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    Senior Fire Protection Engineer - Richmond, United States - Gables Search Group

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    Description

    The Senior Fire Protection Engineer will take a leadership role in designing multi-discipline projects and overseeing the preparation of comprehensive fire protection packages, including fire suppression, fire alarm, smoke management, and life safety. This position involves working on diverse projects with various project types and clients.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Lead the design, specification, and multi-discipline coordination of fire protection systems, including wet-pipe, dry-pipe, pre-action, deluge, and foam/water fire suppression systems.
    • Oversee fire water supply infrastructure, covering fire water storage tanks, fire pumps, underground and aboveground distribution piping, and associated appurtenances.
    • Lead the design of outdoor fire suppression systems, including monitors, spray systems, and exposure protection systems.
    • Direct the development of addressable and non-addressable voice evacuation fire alarm systems, including initiation devices, supervision devices, and audible/visual notification appliances.
    • Manage releasing systems for pre-action, foam/water, and clean agent systems.
    • Quality review fire protection calculations, including hydraulic analysis of fire water supply and demand, battery calculations, and voltage drop calculations.
    • Lead the evaluation of building and life safety requirements, considering building area and height limitations, construction types, fire resistive assemblies, opening protections, occupancy classifications, hazards, building egress, and active and passive smoke management systems.
    • Oversee construction administration, including coordination with field personnel to resolve design-related installation issues, review of contractor shop drawings and calculations, field inspections, and testing of fire protection systems.
    • Lead project teams in conducting site evaluations and documenting existing fire protection systems.
    • Prepare and present technical reports for clients and industry publications.
    • Build effective relationships with existing clients, customers, and contractors, and identify new business opportunities.
    • Manage sales and marketing efforts and identify key pursuits.
    • Ensure customer satisfaction goals and expectations are met.
    • Manage the development of cost proposals and qualification statements, achieving targets and standards for financial performance.
    • Prepare and present project budgets and cost estimates, reporting project performance.
    • Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to the fire protection practice.
    • Ensure adherence to QA/QC processes.
    • Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies.
    • Perform other duties as assigned.
    Qualifications:
    • Bachelor's Degree in Fire Protection Engineering or a related degree from an ABET accredited program and 7 years of fire protection engineering experience (or equivalent). OR
    • Bachelor's Degree in Fire Protection or related Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited program, successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, and 7 years of fire protection engineering experience. OR
    • Master's Degree in Fire Protection Engineering and 6 years of fire protection engineering experience.
    Additional Requirements:
    • Expert knowledge of standard engineering techniques and procedures.
    • Expert knowledge of building codes, fire codes, NFPA standards, FM Global datasheets, military standards, and refinery/industrial API guidelines.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
    • Demonstrated critical thinking skills and the ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.
    • Ability to lead project/discipline design teams.
    • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain access authorization to facilities and data of existing and potential clients.
    • Professional Engineer (PE) License (Preferred).
    • NICET certification in Water-Based System Layout (Preferred) or NICET certification in Fire Alarm Systems (Preferred) or NICET certification in Special Hazard Systems (Preferred).
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