Fire Sprinkler Designer

• Location 9520 10th Avenue South,Suite 150,Seattle, WA, 98108,United States
• Base Pay $26.00 - $48.00 / Hour
• Job Category Fire Sprinkler, Designer
• Employee Type Non Exempt - Full Time
• Required Degree High school
• Manage Others No

Position: Fire Sprinkler Designer

Company: Columbia Fire, LLC

Location: Seattle, WA — in-office, with up to two days per week remote

Reports To: Design Manager

Employment Type: Full-time, hourly, non-exempt (overtime eligible)

Bargaining Unit Status: Non-union

Travel: Occasional jobsite visits across Western Washington during working hours

Columbia Fire has been protecting lives and property in the Seattle market since 2005. We design, install, inspect, and service fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, suppression systems, and portable fire extinguishers across Western Washington.

Columbia Fire is a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Safety Services, LLC, which also operates Valley Fire Control, LLC in Oregon and Eastern Washington and FFF Protection in Idaho. We are building a formidable fire protection platform rooted in trust, execution, and long-term relationships.

Our core values guide how we operate:
Customer First, Grit, Effective Communication, Own the Outcome, Take Pride in the Work, and Do the Right Thing.

Design is the constraint on how much work we can build. Every sprinkler project we sell has to be laid out, calculated, and released before a single pipe gets hung — and when design capacity is tight, everything downstream waits. Permits wait. Material waits. Crews wait.

We are adding design capacity and building a bench behind it. That means we hire at every level of this role, including candidates with no design experience at all who have the aptitude to learn it.

This role goes beyond drafting. You will translate real field conditions into buildable designs, own your work from concept through material release, and work directly with project managers, sales, and the crews who install what you draw.

If you like solving three-dimensional problems, working with technical systems, and walking into a finished building knowing you laid it out, this is a career rather than a job. Fire protection design is also a durable skill — it is code-driven, in demand, and it does not disappear in a slow quarter.

• Based in our Seattle office, with up to two days per week remote
• Designers still building independence should expect more in-office time early on — this work is learned fastest sitting next to people who already do it
• Occasional jobsite visits across Western Washington during working hours
• Candidates should reside within approximately one hour of our Seattle office

• Review plans, specifications, and field conditions to define project scope
• Design complete fire sprinkler systems in compliance with NFPA 13 and applicable local codes
• Produce detailed layouts using Auto Sprink and support 3D coordination when required
• Perform hydraulic calculations and verify water supply adequacy
• Develop accurate material stock lists and release material to purchasing
• Conduct jobsite surveys and create background drawings where none exist
• Prepare submittal packages for AHJ and customer approval, and respond to review comments
• Coordinate with project managers, superintendents, foremen, and sales for clean handoffs
• Answer field questions and revise designs as conditions change on site
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Maintain organized design files and documentation
• Keep building your knowledge of codes, systems, and design practice

• Detail-oriented — a wrong calculation becomes a wrong building
• Spatially minded — you can hold a building in three dimensions in your head
• Able to work independently without constant oversight
• Organized across competing priorities and deadlines
• A problem solver rather than a drafter
• Comfortable with field crews — they will tell you when a design does not work, and the good designers listen
• Aligned with our values:
  Customer First, Grit, Effective Communication, Own the Outcome, Take Pride in the Work, and Do the Right Thing

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