Lead Fire Protection Engineer - Fire & Egress Modeling

Lead Fire Protection Engineer - Fire & Egress Modeling

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Throughout our worldwide network of experts, clients and communities, we are renowned for our leadership in fire protection engineering – a legacy of responsibility we have proudly upheld since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related security and risk‑based fields – from accessibility consulting and risk analysis to process safety, forensic investigations, security risk consulting, emergency management, digital innovation and more.

Our engineers and consultants collaborate to solve complex safety and security challenges, ensuring our clients can protect what matters most. For over 80 years, we have helped mitigate risks that threaten lives, property and reputations. Through technology, expertise and industry‑leading research, we remain dedicated to our purpose of making our world safe, secure and resilient.

Jensen Hughes has a career opening for an experienced Fire Protection Engineer/Consultant in our Atlanta office. We are a leading fire protection consulting firm providing a range of professional services involving life safety, fire protection, security and mass notification on commercial, institutional and industrial projects for clients worldwide. Our office is preparing to move into a new space in a high‑rise tower in the heart of Buckhead, and the new space boasts an elite fitness center for employee use and is just mere steps away from public transportation, restaurants and retail.

Qualified candidates will have a minimum of eight (8) years of experience that includes a combination of Code Consulting, Performance Based Design, including fire and egress modeling, and Fire Protection System Design. Responsibilities will include the management and implementation of a wide variety of engineering design and consulting projects.

• Perform professional‑level fire protection engineering services such as life safety code consulting, sprinkler design, fire alarm design, performance‑based fire engineering design, with other P.E.’s or experienced consultants.
• Develop and review plans, specifications, and inspection reports as needed on assigned tasks to see that these items are complete, accurate and in accordance with good professional service practice standards.
• Assist in the resolution of design problems by performing field investigations or inspections, detailed design work, and detailed checking of design computations done by others, or general coordination of specific design aspects into a project.
• Identify applicable codes and standards to reference in evaluating how to respond to inquiries.
• Conduct and document basic building code analyses, egress analyses, fire detection and alarm systems reviews, smoke control systems reviews, and basic sprinkler and water supply systems reviews, including hydraulic calculations.
• Manage, plan and direct engineering activities for your own projects with support from others.
• Conduct building and fire code reviews and analyses.
• Provide quality control reviews of fire protection system designs including fire alarm, sprinkler and special hazard systems.
• Lead and provide quality control reviews for projects that involve fire and egress modeling, including FDS, Pathfinder and/or Contam.
• Manage projects which involve computer‑based modeling and review computer‑model inputs for quality control.
• Prepare and present technical reports and presentations.
• Be a key player in Business Development activities.

• 8+ years of experience in code consulting, design of fire suppression and alarm systems, and developing performance‑based strategies in a project design environment is required.
• Registered Professional Engineer required.
• Have excellent report writing and interpersonal skills.
• Should have the ability to present clear and technically sound fire protection engineering strategies and have good communication and negotiations skills.
• Can work independently and as part of a team, enjoy professional challenges and wants to be an integral part of the long‑term growth of Jensen Hughes.

Jensen Hughes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.