Fire Sprinkler Designer

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pay

Medical/dental/vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

401K with match

Paid vacation

Career development

Company vehicle

Ownership plan

Job summary

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety in Vancouver, WA, is seeking a fire sprinkler designer to design sprinkler systems, run CAD-driven layouts, and coordinate with engineers and technicians to ensure safe, compliant installations.

The role involves testing structures, implementing upgrades, reading MEP drawings, and maintaining systems. Candidates should have a 2-year degree in fire protection, CAD experience, and NICET or bachelor's preferred; strong organization and attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-year degree in the fire sprinkler industry.
• Bachelor's or NICET Certifications (highly preferred).
• At least 2 years of experience utilizing CAD software.
• Minimum 2 years working in a professional environment.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• An abundance of patience to see a complicated project to the end.
• Ability to think in a three-dimensional manner.

Responsibilities

• Follow all OSHA standards and laws.
• Attend regular development meetings.
• Address limitations of technologies and materials involved in the CAD process.
• Incorporate feedback into 3D model designs.
• Make revisions to models as requested.
• Run simulations and stress-tests on all 3D models before prototyping.
• Read and interpret architectural, structural and MEP drawings.
• Provide accurate electrical schematics per client conditions and analyze and track technical specifications including dimensions, arrangements, and installation procedures.
• Analyze and verify all hydraulic calculations to ensure adequate water delivery in the event of a fire condition emergency.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Attention to detail

Three-dimensional thinking

Patience to see complex project to end

Education

2-year degree in fire sprinkler industry

Bachelor's degree OR NICET certifications

CAD software experience (2+ years)

Professional environment experience (2+ years)

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Make a difference, protect lives, and achieve your dreams. Build your career with the industry-leading fire, life safety and security company.

This position is responsible for designing and developing sprinkler systems to prevent or aid fires. Their responsibilities revolve around performing research and analysis, utilizing feedback from customers and other experts, producing prototypes or samples, and coordinating with engineers and technicians. Furthermore, a fire sprinkler designer may design upgrades and enhancements, create testing structures, take part in installing and repairing systems, and conduct regular maintenance checks to ensure the fire sprinkler systems' quality and efficiency.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Follow all OSHA standards and laws.
• Attend regular development meetings.
• Address limitations of technologies and materials involved in the CAD process.
• Incorporate feedback into 3D model designs.
• Make revisions to models as requested.
• Run simulations and stress-tests on all 3D models before prototyping.
• Keep up to date on all modern advancements in material and software technologies.
• Pursue ongoing education in the field.
• Utilize large databases of material property information to best select materials for modeling.
• Design of plumbing drawings, as-built drawings, site water supplies design and testing.
• Re-create new (MEP) and structural drawings under existing conditions for design coordination.
• Read and interpret architectural, structural and MEP drawings.
• Provide accurate electrical schematics per client conditions and analyze and track technical specifications including dimensions, arrangements, and installation procedures.
• Analyze and verify all hydraulic calculations to ensure adequate water delivery in the event of a fire condition emergency.
• Perform other duties assigned by management.

Education/Qualification:

• Minimum 2-year degree in the fire sprinkler industry.
• Bachelor's or NICET Certifications (highly preferred).
• At least 2 years of experience utilizing CAD software.
• Minimum 2 years working in a professional environment.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• An abundance of patience to see a complicated project to the end.
• Ability to think in a three-dimensional manner.

Other Duties

• Adheres to the Code of Conduct, Confidentiality Agreement, and Company Safety Policy.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands or arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and is occasionally required to lift and/or move heavy objects.
• The work also requires the following physical abilities in order to perform the essential job functions: balancing, climbing, grasping, hearing, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, repetitive motion, speaking, talking, and visual acuity.

Compensation

• $30 - $60 hourly depending on industry experience

Benefits And Perks

• Excellent pay
• Medical, dental, vision
• Company paid life insurance
• Company paid short-term disability
• 401K with employer match
• Paid vacation and company holidays
• Training and Career Development
• Company vehicle (if job applicable)
• Immediate qualification for the ALL In Ownership Plan for all eligible full-time employees

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.