Senior Fire Protection Design Specialist

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LHH Recruitment Solutions an opening for a Sr. Fire Protection Design Specialist for our client in the Phoenix, AZ area. This direct hire role allows you to expand your Fire Protection Designing in commercial construction design career within a fast-paced engineering and architectural firm in the commercial construction industry! This on-site position requires a minimum of 8-years current experience in a Mechanical, Fire Protection, Engineering role and prefers candidate that have a strong background within HVAC, plumbing, fire protection and structural engineering.

EIT or PE are highly preferred.

Salary range: $120-130k annually.

• Ensure completion of tasks by overseeing directives to technicians, vendors, and supervisors.
• Create design of all phases – conceptual, schematic, development, and construction documentation.
• Oversee project budget, capex management, coordinating projects, initiate corrective actions, and forecast/analyze any long-term operational downtime and/or issues.
• Lead design efforts and oversee junior engineer design efforts.
• Maintain compliance with construction building codes, zoning etc.
• Prepare and present 3D modeling, renderings and presentations to clients and regulatory divisions.
• Develops initiatives and uses a technical approach to oversee aspects of process resolution, and continuous improvement toward improved production, production costs decrease, and reliability.
• Oversees design projects; reviews project specifications; analyzes design, and ensure monetary goals are met by performing preliminary and final review for construction projects.
• Manage the design team in a manner that supports teamwork and development while providing technical leadership within any issues regarding maintenance.
• Use safe working policies and practices consistently.
• Represent the organization to vendors, clients and agencies in a professional manner.
• On site visits to oversee project progress.

• Bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering.
• EIT or PE highly preferred
• Proven commercial construction project management of multi-million-dollar scope.
• Minimum (8) 8 years of experience in Fire Protection Design commercial construction design.
• Must be able to demonstrate exceptional leadership skills, utilization of situational leadership, servant leadership and the creation of a vision for the department.
• Proven management and leadership skills
• Proven knowledge of engineering calculations, layout, and design of Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection and Structural/Architectural.
• Experience in collaboration with; mechanical, structural, electrical, instrumentation, HVAC, Geotech, survey, etc. internally and externally.

Health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance are offered with this full-time direct hire role.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled