Fire Protection Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide fire protection engineering services for facilities within the LANL DOE complex.
• Independently apply extensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
• Work on a major project or several projects of moderate scope with complex features.
• Receive supervision and guidance relating to overall objectives, critical issues, new concepts, and policy matters.
• Ensure internal communication and coordination of design efforts occurs.
• Cook up all support activities required to complete all design efforts and quality assurance processes.
• Work with other disciplines to ensure accuracy of the package, meet schedule, and budget commitments.
• Meet with clients to prepare and/or validate proposed scope of work.
• Prepare fee proposals for fire protection design work.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Experience with fire protection engineering in a nuclear facility preferred.
• Certifications with fire protection preferred.
• Experience performing fire hazard analysis.
• Uses advanced techniques in the modification or extension of theories and practices.
• Specific experience in designing fire protection systems for DOE and military projects is preferred.
• Experience with building and fire safety code analysis, fire dynamic analysis, and fire risk analysis is required.
• Experience with computer-based fire dynamic and evacuation simulation modeling is a plus.
• Design in HVAC and plumbing systems is a plus.
• Experience interfacing with client contacts.
• Design/Build experience is a plus.
• Proficiency with MS Office.
• Familiarity with fire protection design software programs like AutoSPRINK is a plus.
• AutoCAD, Revit, Microstation and/or Bentley BIM is a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Fire Protection, Mechanical, Architecture.
• Certifications in Fire Protection highly preferred.
• Registered Fire Protection Professional Engineer is a plus.
• Society of Fire Protection Engineers Professional Member is preferred.