Fire Engineering Intern — Build Safer Buildings

Arup

Los Angeles (CA)

On-site

USD 63,039,000 - 124,645,000

Full time

8 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing
Flexible working

Job summary

Arup invites motivated graduates to join its Early Careers program in Los Angeles and San Francisco. You will assist with life safety, fire code compliance, and the development of design strategies across multiple teams and offices.

This role offers hands-on experience in fire protection, smoke analysis, fire modeling, and collaboration with architects and contractors. Ideal candidates are pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection or related fields, with strong communication, planning,

Qualifications

  • Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Fire Protection, Mechanical, Chemical or Civil Engineering.
  • Professional demeanor
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Skills in planning and organizing
  • Attitude of taking initiative, enthusiasm, eagerness to learn

Responsibilities

  • Provide consulting for life safety, building, and fire code compliance
  • Contribute to the development of prescriptive and performance-based design strategies
  • Assist senior engineers to help clients to incorporate fire and life safety strategy concepts into the design and review drawings for conformance with the agreed strategy
  • Assist with development of fire alarm, detection, and fire suppression systems design documents
  • Assist senior engineers on project site visits and communicate with architects, contractors and consulting teams
  • Participate in internal team meetings and external client meetings
  • Adapt to working with multiple teams, across multiple offices in a multi-discipline environment
  • Perform smoke control analysis
  • Assist with fire modeling
  • Assist with dynamic egress modeling
  • Assist with the development of structural fire calculations
  • Assist with the development of fire safety strategies for special hazards

Skills

Professional demeanor
Excellent written and verbal commu n
Planning and organizing
Initiative and eagerness to learn

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Fire Protection, Mechanical, Chemical or Civil Engineering

Job description

Arup invites motivated graduates to join its Early Careers program in Los Angeles and San Francisco. You will assist with life safety, fire code compliance, and the development of design strategies across multiple teams and offices.

This role offers hands-on experience in fire protection, smoke analysis, fire modeling, and collaboration with architects and contractors. Ideal candidates are pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection or related fields, with strong communication, planning,

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