Fire Protection Engineer

Fire Protection Engineer
Nashville, TN
At Salas O’Brien, we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a different applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.

Building for the long-term means that all our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build unique, meaningful, and high-impact career- and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way.

Job Summary: We are looking for a personable Fire Protection Engineer to join our multi-disciplined design team within our Nashville, TN office and take on the challenge of technical management of the fire protection scopes on high profile hyperscale Data Center programs, other mission critical or federal projects, and industrial projects located around the country. This individual will have an opportunity to implement state-of-the art designs for many different types of projects, heavily in the mission critical, federal and industrial sectors.

There will be opportunities for continued growth into technical leadership roles and mentorship of incoming graduate level engineering staff as their experience continues to increase.

Responsibilities:

• Experience in Fire Protection design principles for the field of building construction.
• Directly manages the fire protection scope on projects and coordinates with other design staff on technical deliverables
• Engineer of record on assigned projects
• Operates with a high level of care and work ethic
• Effective communicator with internal and external team members
• Ability to work well independently as part of a strong team
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Ability to navigate and prioritize tasks based on complex delivery schedules
• Assists engineering calculations and analysis using available software
• Aides in production of 3D fire protection designs using Autodesk Revit

Skills:

• Experience in application of all applicable NFPA, Unified Facilities Criteria (UFCs) and Building (IBC, SBC, etc.) codes/standards
• Proficient with fire protection design and driven for continuous learning
• Proficient with Revit and understanding of various BIM workflows with respect to Fire Protection engineering and design
• Capable of providing technical guidance to junior engineers and fire protection design staff
• Proficient written and oral communication skills essential for team-based projects
• Excellent planning and organizational skills required for overlapping project schedules

Qualifications:

• 5+ Years Experience in Design/Consulting/Construction
• Bachelor’s degree in fire protection engineering, engineering technology, or similar ABET Accredited program
• Registered Professional Engineering (FPE) license IS required
• Willing to travel (