Senior Fire & Life Safety Project Lead — NYC

Scutum North America; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k match

Profit sharing

Job summary

High Rise Fire and Security, a leading life safety systems provider in New York, is seeking a Senior Installation Project Manager to oversee fire alarm, life safety, and security projects from inception to closeout. The role emphasizes client service, safety, and adherence to NYC NFPA and related codes.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years of project management in fire/life-safety, strong leadership, and hands-on site supervision.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Engineering with 6 years of relevant project management experience or equivalent.
• Minimum 4 years of fire alarm, life safety, or related project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage fire alarm, life safety, security, prime, and design-build projects from planning through closeout, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, milestones, deliverables, and overall execution.
• Coordinate with internal teams, field staff, subcontractors, clients, contractors, architects, vendors, inspectors, and other stakeholders to keep projects aligned, compliant, and on schedule.
• Lead project reviews, site visits, pre-tests, commissioning activities, and FDNY inspections to support quality, compliance, safety, and client satisfaction.
• Review drawings, specifications, engineered documents, panel information, and project requirements to confirm scope, materials, methods, and field execution plans.
• Oversee field execution, including layout, conduit preparation, wiring, equipment testing, parts requisitioning, tool readiness, material tracking, and job site organization.
• Support installation, retrofit, service, testing, inspection, troubleshooting, and repair work in accordance with NYC, NFPA, HRFS, and applicable electrical code requirements.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Risk management

Communication

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

Associate degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

High Rise Fire and Security, a leading life safety systems provider in New York, is seeking a Senior Installation Project Manager to oversee fire alarm, life safety, and security projects from inception to closeout. The role emphasizes client service, safety, and adherence to NYC NFPA and related codes.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years of project management in fire/life-safety, strong leadership, and hands-on site supervision.