Fire Protection - Service Layout Technician

We provide industry-leading, end-to-end fire protection, mechanical, and HVAC services. Our skilled tradespeople work in virtually every market across the nation. S.A. Comunale has been a local industry leader for nearly 100 years, offering clients significant financial strength, unmatched bonding capability, an award-winning safety program, and large-scale purchasing power. With 16 locations and over 1,450 employees, including 850 skilled tradesmen throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia, we serve virtually every market sector and facility type.

About the role

Provide excellent service to customers by assisting the Senior Service Designer, service design staff, and Service Manager. Work within NFPA standards to create and draft sprinkler designs while achieving annual company objectives and personal performance goals.

Responsibilities

• Complete sprinkler drawings as detailed in the most current NFPA standards documentation.
• Identify building construction types as specified in NFPA standards.
• Determine appropriate hazard protection types.
• Work within project budgets and coordinate with other trades on non-complex projects.
• Resolve coordination problems and design projects, including pipe cutting with appropriate fittings.
• Select all required materials for installation.
• Operate the current version of AutoCAD and its tools to coordinate pipe drawings, heads, hangers, and other sprinkler components.
• Conduct field surveys alone or with others to obtain all necessary dimensions and information.
• Project hours, installation, and field survey results accurately.
• Produce drawings, hydraulic calculations, material pick-offs, and material submittals that meet industry quality standards.
• Develop complete material submittals that meet industry standards.
• Complete project paperwork, such as test papers, insurance permits, and punch lists.
• Identify what is in contract vs. what is not and alert appropriate personnel in writing.
• Troubleshoot and identify potential problems before they manifest.
• Order all materials necessary to complete a project.
• Communicate with customers in face-to-face meetings to provide accurate, thorough information and leave a positive impression of the company.
• Maintain complete knowledge of all applicable fire codes, including NFPA 13.
• Serve as project leader, directing team members to complete projects efficiently and accurately.
• Provide regular, complete, and professional status reports to the Service Manager.
• Collaborate with other departments to service customers.
• Work toward achieving the company’s annual objectives and personal performance goals.
• Operate in compliance with the company’s safety practices at all times.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• 2+ years of experience in Fire Protection design.
• Engineering background is a plus.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Hydratec CAD, and stock listing programs.
• NICET Certification is a plus.
• Positive attitude and ability to think strategically, make sound decisions, and produce accurate and timely results.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with employees and management at multiple levels.
• Demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and commitment to company values.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to follow up on tasks and assignments in a timely manner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, multi-task environment.
• Basic business mathematical skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and effectively in a team environment.
• Compliance with all operating policies, procedures, executed plans, and programs.

Skills

• Effective communication, cooperation, and collaboration with employees, government agencies, customers, vendors, and suppliers.

Physical Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Regularly required to sit, see, talk, and hear.
• Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Occasionally required to walk and reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Light work: exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently, and/or negligible force constantly.
• Operation of a computer, telephone, hand calculator, copiers/fax machine.
• Ability to understand simple math, drawings, financial reports, legal documents, memos, and business letters.
• Ability to write simple memos, summaries, and business letters.