Senior Fire Protection Engineer - Energy Storage (Remote)

SOLV Energy; Virginia (IL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Principal Fire Protection Engineer to lead fire safety across utility-scale storage, power, and industrial EPC projects. The role is remote, with travel up to 25% to coordinate with AHJs, insurers, and engineers, ensuring code compliance and safe, cost-effective project delivery from design through commissioning.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in fire protection engineering, a related degree, and a strong track record with NFPA/IBC and AHJ processes. P.E.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of fire protection engineering experience, with at least 2 years in energy infrastructure.
• Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering or closely related discipline from an accredited institution.
• A P.E. license in Fire Protection Engineering is preferred.
• Proven experience working with AHJs, fire marshals, and code officials to secure approvals, ensure regulatory compliance, and navigate permitting, design review, and inspection processes for complex fire protection systems.
• Advanced understanding of fire protection engineering principles.
• Demonstrated experience managing or reviewing work by external engineering consultants, owner’s engineers, or peer review on complex projects.
• Working knowledge of applicable building codes (NFPA, IBC, UL 9540/9540A, UL855 etc.), engineering principles, and industry best practices
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team environment.
• Proven ability to work across disciplines and time zones, and to manage multiple consultant contracts and deliverables in parallel.
• Commitment to safety
• Strong sense of urgency
• Strong communication and project coordination skills
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level guidance on complex fire safety challenges and risk mitigation.
• Establish company-wide engineering standards, design criteria, and best practices.
• Lead and actively participate in national fire protection code and standards committees, contributing technical expertise to energy storage fire and life safety codes.
• Serve as primary technical interface with AHJs, fire marshals, insurers, and independent engineers on fire and life safety topics; travel as required.
• Develop project-specific basis-of-design documents for fire protection systems.
• Develop scopes of work, RFPs, and evaluation criteria for 3rd party fire protection engineers-of-record (EOR) firms and equipment vendors.
• Oversee design deliverable schedules and engineering budgets for 3rd party EORs.
• QA/QC of 3rd party work products to ensure consistency with industry standards, SOLV standards, OEM requirements, and project requirements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with electrical and SCADA disciplines to ensure design consistency and efficiency.
• Support fire protection design optimization for cost, performance, and constructability.
• Provide technical support during fire system testing and commissioning.
• Lead engagement with Owners to answer questions around fire protection design and strategy.
• Provide technical training to the SOLV team.

Skills

Fire protection engineering

AHJ coordination

NFPA/IBC knowledge

Project management

Cross-discipline collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering

Related discipline (Mechanical/Electrical)

P.E. license preferred

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Principal Fire Protection Engineer to lead fire safety across utility-scale storage, power, and industrial EPC projects. The role is remote, with travel up to 25% to coordinate with AHJs, insurers, and engineers, ensuring code compliance and safe, cost-effective project delivery from design through commissioning.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in fire protection engineering, a related degree, and a strong track record with NFPA/IBC and AHJ processes. P.E.