Senior Fire Protection Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Senior Fire Protection Engineer (with expertise in Fire Life Safety) to join the National Airspace System Integration Support Contract (NISC) team.

The position will support numerous facets of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Fire Life Safety Program, guidance, policy development, and planning. The engineer will assist the Environmental Occupational Safety and Health (EOSH) Services Group in supporting and improving 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 the central United States.

Senior Fire Protection Engineer Primary Responsibilities

• Provide final review for all Condition Risk Assessment (CRA) reports from Leidos and subcontractors before the reports are delivered to the customer.
• Assist the FAA with the development of the Technical Implementation Guide.
• Assist the FAA in fire investigations.
• Maintain CRA templates and guides.
• Maintain CRA SOP.
• Maintain CRA tracking log.
• Assist Leidos fire protection engineers and subcontractors during CRA report closeout meetings.
• Work with the FAA to ensure the CRA reports contain the information requested by the FAA.
• Assist in the hiring process of additional personnel.
• 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.
• 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.
• Perform FLS Condition Risk Assessments (CRA).
• Coordinate sites with customer on specific dates, locations, impacts to the facility, etc.
• Develop and maintain a current schedule of CRAs, at all times, with dates of visit, location, current status, team assigned, IRMC status, and other relevant information.
• Complete, submit, and maintain applicable IRMC for each project, with appropriate dates, stakeholders, approvers, etc. IRMC will be submitted no less than 30 days prior to site visit and will be approved before traveling to site.
• Efficiently mitigate findings identified during site visits as appropriate.
• Provide additional CRA support as requested by the AJW-23 Program Manager.

Senior Fire Protection Engineer Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 or more years relevant exempt experience OR Master’s degree and 6 or more years relevant exempt experience.
• Professional Engineering License in Fire Protection Engineering or willingness and ability to obtain one.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in the Fire Life Safety/Fire Protection field.
• 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 be able to provide critical comments on FLS designs and installations.
• Former experience in training FLS concepts and code application is required.
• Experience working in a team and collaborating on issues as a peer with other Fire Protection Engineers.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
• Travel up to 50% of the time to various FAA locations within this region.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineering License in Fire Protection Engineering.
• 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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.