations.
• Select and lay out appropriate initiating devices, notification appliances, control panels, annunciators, power supplies, modules, relays, and interface devices.
• Prepare designs for new construction, tenant fit-outs, renovations, retrofit work, system expansions, and existing-building modifications.
• Coordinate fire alarm design with project managers, estimators, field supervisors, technicians, installers, electricians, general contractors, consultants, and client representatives.
• Participate in project kickoff and turnover meetings to confirm scope, schedule, drawings, specifications, system requirements, and deliverable dates.
• Address design comments, revise drawings promptly, and respond to questions from project teams, consultants, clients, and AHJs.
• Maintain orderly design records, drawing revision logs, submittal files, equipment lists,