Fire Protection Intern - Flexible Work & Growth Focus

Arup; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,202,000 - 135,886,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Sharing

Flexible working

Job summary

Arup in New York is seeking a motivated student engineer to support fire protection and life safety consulting within a multi-disciplinary team. You will assist senior engineers with design and reviews, helping clients incorporate fire safety concepts into projects.

This role offers exposure to a range of design challenges, site visits, and client meetings, with growth opportunities across a global advisory firm focused on sustainable built environments.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Protection, Mechanical, Chemical, or Civil Engineering.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Planning and organizing abilities; proactive mindset.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Planning and organizing

Initiative

Education

Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering

Job description

Arup in New York is seeking a motivated student engineer to support fire protection and life safety consulting within a multi-disciplinary team. You will assist senior engineers with design and reviews, helping clients incorporate fire safety concepts into projects.

This role offers exposure to a range of design challenges, site visits, and client meetings, with growth opportunities across a global advisory firm focused on sustainable built environments.