Fire Protection Engineer – USA Federal Projects
Arcadis
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $110,000 - $175,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Support US Places Design & Engineering business area in delivering Federal projects across the USA
- Work directly with other Fire Prevention Engineers within a multi-disciplinary team environment on Federal Agency facility design projects
- Lead the fire protection, fire alarm, and life safety discipline of multiple concurrent projects through the pursuit, proposal, design, and construction phases
- Lead design teams and mentor junior staff to develop construction-ready design packages of drawings and specifications with inter-disciplinary coordination
- Develop budgets, proposals, schedules, project and staffing plans, as well as identify, qualify, and pursue potential clients and project opportunities
- Travel to project sites for fire protection site surveys, data collection for fire protection studies, and collaboration with client team members
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required for this position as part of federal employment eligibility requirements
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in mechanical or fire protection engineering with proven experience in a similar role
- Fire Protection Professional Engineering Licensure in the United States is essential
- Extensive experience producing IFC design packages for federal agency facilities
- Deep knowledge of life safety codes
- Knowledge of industry standards, building codes, and safety standards such as NFPA, NEC, NESC, UL, etc.
- An advanced technical understanding of fire alarm and suppression systems, smoke control, and other related equipment and technologies
- Strong communication skills related to presentations, project communications, and written documents
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision
- EAP
- 401K
- STD
- LTD
- AD&D
- life insurance
- paid parental leave
- reward & recognition program
- optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement
- nine paid holidays
- 15 days PTO that accrue per year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
fire protection engineeringfire alarm systemslife safety designIFC design packagesfire suppression systemssmoke control systemsdata collection for fire protection studiesconstruction-ready design packagesproject budgetingproject scheduling
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationorganizational skillspresentation skillsinterdisciplinary coordinationclient relationship managementteamworkproblem-solving
Certifications
Fire Protection Professional Engineering LicensureBachelor of Science in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor of Science in Fire Protection Engineering