Senior Fire Protection Engineer and Team Lead
Listed on 2026-08-02
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Engineering
Engineering Design & Technologists, Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineer
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.
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.
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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