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Senior Fire Protection Engineer – Data Center
ArcadisSenior Fire Protection Engineer leading design solutions for data centers and industrial projects. Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver fire protection in mission-critical facilities.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead the fire protection design for data center and mission-critical facility projects, ensuring systems meet reliability, redundancy, and uptime requirements
- Develop construction-ready design packages including drawings, specifications, and coordinated BIM models, ensuring alignment across all disciplines
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers and designers
- Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and architectural teams to integrate fire protection systems within complex, high-density environments
- Support business development efforts, including proposals, cost estimates, schedules, and client engagement
- Perform site assessments, field investigations, and fire protection studies specific to data centers (e.g., suppression strategy, hazard analysis, system retrofits)
- Utilize and support modeling and design through tools such as Revit, BIM platforms, AutoCAD, Navisworks, and fire protection-specific software (e.g., HydraCAD, Sprink Cad FDT, Aspire)
- Maintain strong client relationships and serve as a technical advisor on fire protection strategies for data center projects
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline
- Professional Engineer (PE) license in Fire Protection (U.S.) required
- Demonstrated experience designing fire protection systems for data centers, mission-critical facilities, or high-tech industrial environments
- Strong understanding of fire protection system strategies in data centers, including:
- Clean agent systems (e.g., FK-5-12, Sapphire, Inergen, Aragonite)
- Wet, Pre-action, Deluge and dry pipe systems
- Fire Alarm Design including VESDA Type and Beam Detection
- Redundancy and cost-effective design considerations
- Deep knowledge of applicable codes and standards including NFPA (e.g., NFPA 13, 20, 22, 24, 72, 75, 76), IFC, IBC, and FM Global guidelines)
- Experience delivering Issued for Construction (IFC) design packages, ideally in complex or regulated environments
- Familiarity with high-availability facility requirements and coordination with MEP systems supporting critical loads
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical solutions to clients and internal teams
- Strong Team working skills for a hybrid work environment utilizing Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom.
Benefits
Comp & perks- medical
- dental
- vision
- EAP
- 401K
- STD
- LTD
- AD&D
- life insurance
- paid parental leave
- reward & recognition program
- optional benefits including wellbeing benefits
- adoption assistance
- tuition reimbursement
- nine paid holidays
- 15 days PTO that accrue per year
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Hard Skills & Tools
fire protection designconstruction-ready design packagesBIM modelingfire protection systems designsite assessmentshazard analysisfire alarm designclean agent systemsredundancy design considerationscodes and standards compliance
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentorshipcollaborationclient engagementstrong communication skillsteam working skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection EngineeringProfessional Engineer (PE) license in Fire Protection