Senior Fire Protection Engineer and Team Lead

We have an outstanding career opportunity for aSenior Fire Protection Engineer and Team Leadto join a leading Company located in the Alexandria, VA surrounding area.

Salary: $ 135,000 - $185,000

Job Responsibilities:

+  Design of fire suppression and fire alarm systems throughout all company market sectors including academic, commercial, healthcare, science and technology, and mission critical.

+  The engineer will be responsible for designs of automatic sprinklers, standpipes, high-rise fire pumps, gaseous agent suppression, fire alarms, voice evacuation, mass notification, special technology fire detection  and  smoke control.

+  Coordinate with the design team and/or construction staff to lead related portions of construction planning and visit the project construction site throughout the construction administration process  along  with field reports, RFI responses, and FP / FA shop drawing and submittal reviews.

+  Design and layout systems, and create drawings using Revit, AutoCAD, and HydraCALC.

+  Survey existing project sites to document  existing  conditions and  to  assess  existing  FP / FA infrastructure.

+  Coordinate workload and schedules of multiple concurrent projects with junior engineering staff.

+  Lead and mentor junior engineering staff.

Basic Hiring Criteria:

+  Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical  or  Fire Protection Engineering.

+  10+ years of professional fire protection engineering industry experience designing fire protection and fire alarm systems.

+  Proficiency in AutoCAD and Revit with fluency in MS Office products including Word, Excel  and  Outlook and cloud tools.  Strong communication and computer skills are required.  

+  The preferred candidate will have excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

+  Candidate must have the ability to create and modify technical drawings and specifications.

+  Customer service perspective with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff.

+  PE required. LEED preferred.

+  Proven Leadership Experience.

+  Valid driver's license required with the ability to travel to project sites as needed.

+  If this opportunity is not of interest to you, I would greatly appreciate any referrals from your             network who may be a good fit. Thank you.

 Benefits offered vary by contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, and  affordable  medical coverage plan, and Daily Pay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

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