Lead Fire Protection Engineer​/Consultant

Lead Fire Protection Engineer/Consultant

Houston, Texas, United States

JENSEN HUGHES has an exciting career opportunity for a Fire Protection Engineer located in our Austin, TX, Houston, TX and/or Allen, TX office(s). This newly created position is an excellent career opportunity for an experienced candidate. In this role, you will provide fire protection consulting services on a client site. You will play a leading role in engaging a team of engineers and specialty consultants in collaborating with building owners, developers, architects, engineers, contractors, and clients on a variety of projects.

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.

At Jensen Hughes, we believe that creating and sustaining a culture of trust, integrity and professional growth starts with putting our people first. Our employees are our greatest strength, and we value the unique perspectives and talents they bring to our organization.

• 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 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, research, detailed design work, and/or detailed review of design computations done by others.
• 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.
• Effectively communicate with team members, clients, owners, design teams, and/or other 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, but not necessarily limited to 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/or other project stakeholders.
• Must be local to the Austin, TX or Allen, TX area(s) 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.

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