Fire Protection Specialist

What You Will Do

The Engineering Services - Fire Protection Engineering (ES‑FPE) Group is the Laboratory's central fire protection engineering and program support entity, responsible for providing institutional technical direction and support for the Lab's nuclear and nonnuclear facilities and programs. ES‑FPE is seeking Fire Protection Specialists to provide subject matter expertise in facility design & construction and facility operations & maintenance.

• Provide technical support to laboratory facility management and programmatic organizations.

• Provide plan review and approval for construction projects.

• Oversee the operations and maintenance of the lab‑wide fire alarm system.

• Oversee the commissioning, periodic testing, and maintenance of fire protection and life safety systems.

• Develop equivalencies and exemptions to DOE Directives, building and NFPA codes.
• Provide technical reviews of proposed new activities for fire protection program adherence.

This position will be filled at either the Fire Protection Specialist 3 or 4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

• Demonstrative ability to perform detailed technical reviews of facility design documents including designs, plans, submittals, project specifications and similar documents and provides effective, actionable comments
• Advanced experience in effectively communicating compliance concerns both verbally and in writing for management, customers, peers, and/or craft personnel
• Experience in design or plans review of fire protection and life safety features of building and of fire protection systems, or experience in documented assessment, analysis, or evaluation of fire hazards and risks of facilities or processes
• Proven leadership in teaching and mentoring more junior staff

• Demonstrated leadership aptitude including clear focus on professional customer service, as well as regulatory compliance
• Experience in evaluating fire protection needs, concerns, and requirements to solve complex problems through creative problem solving and appropriate compromise
• Experience in developing process, program, or project documentation to incorporate and/or implement fire protection or life safety objectives and criteria

The successful candidate will be expected to perform the following duties of this position, but duties are not necessarily limited to:
Providing fire protection and life safety subject matter expert (SME) technical support to the laboratory facility management and programmatic organizations; preparing and maintaining fire hazard analyses and related documentation for complex laboratory, radiological, and nuclear facilities; construction project support, plan review and approval;
Lab‑wide fire alarm system operations and maintenance; wildland fire risk reduction initiatives; performing facility fire protection and life safety system assessments; fire protection and life safety system commissioning, periodic testing and maintenance oversight; preparation of equivalencies and exemptions, development of equivalencies and exemptions to DOE Directives, building and NFPA codes; and technical reviews of proposed new activities for fire protection program adherence.

You will work with all levels of LANL management and interact with external agencies and/or community organizations, and review and recommend actions on fire protection program related issues.

Position requires a Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation. At this level, post graduate coursework may be desirable.