Senior Fire Protection Engineer

About the role

The role is a full-time opportunity for a senior fire protection engineer who wants to stay hands-on technically while also taking on project leadership, client relationship management, peer review, mentoring, and business development.

Responsibilities

• Analyze existing fire protection systems.
• Design new fire protection systems, including suppression systems, fire detection systems, fire alarm systems, and mass notification systems.
• Perform building code and fire code analysis.
• Interpret and apply applicable codes and standards.
• Manage day-to-day communication with internal and external clients.
• Lead fire protection engineering projects while supporting internal teams and external clients.
• Provide project management for schedules, deliverables, and client expectations.
• Review colleagues' work product and provide peer review support.
• Support and expand existing client relationships through excellent project execution, proposal support, networking, and ongoing client engagement.
• Help grow existing client relationships and support repeat business.
• Participate in industry organizations such as the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
• Travel approximately 20% for project work, client meetings, and site visits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Active Fire Protection Professional Engineer (PE) license (issued by any U.S. state) required.
• Progressive fire protection engineering experience within an AEC consulting engineering environment required.
• 10+ years of fire protection engineering experience.
• Experience managing projects, schedules, deliverables, and client expectations.
• Experience designing fire protection systems for commercial, institutional, healthcare, government, industrial, mission critical, or similar building projects.
• Experience coordinating with architects and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience working directly with internal and external clients.
• Strong knowledge of fire codes, building codes, suppression systems, fire alarm systems, mass notification systems, and life safety requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Able to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Able to travel.

Qualifications

• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Skills

• Technical expertise in fire protection engineering.
• Project management and leadership skills.
• Client-facing confidence and relationship-building abilities.
• Business development and proposal support skills.
• Industry organization involvement and participation.

Benefits

The firm offers a competitive base salary, discretionary annual bonus, and comprehensive benefits package. Bonus eligibility is based on company, office, and individual performance, with a strong history of rewarding employees when the firm performs well.