Fire Protection Engineer: Life Safety & Codes Expert

Telgian; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Telgian seeks a Fire Protection Engineer to provide fire protection engineering and consultation services for Telgian clients as part of a multi-discipline team. You will advise on compliance with fire-related standards and codes, and prepare reports and designs addressing fire prevention, life safety, and protection issues.

You will work on a broad range of solutions-based projects, establishing design criteria for alarms, suppression and life safety systems, and collaborating with authorities

Qualifications

• 4 years college degree (ie: Bachelors) or combination of equivalent experience and certification, Engineering or related field, required
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification (or ability to obtain), required
• Ability to travel
• 5 years field engineering/consulting experience in fire protection and/or architecture, preferred
• Working knowledge of Fire, Life Safety and Building Codes, NFPA Standards, and UL/FM standards
• Ability to apply broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific area of practice
• Ability to manage small project of limited complexity
• Ability to evaluate, select and apply standard techniques and procedures and criteria to perform a task
• Working competency with MS Office software
• Ability to perform basic calculations using egress, fire smoke and water modeling software
• Demonstrated proficiency in verbal, written, presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Establish design criteria for fire alarms, suppression and life safety systems per client needs
• Review existing systems for functionality and compliance; recommend improvements
• Develop and deliver client reports on updates to ensure compliance and function
• Meet with authorities and clients to resolve compliance questions
• Prepare for and attend appeals/hearings as required
• Perform modeling of fire, smoke, water distribution and related variables
• Identify and establish design criteria for specific systems applications
• Sign/seal engineering documents as Engineer of Record on assigned projects
• Maintain knowledge of fire protection, risk, codes and technologies; propose proactive solutions

Skills

PE Certification

Travel

Fire protection

MS Office

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Fire modeling software

Job description

Telgian seeks a Fire Protection Engineer to provide fire protection engineering and consultation services for Telgian clients as part of a multi-discipline team. You will advise on compliance with fire-related standards and codes, and prepare reports and designs addressing fire prevention, life safety, and protection issues.

You will work on a broad range of solutions-based projects, establishing design criteria for alarms, suppression and life safety systems, and collaborating with authorities