Senior Fire Protection Engineer​/Chemical Engineer

Position: Senior Fire Protection Engineer / Chemical Engineer
Joining Arup

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective - in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning - to Arup, to your career, to our members, and to the clients and communities we serve.

Arup is seeking a Senior Fire Protection Engineer / Chemical Engineer to join our Fire Safety team. Senior Fire Protection / Chemical Engineers provide financial and commercial project management, lead technical engineering services in projects across markets, and mentor junior staff. Arup is looking for self-initiating problem-solvers who can work as part of a team to apply a wide range of fire and chemical technical skills.

The role includes working closely with world renowned architects and building owners to develop code compliant designs and deliver innovative performance-based solutions. The role will involve interactive and collaborative work with our engineers and multi-disciplinary colleagues.

This role is preferred to be based out of our Los Angeles, San Fransico, or Oakland offices; however, consideration will be given placement of this role in Seattle, San Diego, Houston, Dallas, or Austin.

The Opportunity:

* Project management of multiple concurrent projects including project planning, staffing, financial management, and successful project delivery.

* Provide consulting fire protection engineering services to a variety of potential clients, including but not limited to architects, developers, owners, government, and insurers.

* Provide fire and life code consulting including ICC (IBC, IFC, IMC) codes and NFPA standards.

* Perform hazardous material analysis for code compliance, including but not limited to hazardous material classifications, quantity analysis, and inventory management strategies.

* Develop project-specific performance-based design alternative approaches for hazardous material code requirements.

* Integrate code requirements for control areas, laboratory units, and/or high hazard occupancies into the overall design.

* Perform risk assessments, qualitative or quantitative, for hazardous processes.

* Analyze static ignition hazards for flammable liquids contained in non-metallic materials of construction and develop mitigation strategies.

* Perform hazardous exhaust calculations, including spill and vapor concentration analysis with respect to rate of air change.

* Perform hazardous gas release calculations.

* Conduct Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) and develop mitigations for dust explosion hazards.

* Design special gas and flame detection systems including flammable gas/vapor detection and UV/IR flame detection.

* Develop electrical classification requirements for specific hazardous process areas, including diagrammatic and narrative explanations.

* Review and document site separation requirements for bulk hazardous materials storage.

* Perform site visits and communicate with architects, contractors, and consulting teams.

* Present design approaches to authorities having jurisdiction.

* Contributing to Arup research and technical skill development activities.

* Collaborate with multiple teams, across multiple offices in a multi-discipline environment.

Is this role right for you?

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.

* A minimum of 5 years of professional working experience in Fire Protection Engineering with a minimum of 8 years of professional experience across any engineering field.

* A minimum of 2 years managing projects.

* A P.E. license in fire protection engineering or in the process of achieving this professional credential is preferred.

* Knowledge of specialty codes and standards, including but not limited to NFPA 2, NFPA 30, NFPA 33, NFPA 34, NFPA 45, NFPA 55, NFPA 68, NFPA 69, NFPA 77, NFPA 86, NFPA 484, NFPA 495, NFPA 496, NFPA 497, NFPA 499, and NFPA 660

* Familiarity with various types of material hazards, including but not limited to flammable & combustible liquids, combustible dusts & powders, reactive metals, compressed gases, cryogenic…