Fire Protection Engineer

The role

You will design, analyze, and implement fire protection systems and processes for reactor buildings and other facilities. You will work with cross-functional teams to bring facilities from concept to production and serve as a fire domain expert.

What you will do

• Support engineering design, analysis, calculations, and specifications for facility infrastructure fire and life safety systems
• Develop building and fire code compliance documents and fire life safety designs for office and reactor facilities
• Perform hazardous material analysis for code compliance purposes
• Support facility construction teams to develop field solutions
• Support commissioning activities for reactor facility builds
• Conduct fire/life safety code reviews and analyses
• Prepare and present technical reports and presentations
• Review and comment on shop drawing design packages developed by contractors

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of experience in the design and construction of fire protection systems

Nice to have

• Professional Engineer License (P.E.)
• Working knowledge of Building & Fire Codes, and NFPA Codes & Standards
• NICET certification in relevant fire protection programs
• Knowledgeable in OSHA compliance
• FDS software modeling capabilities
• Construction, facility management, or consulting engineering experience
• Proficient in Autodesk Revit

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
• Generous PPE stipend

Before you apply

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder)

About the company

Valar Atomics aims to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable. The company is building a pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah to demonstrate advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication.