Fire Alarm Design Engineering Technologist

What You Will Do

Are you a talented and driven engineer looking to develop, maintain, and apply a diverse set of engineering capabilities to provide innovative engineering solutions? Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is seeking a skilled professional to join our Engineering Services (ES) Division as a Fire Alarm Design Engineering Technologist. As a vital member of the Institutional Project Delivery (IPD) team you will contribute to the implementation of the Conduct of Engineering (COE) program at LANL in support of systems, structure and component modifications and new installations, and will support nuclear, accelerator or non-nuclear facilities across 38 square miles of the Laboratory.

If you’re eager to support the Laboratory’s scientific and national security mission, this opportunity is for you!

This is a senior facilities engineering design position. We are seeking a skilled professional fire alarm designer with leadership and collaboration skills to serve multi-discipline facilities design teams, and advance ES Division’s initiatives. The Laboratory is experiencing a major cultural shift in project delivery. This shift emphasizes stewardship through efficiency and a sense of urgency that best aligns with profit-driven A/E/C industry practices.

The successful candidate will possess both technical and leadership skills suited to a growing business enterprise. Typical work activities are creating construction contract documents for digital addressable fire alarm systems, third-party design reviews and design verification for other designers. This person will represent design interests during all phases of project delivery – planning, scoping, design, construction and commissioning.

The position includes the following job duties:

• Render subject matter expert-level engineering judgements
• Assess existing conditions and work closely with stakeholders to develop scopes of work
• Adhere to consensus prevailing codes and standards, and applicable DOE requirements
• Produce coordinated construction Contract Documents, and perform quality assurance oversight for others
• Provide third‑party reviews of sub‑consultant designs
• Provide technical support during construction and commissioning
• Mentor junior design personnel

• Current advanced‑level NICET certification in Fire Alarm Systems
• Expert ability with AutoCAD software

• Demonstrated expert design experience in fire alarm systems for commercial and/or industrial facilities
• Demonstrated expert application of consensus codes and standards to facilities designs
• Demonstrated ability to apply and defend engineering judgement

• Demonstrated ability to function with a sense of urgency and focus on efficiency
• Demonstrated advanced‑level experience working with AHJ requirements

• Demonstrated expert ability in preparing and interpreting construction documents
• Demonstrated ability to communicate well, both written and verbally

• Demonstrated ability in coaching and mentoring junior personnel

The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Science, Math or a related degree from an ABET accredited program and 8 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

• Familiarity with A/E/C industry practices
• CSI Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) certification
• NFPA CFPS Certification
• Demonstrated expert experience in a senior design role
• Familiarity with Alarm
  
  CAD software

The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may…