Senior Fire Protection Design Specialist

LHH; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Sr. Fire Protection Design Specialist for a full-time role in Phoenix, AZ. Ideal candidates will have 8+ years in fire protection design, excellent leadership skills, and preferred EIT or PE certifications. This on-site position includes responsibilities like managing design efforts, overseeing compliance, and leading junior engineers. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Fire Protection Design for commercial construction.
• Proven commercial construction project management of multi-million-dollar scope.
• EIT or PE highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure completion of tasks by overseeing directives to technicians, vendors, and supervisors.
• Create design of all phases – conceptual, schematic, development, and construction documentation.
• Lead design efforts and oversee junior engineer design efforts.
• Maintain compliance with construction building codes.
• Manage the design team while providing technical leadership.

Skills

Leadership skills

Fire Protection Design

Construction project management

Engineering calculations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering

Job description

Overview

LHH Recruitment Solutions is opening an Sr. Fire Protection Design Specialist position for our client in the Phoenix, AZ area.

This direct-hire role allows you to expand your Fire Protection Designing in commercial construction design within a fast-paced engineering and architectural firm in the commercial construction industry. This on-site position requires a minimum of 8 years of current experience in an Mechanical, Fire Protection, Engineering role and prefers candidates with a strong background within HVAC, plumbing, fire protection and structural engineering. EIT or PE are highly preferred.

Salary range: $120-130k annually.

Responsibilities

• Ensure completion of tasks by overseeing directives to technicians, vendors, and supervisors.
• Create design of all phases – conceptual, schematic, development, and construction documentation.
• Oversee project budget, capex management, coordinating projects, initiate corrective actions, and forecast/analyze any long-term operational downtime and/or issues.
• Lead design efforts and oversee junior engineer design efforts.
• Maintain compliance with construction building codes, zoning etc.
• Prepare and present 3D modeling, renderings and presentations to clients and regulatory divisions.
• Develops initiatives and uses a technical approach to oversee aspects of process resolution, and continuous improvement toward improved production, production costs decrease, and reliability.
• Oversees design projects; reviews project specifications; analyzes design, and ensure monetary goals are met by performing preliminary and final review for construction projects.
• Manage the design team in a manner that supports teamwork and development while providing technical leadership within any issues regarding maintenance.
• Use safe working policies and practices consistently.
• Represent the organization to vendors, clients and agencies in a professional manner.
• On site visits to oversee project progress.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering.
• EIT or PE highly preferred
• Proven commercial construction project management of multi-million-dollar scope.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Fire Protection Design for commercial construction.
• Must be able to demonstrate exceptional leadership skills, utilization of situational leadership, servant leadership and the creation of a vision for the department.
• Proven management and leadership skills
• Proven knowledge of engineering calculations, layout, and design of Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection and Structural/Architectural.
• Experience in collaboration with; mechanical, structural, electrical, instrumentation, HVAC, Geotech, survey, etc. internally and externally.

Health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance are offered with this full-time direct hire role.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Design and Engineering

Industries

• Human Resources Services

Equal opportunity language retained where applicable.