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    Senior Fire Protection Engineer - Los Angeles, United States - Coffman Engineers, Inc.

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    Job DescriptionCompany Description

    At Coffman Engineers, we serve as both prime consultant and sub consultant on projects large and small, including commercial, retail, institutional, government, industrial, and project/construction management. Incorporated in 1979, we have employees in more than 22 locations serving clients across the United States and overseas.

    To meet client objectives and to integrate our many disciplines, we can create teams comprised of civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and corrosion control, as well as project/construction managers and professionals in a variety of specialty services. This ability has made us a leader in the engineering and construction communities, and has strengthened our reputation as being progressive, innovative, and a great place to work.

    Job Description

    Coffman Engineers is seeking a Senior Fire Protection Engineer with at least 15 years of experience who is passionate about the fire protection engineering profession and looking for an environment that promotes professional growth.

    The successful individual will have professional experience in providing consulting to clients in various aspects of fire protection engineering. Technical skills will include, but not limited to: automatic suppression system design and analysis; fire detection, alarm and communication system design and analysis; fire and life safety code analysis; egress analysis; fire resistant rated construction analysis; smoke control design and special inspections; as well as general fire protection and life safety concepts.

    Compensation and Benefits:

    • Approximate Base Salary – $150,000 – $180,000 annually
    • Paid overtime at 1.0 times hourly rate
    • Competitive end of year discretionary bonus based on company/team/personal performance
    • Hybrid Work Schedule (subject to change)
    • 401k with maximum of 5% Contribution Matching for 9% Employee Contribution
    Qualifications
    • Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited college or university in Fire Protection Engineering, Fire Sciences, or related engineering field
    • PE, NICET level III / IV, or EIT
    • Minimum 20 years of experience in the fire protection engineering profession.
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience coordinating with a multi-discipline design team
    • Proficiency with Bluebeam, and AutoCAD and/or Revit
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
    • Experience with CONTAM, fire dynamic simulation, Pathfinder, and/or other fire protection engineering modeling software
    • Experience with managing day-to-day contacts with internal and external clients utilizing experience and technology to meet expectations
    • Experience attending and participating in local professional organizations, such as SFPE
    • Experience performing building and fire code analysis and code interpretations
    • Experience developing engineering judgements for code alternatives
    • Experience designing fire protection systems including suppression systems, fire detection, alarm and communication systems and performing analysis of existing fire protection systems
    • Project management experience, including project management skills for managing internal projects as well as external client needs

    Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

    • Must be a self-starter, persistent, and follow through in a consistent manner
    • Passionate about the client or pursuit and takes ownership of his/her work
    • Able to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment (or demonstrate ability to develop such abilities)
    • Possess strong critical thinking, organizational, and analytical abilities (or demonstrate ability to develop such abilities).
    • Maintain positive working relationships with internal and external customers
    • Basic understanding of A/E/C industry terminology and procedures and basic marketing principles
    • Strong organizational ability; detail oriented; high degree of accuracy
    • Must work well under pressure
    • Positive contributor to overall office and department goals, culture, and morale
    • Excellent time management skills
    • Ability to provide peer reviews of colleagues' work product
    • Ability to work with counterparts in other offices to share workload when required
    • A positive, can-do attitude
    Additional Information

    Why You Want To Work Here

    Coffman truly focuses on its employees. We support and encourage individually tailored professional and technical advancement as well as personal growth. We offer an excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package (including eligibility for annual discretionary bonuses), a desirable location, and a professional office environment with the opportunity to work with a collaborative team.

    Coffman offers a flexible PTO program), a fun office environment, and free daily breakfast (waffles). Coffman' Seattle office is located in a newly renovated office space close to convenient transportation options, the historic Pike Place Market, and all that downtown and the waterfront has to offer. We welcome the dedicated and the driven. Join us.

    Don't take our word for it. Check out what others are saying:

    Coffman At A Glance:

    • 45 years in business
    • 750+ employees serving clients throughout the U.S. and overseas from more than 20 locations
    • Multi-discipline engineering services plus corrosion control, commissioning and project/construction management
    • #27 Top 80 Engineering Firms, Building Design+Construction, 2019
    • #29 Zweig Group Hot Firm List, Zweig Group, 2021
    • #157 Top 500 Design Firms, Engineering News-Record, 2022

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    This position is direct with Coffman Engineers; we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled individuals.

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