Graduate Fire Engineer: Safe, Sustainable Buildings

Arup; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

401(k) plan with company match

Flexible working

Job summary

Arup is seeking graduates for a fire protection-focused role in Los Angeles. You will assist with life safety consulting, fire code compliance, and development of design strategies across multiple disciplines and offices.

The role emphasizes learning, initiative, and collaboration with senior engineers and clients. We value growth, innovation, and a proactive mindset, offering a comprehensive rewards package, profit sharing, and a 401(k) plan with company match.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection, Mechanical, Chemical or Civil Engineering.
• 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

Communication skills

Planning & organization

Initiative & eagerness to learn

Education

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

Job description

Arup is seeking graduates for a fire protection-focused role in Los Angeles. You will assist with life safety consulting, fire code compliance, and development of design strategies across multiple disciplines and offices.

The role emphasizes learning, initiative, and collaboration with senior engineers and clients. We value growth, innovation, and a proactive mindset, offering a comprehensive rewards package, profit sharing, and a 401(k) plan with company match.