Remote Principal Fire Protection Engineer

SOLV Energy, Inc.; Oregon; On-site; USD 145,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid vacation and holiday

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Principal Fire Protection Engineer to serve as the technical authority for fire and life safety across utility-scale energy storage, power, and industrial EPC projects. This role ensures compliance with codes, standards, and client specifications while supporting safe and cost-effective project delivery from concept through commissioning.

This is a fully remote position with travel up to 25% and leadership duties including developing design criteria, managing external

Qualifications

• 10+ years of fire protection engineering experience with energy infrastructure exposure.
• Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering or closely related discipline from an accredited institution.
• A licensed P.E. in Fire Protection Engineering is preferred.
• Experience coordinating with AHJs, fire marshals, and code officials for complex fire protection systems.
• Strong knowledge of building codes (NFPA, IBC, UL 9540/9540A, UL855).
• Ability to manage multiple consultant contracts and deliverables across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance on complex fire safety challenges and risk mitigation.
• Set company-wide engineering standards, design criteria, and best practices.
• Lead or participate in national fire protection committees for energy storage fire and life safety codes.
• Interface with AHJs, insurers, and independent engineers on fire life safety topics; travel to meetings as needed.
• Develop project-specific basis-of-design documents for fire protection systems.
• Create scopes of work, RFPs, and evaluation criteria for 3rd party EORs and vendors.
• Oversee fire protection EORs with design deliverables, schedules, and budgets.
• QA/QC of 3rd party work products to ensure standards alignment.
• Collaborate with electrical and SCADA teams for design consistency and efficiency.
• Support fire protection design optimization for cost, performance, and constructability.
• Provide technical support during testing and commissioning.

Skills

Fire protection engineering

AHJ coordination

Code compliance

Project management

Cross-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering

P.E. license preferred

Tools

NFPA standards

IBC codes

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Principal Fire Protection Engineer to serve as the technical authority for fire and life safety across utility-scale energy storage, power, and industrial EPC projects. This role ensures compliance with codes, standards, and client specifications while supporting safe and cost-effective project delivery from concept through commissioning.

This is a fully remote position with travel up to 25% and leadership duties including developing design criteria, managing external