Fire Protection Engineer

Overview

The Facilities Branch of the Finance and Facilities Division provides a range of facilities management and real estate support, logistic services, engineering and design, construction planning and management across multiple sections. These sections include the National Capital Region and Field Operations Support Sections in the Washington, DC area;
Real Property Management Section, in Quantico, VA (FBI Academy); and Redstone Facilities Services Section in Huntsville, AL (FBI Redstone campus).

GS-14: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Experience in engineering principles and practices directly related to fire suppression methods, fire protection equipment (i.e., fire detection and alarm systems, sprinkler systems and other fire extinguishing systems, etc.), fire protection features (i.e., interior finishes, fire-rated construction, smoke control, etc.), and administrative work relating to fire protection and fire prevention programs.
• Experience in correctly interpreting building and fire code requirements.
• Experience in engineering principles and skills in interpreting engineering drawings and specifications sufficient to identify potential fire code violations (e.g., insufficient means of egress, inadequate fire-rated construction, etc.) in proposed activity sites.