Engineer - Fire Protection

Responsibilities

• Identify discipline Subject Matter Experts specific to markets and technical experience across all engineering studios and communicate expertise to the National Director of Engineering, GPLs, and MSLs.
• Coordinate with Studio Ops Directors and the National Director of Engineering on work sharing and recruiting coordination as required.
• Identify engineering business development opportunities across studios such as speaking/publishing opportunities, client outreach, and identification of project opportunities.
• Work with the National Director of Engineering on setting strategic goals for discipline growth and best‑practice advancement.
• Attend client meetings and communicate with clients, consultants, contractors, and others during various stages of project development.
• Serve as the primary point of contact.
• Perform marketing and business development activities including building relationships with key clients and strategic partners, proposal writing, fee estimates, and client interviews.
• Travel for marketing and project‑related activities will be required.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

j-10627

Job Type Direct Hire

Compensation $100000 - $150000 / yr

• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in fire protection engineering or a related field.
• ABET‑accredited degree in Engineering or Architectural Engineering.
• Registered Professional Engineer required.

• Assist Project Managers with fee development for engineering portions of work.
• Demonstrated practical knowledge of codes and related industry standards (AOC, GSA, ICC, NARA, NFPA, UFC, USG, VA, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to develop strong client relationships and a substantial revenue base.
• Production experience preparing deliverable drawing sets in Revit and AutoCAD required.
• Solid understanding of relevant software, including FDS, CONTAM, egress modeling software, AutoCAD, Revit, Blue Beam, and the Microsoft Office suite of software.
• Self‑motivated team player with strong interpersonal, communication, writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to deal with competing priorities and manage time appropriately.

• Excellent planning and organization skills required for our fast‑paced environment, and must be highly motivated, proactive, and willing to take on new challenges.
• Experience as an accomplished public speaker.
• Understanding of the legal and financial aspects of professional practice, particularly as they relate to fee, risk management, and contract negotiation.

• Stay knowledgeable of the current National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards including the Life Safety Code (101) and national building and fire codes (Uniform, International, etc.).
• Evaluate both existing building construction and proposed new building designs and identify fire/life safety deficiencies, necessary fire prevention, protection, detection, and suppression requirements for architectural, mechanical plumbing, and electrical designs, as well as design equivalency comparisons.
• Demonstrate a high level of competency with stairwell pressurization mechanical systems, atrium smoke control/evacuation mechanical systems, and high‑rise building smoke control designs and control sequences for related mechanical systems.
• Provide oversight of fire/smoke detection and alarm system designs, including incipient stage smoke detection and alarm systems.
• Possess design competency in wet pipe, dry pipe, and pre‑action automatic fire sprinkler suppression systems, as well as clean agent total flooding suppression systems (FM200, FE25, Inergen, NOVEC, etc.) and fire alarm/mass notification systems.
• Establish basis of design for necessary fire protection systems and prepare complete specifications, technical studies, and reports.
• Perform hydraulic calculations, select fire protection system equipment, and develop layouts for piping, heads, and nozzles.
• Oversee the production of documents as needed to meet project schedules. Provide QA/QC reviews for architectural and engineering discipline documents to identify areas of conflict with all disciplines and deficiencies in fire protection engineering design.
• Participate in business development activities including new client shortlist interviews, existing client in‑progress review meetings, and develop cost proposals for fire protection services.