Lead Fire Protection Engineer​/Consultant

Overview

Lead Fire Protection Engineer/Consultant – Austin, Texas;
United States

Company overview:
Jensen Hughes is renowned for leadership in fire protection engineering and related safety and risk-based fields. Our engineers and consultants solve complex safety and security challenges to protect lives, property and reputations. We emphasize trust, integrity and professional growth, and foster a connected, inclusive culture across our global teams.

Job overview:
Jensen Hughes has an exciting career opportunity for a Fire Protection Engineer located in our Austin, TX and/or Allen, TX offices. This newly created position is ideal for an experienced candidate who will provide fire protection consulting services on a client site and lead collaboration with building owners, developers, architects, engineers, contractors and clients on a variety of projects.

• Perform professional-level fire protection engineering services such as life safety code consulting, fire protection design, fire alarm/mass notification design, smoke control design, hazardous materials consulting, system commissioning services, and performance-based solution development.
• Develop plans, specifications, and inspection reports as needed on assigned tasks to ensure completeness and alignment with professional service standards.
• Assist in resolving design problems by performing field investigations, research, detailed design work, and/or detailed review of design computations.
• Identify applicable codes and standards to reference in evaluating 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 system reviews, including hydraulic calculations.
• Effectively communicate with team members, clients, owners, design teams, and project stakeholders.
• Position may involve some CAD/Revit production and/or reviewing CAD/Revit documents produced by others.
• Read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Manage projects including proposal development; scope, schedule, and budget management; resource coordination; deliverable milestone tracking; and client interaction.
• Participate in business development activities including client outreach, conference attendance, professional organization participation, and/or presentations.

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) or higher.
• 5+ years of experience in fire protection engineering (compensation and title commensurate with experience).
• Licensed as a professional engineer in the State of Texas.
• Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills to write reports, business correspondence, presentations and procedure manuals, and to respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and project stakeholders.
• Must be local to the Austin, TX or Allen, TX area or willing to relocate.
• The ability to travel to job sites in Texas and surrounding states is required.

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.

The security of your personal data is important to us. Jensen Hughes has implemented reasonable physical, technical, and administrative security standards to protect personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. We protect your personal data against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure using security technologies and procedures, such as encryption and limited access. We are committed to compliance with all relevant data privacy laws, including GDPR and CCPA, in all areas where we do business.

Our service providers are contractually bound to maintain the confidentiality of personal data and may not use the information for any unauthorized purpose.

* Policy on use of 3rd party recruiting agency for direct placements

Jensen Hughes may augment a recruiting search through agencies for certain positions when business conditions warrant. We will not accept resumes, inquiries or proposals from recruiting agencies as an acceptable method to consider a candidate. Third-party agencies must sign a standard Jensen Hughes agreement after evaluation. Hiring managers and employees are not authorized to accept resumes or engage in fee-based searches.

This policy does not apply to staffing firms for temporary roles. Any recruiting agency interested in being considered may contact our recruiting team at

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