Senior Fire Protection Engineer

The role

The Senior Fire Protection Engineer provides engineering and technical support at a high-profile government location. This role involves design review, commissioning services, and evaluating facility compliance for fire and life safety systems.

What you will do

• Conduct design review and commissioning services for fire protection, fire alarm, and life safety systems.
• Review designs to ensure compliance with building, fire and life safety codes.
• Provide technical assistance for the development of statements of work.
• Apply fire and life safety engineering principles to create performance-based solutions.
• Evaluate existing facilities for compliance with building code of record.
• Perform calculations for means of egress, building height, area, sprinkler water supply, and smoke control.
• Provide engineering support for fire alarm and fire protection system inspection, testing, and maintenance.
• Propose additions, changes, and updates to existing fire protection and life safety codes.
• Perform impact analysis on the consequences of new code adoption.
• Compose technical letters and reports.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years’ experience in life safety, active and passive fire protection, and fire alarm systems code consulting, design review, inspections, and commissioning.
• Strong background in the application of National Fire Protection Associates (NFPA) codes and standards.
• Strong background in Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC).
• Excellent report writing and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to present clear and technically sound fire protection engineering strategies.
• Good communication and negotiating skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Nice to have

• Professional Engineering (PE) license
• Experience with performance-based fire engineering design

Benefits

• retirement plan
• healthcare coverage
• broad range of other benefits

About the company

Jensen Hughes is a leader in fire protection engineering with a legacy dating back to 1939. The company provides expertise in security, risk-based fields, and safety challenges globally.