Senior Fire Safety Engineer

Requisition : 180227

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Industrial & Water Engineering

Department: Design Engineering

Market: Industrial

Employment Type: Full Time

We are adding Senior level Fire Life Safety Engineers to our Industrial Engineering team. Our Fire Life Safety Engineers are often the bridge between process safety, facility engineering and construction execution. They ensure that fire protection systems are not only code compliant but also aligned with operational risk, equipment layout and process hazards. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow your skills in Fire Protection and expand your knowledge to other industries – we want to talk with you.

The Fire & Life Safety (FLS) Engineering Department primarily supports Kiewit’s power generation, infrastructure, industrial and water work across all of North America. The FLS department is the go‑to department within the Kiewit organization for all things fire protection and life safety related. This requires engineers within the FLS department to have a wide range of skills and knowledge ranging from site layout considerations, code and standard analysis, detailed design, to construction administration.

These skills are then required to be applied across multiple project types and implementation methods from design‑build to Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC). The FLS engineers are involved on projects from estimate through award including creation of bid documents, selection of subcontractors, review of submittals, and project close out.

• Provide fire protection and life safety design, analysis, construction support for industrial facilities, including fire and smoke modeling, hazards analysis, risk assessments and scenario evaluations, smoke management plans, explosion protection strategies, and fire‑area separation concepts. Lead Fire Protection projects and other engineers.
• Perform fire hazard analysis for the site to determine hazards and appropriate active and passive fire protection schemes in conjunction with the requirements of the applicable codes, standards, and contract requirements.
• Generate calculations to size water supply, fire pumps, and underground pipe sizing.
• Develop subcontractor scope of work packages based upon the fire hazard analysis and calculations.
• Award and manage subcontractors based upon the scope of work packages developed.
• Review subcontractor fire suppression and fire alarm system plans and calculations.
• Review fire barrier and penetration seal requirements for specific hazards.
• Perform life safety reviews for buildings and industrial equipment areas. Prepare system documentation, O&M requirements, emergency response procedures.
• Travel is required (approximately 25% of the time) to meet with clients and/or job site personnel on an as‑needed basis.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering or related engineering field. EIT preferred.
• 8+ years minimum relevant experience in Fire protection and life safety design/analysis and construction support for industrial, power or similar type facilities performing functions as outlined above. Individuals with more experience are encouraged to apply and will be evaluated accordingly.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure concepts and requirements are fully conveyed to the various team members and clients in a professional manner.
• High level of self‑discipline, motivation, ability to operate in a team environment, and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time. Willingness to travel to project sites to evaluate the job and see the job through construction/turnover.

• Experience with Data Centers, Water treatment, Power, or Nuclear Facilities highly desired.
• Proficiency with the following NFPA codes and standards: 13, 14, 20, 22, 24, 72, 101.
• Proficiency with the International Building Code and International Fire Code.
• Familiarity with NFPA 850 and NFPA 2001 preferred.
• Ability to navigate local code requirements/amendments, other NFPA standards and criteria such as…