Experienced Fire Protection Engineer

17-Feb-2026

Engineering

10633

Who We Are

As the Savannah River Site's management and operations contractor since 2008, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) makes the world safer. With safety and security in the forefront, SRNS develops innovative approaches to deliver on our environmental commitments and nuclear materials challenges; supplies products and services necessary to maintain the nation's nuclear deterrent; secures nuclear materials to prevent unwanted proliferation; and transforms nuclear materials into assets and stable waste forms.

The SRNS workforce is highly capable, engaged, and adaptable to meet existing and expanding missions. SRNS employees apply superior expertise and innovative solutions to complex and challenging national and global issues. We have the knowledge to address a range of national and international nuclear issues. We make the world safer - and you can, too.

Job Family

Engineering

Discipline

Fire Protection Engineering

Career Level

P3-P5

Salary Range

P3: $87,444 - $122,640; P4: $101,328 - $147,168; P5: $126,660 - $183,960

Note for Salary

This is the range within which SRNS expects the majority of qualified candidates would enter this role if offered. Actual offers may be more or less than the amounts shown depending on candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and other factors.

Job Family Description

Engineering roles perform engineering work in operations, production, construction, or maintenance environments. They may design and scale up manufacturing processes, instruments and equipment and tests manufactured products to maintain quality. They may plan, design, and estimate time and cost and oversees construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, systems, and components. They analyze and develop solutions to engineering problems related to manufacturing equipment and systems or the causes of component failures.

They develop and apply engineering standards and procedures and provide advice on issues within the engineering field.

Discipline Description

Fire protection engineers develop and implement fire protection programs and procedures to maintain fire protection and life safety systems. They implement programs and procedures to ensure employee and facility safety is in accordance with codes and standards including DOE standards, ICC codes and NFPA Code and Standard requirements. They conduct Fire Hazard Analysis and develop Fire Scenario Documentation for nuclear and non-nuclear facilities to prevent fire and determine controls that protect personnel, facilities, and the environment from the effects of a fire.

Fire protection engineers maintain current knowledge of building and fire protection codes and regulations to assure compliance, survey facilities to determine potential fire hazards and recommend corrective action. They review and approve the more complex documents required for new construction or modification of existing facilities to determine appropriate fire prevention. They specify and monitor inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment to ensure that in an emergency they operate and perform to applicable codes and standards, and participates in the investigation of all facets of any fire to determine the origin, cause, and what, if any, breakdown in the fire protection plans and procedures may have occurred.

Some Typical Duties &

Responsibilities Include:

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

* Conducting fire hazard analysis

* Conducting NFPA/ICC code reviews

* Specifying technical aspects of fire protection systems to ensure Life Safety compliance

* Performing building walkdowns to assess for compliance according to Department of Energy standards

* Mentoring and providing direction to less senior engineers within the organization

* Scoping technical tasks and develop creative solutions to assigned problems.

* Utilizing SRNS systems and meeting SRNS requirements with minimal supervisory guidance.

* Accepting complex tasks and receiving minimal guidance from senior professionals.

* Incorporating conventional engineering or scientific practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.

* Providing limited guidance and direction to less senior engineering professionals.

* Carrying out development and qualification programs on tasks concurrent with other phases such as design and fabrication to better evaluate and minimize future problems.

* Developing alternate solutions to existing problems.

* Performing all detail work necessary to determine best solutions.

* Evaluating proposals and make recommendations based on proposed projects/tasks in area of assignment.

* Delegating and managing portions of the detail work to less senior personnel

* Preparing costs and schedule estimates on proposed…