Lead Consultant - Fire and Life Safety Engineer

WSP Global Inc.; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 102,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

WSP USA Solutions Inc. Team seeks a Lead Consultant - Fire and Life Safety Engineer to oversee complex fire protection projects.

You will interpret codes, review designs, and coordinate with authorities, clients, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure compliant life safety solutions. The role involves designing sprinkler and detection systems, performing calculations, and guiding commissioning efforts across federal projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years of fire protection and life safety consulting on Federal projects.
• PE registration required.
• US citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret/Top Secret clearance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, to interact with team members and clients.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and manage time to meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in systems engineering methodologies, tools, and practices.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with engineering and non-engineering audiences.
• Self-leadership with results orientation and multi-priority management.
• Upholding workplace safety and compliance with policies.
• Experience in fire protection engineering design.
• REVIT and AutoCAD proficiency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Interpret building, life safety, and fire code requirements (ICC/NFPA, IBC, NFPA 101).
• Review architectural drawings for code compliance.
• Negotiate with authorities having jurisdiction on fire safety designs.
• Produce fire safety strategy documents for design processes.
• Design fire protection and life safety systems (sprinklers, detection, alarms, smoke control, egress).
• Perform fire engineering calculations including smoke modeling and evacuation analyses.
• Assist in commissioning fire protection and life safety systems.
• Interface with clients and coordinate with in-house resources.
• Follow QA/QC processes for project documentation.
• Develop project proposals and budgets.
• Manage financial aspects of projects.
• Mentor junior staff.
• Prepare technical reports/specifications.
• Participate in department initiatives and business development.

Skills

Fire protection design

Life safety systems

Code interpretation

Client interfacing

Project budgeting

Mentoring

Quality control

Education

Bachelor of Science in Fire Protection Engineering

PE registration

US citizenship

Tools

REVIT

AutoCAD

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time

New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; San Antonio, TX; Huntsville, AL; Denver, CO; San Diego, CA; Tacoma, WA; and Meridian, ID.

Be involved in projects with our

Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Lead Consultant - Fire and Life Safety Engineer. While Arlington, VA is our preferred location, we will consider other WSP CONUS locations, including New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; San Antonio, TX; Huntsville, AL; Denver, CO; San Diego, CA; Tacoma, WA; and Meridian, ID. Be involved in projects with our WSP USA Solutions Inc. Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. This opportunity provides technical assistance and guidance for multi-site/phase due diligence, design, development, building, testing, and inspecting of fire and life safety systems on building projects in the public and private sectors. Responsibilities include the research, design, concept development, planning, installation, operation, maintenance, and optimal integration of automatic sprinkler, fire alarm, mass notification systems, smoke control, egress analysis, and building and fire code analysis review and compliance. Substantiates reports and documentation regarding installation, construction, and operation specifications. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.

Your Impact

• Interpretation of building code, life safety, and fire code requirements. This will include familiarity with both ICC and NFPA codes, including IBC and NFPA 101.
• Review of architectural drawings for compliance with building and fire code requirements
• Negotiating with authorities having jurisdiction on fire safety designs and proposals.
• Producing with limited guidance fire safety strategy documents to inform and support the chosen building form throughout the design process.
• Design of fire protection and life safety systems including automatic fire sprinkler systems, fire detection and alarm systems, smoke management systems, and egress systems.
• With minimal support, carrying out and reviewing fire engineering calculations including smoke modeling and evacuation analysis from simple hand calculations to complex 3D computational modeling.
• Assist in the commissioning of fire protection and life safety systems in commercial, institutional and industrial facilities.
• Directly interfacing with the client.
• Organizing in-house resources.
• Following quality control review processes of all project documentation.
• Developing project proposals and budgets.
• Conducting financial management of all projects.
• Mentoring junior staff.
• Preparing technical reports/specifications.
• Participating in department initiatives.
• Contributing to the overall business development of the company.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years of fire protection and life safety consulting working on Federal projects
• PE registration required.
• Due to client requirements, US citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret/Top Secret clearance is required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, to interact with team members and clients.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively to meet project deadlines.
• Proficiency in systems engineering methodologies, tools, and practices.
• Capable interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Effective self-leadership with attention to detail, results orientation, and managing multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Experience in fire protection engineering design.
• REVIT and AutoCAD proficiency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active US Government Security Clearance.
• State Department consulting and design experience preferred.

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $102,200 – $149,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $102,200 - $140,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Notice To Third Party Agencies

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.