Senior Fire Protection Engineer

Senior Fire Protection Engineer – Canada Your Opportunity

The built environment shapes how communities live, work, and interact. Our Buildings practice brings together multidisciplinary expertise to design safe, resilient, and high-performance environments across Canada and internationally.

• Lead the design and development of fire protection systems for building projects, ensuring safety, code compliance, and system performance.
• Perform hydraulic calculations, fire hydrant flow analysis, and system sizing in accordance with NFPA standards and Canadian codes.
• Prepare and review engineering drawings, specifications, technical reports, and presentations using BIM, CAD, and related design tools.
• Conduct fire and life safety code analyses and provide technical guidance to project teams and clients.
• Apply advanced engineering judgment to resolve complex technical challenges where precedent is limited.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of fire protection engineering standards, design guidelines, and technical practices.

• Participate in all phases of project delivery, including concept development, detailed design, construction documentation, and construction administration.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary project teams, including mechanical, electrical, structural, and architectural professionals.
• Lead or participate in project coordination meetings with internal teams, clients, contractors, consultants, and sub-contractors.
• Ensure project deliverables meet scope, schedule, budget, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct field investigations, construction site visits, inspections, and data collection to verify installation quality and design compliance.

• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, designers, and technicians.
• Supervise assigned staff and develop their skills to strengthen technical capacity and support project delivery.
• Collaborate with regional and national teams to share technical knowledge and maintain consistency in fire protection engineering practices.

• Conduct quality assurance and quality control reviews on fire protection system projects.
• Stay informed of emerging technologies, design approaches, and industry developments.

• Support proposal preparation, project scoping, and technical documentation for client submissions.
• Participate in client meetings, presentations, and interviews as required.
• Contribute to identifying and pursuing new project opportunities.

• Strong knowledge of fire protection engineering principles, mechanical systems, and fire safety strategies in buildings.
• Comprehensive knowledge of NFPA codes and standards, the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC), and the National Fire Code of Canada (NFCC).
• Familiarity with provincial building codes and regulatory requirements across Canada is considered an asset.
• Experience performing sprinkler system hydraulic calculations using tools such as Hydra
  
  CAD or Hydra Calc.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between engineering drawings, specifications, and project documentation.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams through project development and construction phases.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and technical communication skills.
• Ability to review the work of others for accuracy and completeness while maintaining project budgets and schedules.
• Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office; familiarity with additional building performance tools is an asset.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with teams across multiple regions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Canada and member in good standing with a provincial or territorial engineering regulatory authority, with the ability to obtain licensure in additional jurisdictions as required.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in fire protection engineering.
• Experience delivering projects in…