Senior Lead Engineer- Civil

Jacobs; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Fire Protection Design Lead in Mumbai to drive design activities across projects, ensuring adherence to NFPA, NBC, TAC, and FMG standards. You will mentor a team of designers, develop BOQs, and manage procurement and client communications, delivering high-quality engineering solutions.

The role emphasizes coordination across disciplines, site visits, and maintaining project budgets and schedules within a hybrid working setup.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical discipline with 8+ years in Fire protection.
• Knowledge of NBC, IS, TAC, NFPA and FMG requirements.
• Proficient in Autodesk AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead fire protection design work per project specs and standards.
• Provide technical guidance to designers/draughtsmen for fire protection.
• Prepare BOQ and cost estimates for fire protection packages.
• Coordinate procurement, inquiries, technical offers, and order specs.
• Guide a 2D/3D design team; review 3D models and layouts.
• Engage with clients; ensure timely designs and deliverables.
• Site visits to resolve queries and ensure safety/compliance.

Skills

Fire protection design

Project leadership

Client coordination

Cost estimation

Team guidance

Communication

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Navisworks

Revit

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Leading the entire Fire protection system Engineering activities to carry out fire design work based on standard company procedure / other procedures, methods outlined.

Responsibilities

• Should be able to prepare Basis of Design for, Master Plan, Concept, Schematics, fire tank and pump room planning.
• Technical guidance to Designers/Draughts persons to carry out Fire Protection design work as per the requirements of the Project.
• Material specification knowledge all fire protection items to prepare BOQ.
• Should be able to do cost estimation of fire Package.
• Procurement activity for fire protection items covering preparation of enquiry specification, review of technical offer and preparation of TR, preparation of order specifications.
• Guiding a team of designers in 2D / 3D engineering, review of 3D model and review of layouts and MTOs extracted from the model.
• Participate in discussions with the client, as necessary.
• Timely completion of designs, requisitions, and engineering deliverables.
• Working within company manhours and budgets.
• Meet client expectations and maintain long-term relationship with client. Attend to clients feedback and any complaints.
• Visiting sites for residual engineering / resolving site queries.
• Coordination with various stake holders like Client / various internal disciplines like projects / Piping / mechanical / architect / civil / vendors for effective engineering management.
• Fire Protection engineering activities to carry out All fire Protection design work based on NFPA, TAC, NBC standard / Insurance agency Standard like FNG, AXA, GAP etc. for industrial projects.
• Should possess a very strong communication skill..
• Manage the PHE & Fire fighting-Mechanical design team & QA of Mechanical design.
• Mechanical Design- Fire Protection System & Plumbing services.
• Preparation of overall scheme with design basis report.
• Calculation (Heat Load, Pressure Loss, Pipe Sizing, Water demand- raw and potable water, flow requirement, pump sizing, pit sizing, drain pipes and channel sizing, seepage and sewage calculation, RWH calculation and other required relevant calculations)
• MEP Co-ordination, Schematic, Drawings preparation, Equipment selection and sizing.
• Design of Fire Protection System as per national and international standard.
• Preparation of Tender Drawings, Technical Specs and Rate Analysis.
• MEP Design coordination with Client, Vendor, and other stakeholders.
• Software - Naviswork, Revit(Basic) & AutoCAD(Basic)

Here's what you'll need

A degree in Mechanical Discipline with Minimum 8 years in Fire protection Department of an Engineering consultancy organization specializing projects in Food or Pharmaceuticals and Site master planning of such projects. Candidate should possess knowledge in carrying out basic and detailed engineering work. The experience can be from any Pharmaceutical/ Biotech/Food projects/chemical/Batteries.

• Be able to provide solutions with very little inputs from clients.
• Have working knowledge with Standards such as NBC, IS, TAC, NFPA and FMG requirements.
• Compulsory user knowledge of Software such as Autodesk AutoCAD, Microsoft Office.
• Preferred user knowledge of additional Software tools such as Autodesk Revit, Auto CAD-2015
• Knowledge of Hydraulic Calculation Software Like Pipe net.
• Be open to get training on in house tools and proprietary software and tools and utilize for efficient workflow in organization.
• Reviewing all aspects of design and construction for consistency and safety.

AtJacobs we value people. Having the right balance of belonging, career and lifestyle enables us to consistently deliver and exceed clients’ expectations.

Working alongside industry leaders, you will have the opportunity to develop your career working on key projects in an environment which encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovation. To support your professional growth, Jacobs flexible working arrangements, extended leave options and a host of social, health and wellbeing events and initiatives will underpin our commitment to you.

At Jacobs it's all about what you do, not where you are, which counts!

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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