Fire Protection Engineer

Overview

Description Leidos is seeking a Fire Protection Engineer (with expertise in Fire Life Safety) to join the National Airspace System Integration Support Contract (NISC) team. This role is for someone with experience in Fire Life Safety/Fire Protection with their PE or wanting to become a PE. We can help you obtain that goal. The position will support the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Fire Life Safety Program, FLS Guidance, policy development, and planning.

You will assist the Environmental Occupational Safety and Health (EOSH) Services Group to support and improve Fire Life Safety program elements intended to protect employees and others in the workplace and ensure compliance with Federal, State, and FAA laws and regulations. Remote position. Up to 50% travel within central US. Candidate is preferred to be located anywhere within the central area of the US.

Specific subject areas where services are needed include program management, training, Condition Risk Assessments (CRA) and Stairwell Pressurization Engine Generator (EG) replacement.

• Assist with the development of FLS code and standards analyses.
• Provide guidance on the applicability of codes and standards to FAA facilities, its mission, and specific technical items encountered.
• Provide FLS guidance to the FAA on program and Agency initiatives where the FLS program is a stakeholder.
• Develop technical guidance on issues related to design and construction.
• Assist with the development of standard specifications for installations at FAA facilities.
• Assist with FLS programmatic planning initiatives, prioritization, and consultation regarding program direction and goals.
• Authoring white papers, proposals, and analysis papers on any of the items above for distribution to FLS stakeholders.

• Conduct comprehensive fire protection and life safety surveys of critical air traffic control facilities including airport traffic control towers (ATCT), terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facilities, in air route traffic control centers (ARTCC), and other facilities supporting the FAA’s air traffic control mission. Surveys require broad knowledge and experience in analyzing and evaluating these facilities against applicable requirements of the International Building Code, NFPA 101, NFPA 13, NFPA 20, NFPA 72, NFPA 75, and other codes, standards, and FAA orders.
• Evaluate facility human element programs to address OSHA required Emergency Action Plans, Fire Prevention Plans, fire drills, and inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection and life safety systems.
• Coordinate sites with customers on dates, locations, and facility impacts.
• Develop and maintain a current schedule of CRA's with dates of visit, location, current status, team assigned, and other relevant information.
• Provide additional CRA support as requested by the AJW-23 Program Manager.

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years relevant exempt experience or a relevant Master’s Degree and 2+ years relevant exempt experience.
• Professional Engineer License or EIT certificate.
• Strong working knowledge of applicable ICC and NFPA codes.
• Past experience developing and/or providing holistic consultation on FLS programs.
• Ability to produce FLS designs of a variety of critical FLS elements and provide critical comments on FLS designs and installations.
• Former experience in training FLS concepts and code application.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

• Experience with FAA National Airspace System facilities, FAA staffed or unstaffed facilities, or similar government installations.
• Experience with 29 CFR 1960.20.
• Specific experience with programs at Federal agencies is preferred, with FAA experience weighted heavily.
• Former training on the use/maintenance of Fire Protection systems.

Targeted salary will be $ - $, based on experience.

NISC IV

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