Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Designer

SolveNow Inc.; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SolveNow Inc. is seeking a Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Designer to work on data center facilities projects. In this dynamic role, you will provide technical design leadership, ensuring compliance with fire codes and creating innovative solutions for life safety systems.

Ideal candidates have strong Autodesk Revit experience and knowledge of fire alarm systems. This position offers a hybrid work opportunity, allowing you to work from any office within 50 miles or remotely if outside that range.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of Autodesk Revit design experience.
• Experience with AutoCAD, Excel, and Revit add-ins.
• Familiarity with clash detection and issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Work on design for data center buildings.
• Provide technical design leadership for fire alarm systems.
• Ensure projects are completed on time and meet quality standards.

Skills

Autodesk Revit design experience

AutoCAD

Fire Alarm Systems knowledge

Clash detection

Bluebeam Revu

Life Safety & Fire codes knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Revit

ACC/Forma

Job description

We're looking for a Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Designer who is excited about working on projects that enable the heart of our clients' business. Join us, and you'll have the chance to work on data center facilities projects. Come be a part of a vibrant, dynamic team that delivers world-class designs for well-known clients around the world! If you are someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment and who also enjoys working closely with clients in the Data Center market, this opportunity is for you!

Our Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Designers work on various projects assigned by a Department Manager or Lead Engineer. This position will play a role in the entire design process, including but not limited to:

• concept creation
• leading BIM designs with support from your leads and SMEs
• drawing and specification production
• customer and vendor accessibility.

Your impact:

• The Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Designers may work on several concurrent projects and will be responsible for ensuring that projects are completed on time.
• As a Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Designer, you'll provide technical design leadership of systems for data center buildings, which include fire alarm and detection systems, smoke control systems, fire protection systems, and other life safety or low voltage systems.
• As a Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Designer working with our teams, you'll use your skills and experience to help our clients by providing code-compliant asset protection and fire mitigation and life safety solutions. These solutions include fire alarm, fire detection, fire suppression, gas detection, life safety considerations, smoke modeling, and explosion prevention.
• Utilizing Revit MEP, our teams create 3D models in coordination with architects and engineers. From those 3D BIM models you'll design fire alarm systems, fire sprinkler systems, smoke and leak detection, security and intrusion detection systems, and more.
• Using the various applicable Life Safety & Fire codes as well as industry standards, you will provide calculations, equipment size and quantities; equipment and construction specifications, network diagrams, and various construction deliverables in both 2D and 3D platforms for a constructible design.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of Autodesk Revit design experience
• Experience with AutoCAD, Excel, and Revit add-ins
• Experience with Bluebeam Revu
• Familiarity with clash detection and how to resolve issues in ACC/Forma
• Knowledge and design experience with Fire Alarm Systems and related manufacturers' equipment, including VESDA systems
• Knowledge of general design and construction specifications.

Ideal Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• Knowledge of IBC, IFC, NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and NFPA 72 Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
• Knowledge and application of NFPA 70 (NEC) and electrical design requirements
• Knowledge of NFPA 75, NFPA 76, NFPA 2001, and NFPA 13 codes
• Experience with VESDA ASPIRE or similar software
• Design experience in data centers

Deal Breakers

• Hybrid – working from any office in the country within 50 miles of an office and reporting to the office 2 days a week; remote is anyone in the US that is hired that does not live within 50 miles of an office.
• Must have Life safety / fire alarm design experience using Revit
• Must disclose any non-competes with current company
• Salary range depends on location, cost of living, and level of experience