Senior Fire Protection Engineer – Data Center

Responsibilities

• Lead the fire protection design for data center and mission‑critical facility projects, ensuring systems meet reliability, redundancy, and uptime requirements.
• Develop construction‑ready design packages including drawings, specifications, and coordinated BIM models, ensuring alignment across all disciplines.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers and designers.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and architectural teams to integrate fire protection systems within complex, high‑density environments.
• Support business development efforts, including proposals, cost estimates, schedules, and client engagement.
• Perform site assessments, field investigations, and fire protection studies specific to data centers (e.g., suppression strategy, hazard analysis, system retrofits).
• Utilize and support modeling and design through tools such as Revit, BIM platforms, AutoCAD, Navisworks, and fire protection‑specific software (e.g., HydraCAD, Sprink Cad FDT, Aspire).
• Maintain strong client relationships and serve as a technical advisor on fire protection strategies for data center projects.

• Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Fire Protection (U.S.) required.
• Demonstrated experience designing fire protection systems for data centers, mission‑critical facilities, or high‑tech industrial environments.
• Strong understanding of fire protection system strategies in data centers, including:
• Clean agent systems (e.g., FK‑5‑12, Sapphire, Inergen, Aragonite).
• Wet, Pre‑action, Deluge and dry pipe systems.
• Fire Alarm Design including VESDA Type and Beam Detection.
• Redundancy and cost‑effective design considerations.
• Deep knowledge of applicable codes and standards including NFPA (e.g., NFPA 13, 20, 22, 24, 72, 75, 76), IFC, IBC, and FM Global guidelines.
• Experience delivering Issued for Construction (IFC) design packages, ideally in complex or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with high‑availability facility requirements and coordination with MEP systems supporting critical loads.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical solutions to clients and internal teams.
• Strong Team working skills for a hybrid work environment utilizing Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom.