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 alongside other Design staff members. Works within NFPA, building, and underwritten standards to create and draft sprinkler designs. Works to achieve annual company objectives and personal performance goals.

Responsibilities

• Consistently and professionally complete all design work in a manner which displays mastery of the following:
  • Complete sprinkler drawings as detailed in the most current NFPA standards documentation.
  • Identify the building construction type as identified in most NFPA standards documentation.
  • Identify the type of hazard and the appropriate protection for it.
  • Work within a project budget.
  • Coordinate work with other trades on complex projects and resolve coordination problems.
  • Design a project, including cutting pipe with all appropriate fittings.
  • Select all required materials for installation.
  • Operate the present version of either AutoCAD and all current AutoCAD tools or AutoSPRINK.
  • Run Navis Works and develop clash reports.
  • Coordinate pipe drawing, heads, hangers, and other sprinkler components critical to design, field, or other trade affected (non-complex and complex projects).
  • Estimate and schedule design hours for a project accurately.
  • Meet industry quality standards in producing drawings, hydraulic calculations, material pick-offs, and material submittals for a project.
  • Complete project paperwork, such as test papers, insurance permits, and punch lists.
  • Identify contract work vs. non-contract work and alert appropriate personnel in writing.
  • Troubleshoot and identify potential problems before they manifest.
  • Understand, carry out, and communicate about all project tasks.
• Communicate in face-to-face meetings with customers to provide accurate, thorough information about a job, leaving the customer with a positive impression of our company and service.
• Possess complete knowledge of all applicable fire codes, including NFPA 13.
• Teach and mentor Trainees and Junior Designers in mastering all responsibilities listed above.
• Serve as project leader when required, directing other team members to complete projects efficiently and accurately, and providing regular, professional status reports to the Manager.
• Collaborate with other departments to service customers.
• Work to achieve the company’s annual objectives and personal performance goals.
• Operate at all times in compliance with the company’s safety practices.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• 3+ years of fire protection design experience is required.
• Engineering background is a plus.
• Mechanical aptitude is required.
• Proficiency in either Hydratec CAD programs or AutoSPRINK is required.
• NICET Certification is a plus.
• Ability to conduct a field survey alone or with others to obtain all proper dimensions and information is required.
• Ability to travel to job sites by plane or vehicle required.
• Strategic thinking, sound decision-making, and the ability to produce accurate and timely results.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with multiple levels of employees and management.
• 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 functions.
• 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 multiple levels of employees, government agencies, customers, vendors, and suppliers.
• Understanding of addition, subtraction, simple math, advanced math (Calculus, Algebra, & Geometry), simple drawings, technical reports, technical instructions, and layout work.
• Ability to write or present simple memos, summaries, business letters, and technical reports.

Physical Demands

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

• Constantly required to sit, climb, reach, and use hands and fingers to handle and move objects.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, hear, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently (light work).
• Specific vision abilities required include close acuity, depth perception, peripheral vision, and color vision.
• May be exposed to a wide range of environmental conditions including indoors, outdoors, extreme hot/cold temperatures, fumes, odors, toxic conditions, dust, poor ventilation, humidity, loud noises, vibrations, and wet conditions.
• May require arm, eye, feet, head, leg, skin, hearing, and/or respiratory protection.
• Operation of a computer keyboard, telephone, copier/fax machine, drawing/drafting materials, a hand calculator, and manual hand tools may be required.