Senior Fire Protection Engineer
Salas O'Brien
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $120,000 - $150,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as a fire protection lead engineer in a national company.
- Communicate with fire protection engineering staff in multiple locations throughout the company.
- Coordinate staffing efforts and team assignments.
- Provide proposal/pricing assistance to Project Managers throughout the company.
- Listen to our clients’ needs and independently provide value to them by evaluating options based upon the client’s needs and desires, first cost, and life cycle cost.
- Communicate your design recommendations to our clients, project team, construction contractors, and vendors in presentations and meetings, via email and phone as necessary.
- Work on a project team with other technical staff to design and detail new systems that are needed, assuring that the work is accurate and coordinated and that the quality assurance measures have been followed.
- Participate in on-site observations, information gathering, and interactions with clients and contractors during the design and construction phases of the projects to represent Salas O’Brien in the field.
- Design fire protection systems including standard wet systems, dry systems, specialty (preaction and/or dry chemical) systems, etc.
- Develop system concepts, load analysis, equipment selection, system layout, and specification writing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or related Science/Engineering Degree
- 10 or more years of experience
- Professional Engineer (PE) license (preferred, but not required, to be in Fire Protection)
- Experience with Revit.
- Demonstrates a high standard of professionalism and client focus/customer service.
- Resourceful and flexible.
- Effective at handling multiple tasks.
- Good computer skills.
- Strong presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Able to effectively delegate or be delegated to while working in a collaborative format with multiple team members.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off and company holidays
- Wellness programs and employee assistance resources
- Professional development support
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
fire protection engineeringsystem designload analysisequipment selectionspecification writingquality assuranceproposal assistancepricing assistanceproject managementclient needs evaluation
Soft Skills
professionalismclient focuscustomer serviceresourcefulnessflexibilitymultitaskingpresentation skillswritten communicationverbal communicationcollaboration
Certifications
Professional Engineer (PE) licenseBachelor’s degree in Science/Engineering