Life Safety Consultant - Early Career (Northeast)

About the role

Code Red Consultants is accepting applications for an early-career Life Safety Consultant to join our growing Northeast team. In this role, you will collaborate with a team of talented engineers and project managers to provide professional assistance on fire and life safety issues through code consulting, fire protection design, and fire & life safety-related special inspection and testing services for designers, builders, developers, owners, and property managers.

Responsibilities

• Perform commissioning and inspections of fire protection and life safety systems.
• Conduct fire stop special inspections.
• Conduct on-site visual inspections of existing buildings for compliance with building, fire, life safety, and accessibility codes.
• Write comprehensive code reports outlining a building’s fire protection and life safety features and its compliance with applicable codes.
• Perform code reviews of architectural and engineering plans for compliance with applicable codes.
• Attend meetings with clients, owners, and authorities having jurisdiction to review code compliance strategies and solutions.
• Provide performance-based design solutions such as fire modeling, egress modeling, and structural fire resistance analyses.
• Develop code summary, life safety, and egress plans illustrating fire protection and life safety features of buildings in AutoCAD and Revit.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, architectural, or industrial engineering from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. A degree in Fire Protection Engineering (FPE) is preferred but not required.
• Emerging leadership skills, strong work ethic, and ability to work independently.
• Self-motivated and team-oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Capable of managing multiple priorities in deadline-driven situations.
• Proactive communication and time management skills.
• Interest in working with a small, integrated team focused on driving results and providing valuable services to clients.
• Professional Engineering licensure not required, but engineers are expected to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and be on track to achieve a PE.
• AutoCAD and/or Revit experience preferred.
• Examples of client service and team-centered project work.

Work Environment

Professional office, field/project sites, and remote office work.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Discretionary quarterly bonuses.
• Generous paid time off benefits.
• 401K employer contributions and retirement benefits.
• Cost-shared medical and dental insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• 100% paid vision, life, and disability insurance.

Pay

Estimated salary range: $74,000–$90,000 annually, plus eligibility for discretionary quarterly bonuses based on individual and company performance.