Fire Sprinkler Design Technician

Location: Brandon

Total Fire Protection Fire Sprinkler Design Technician

Job Summary:

Operate CAD equipment to provide complex layouts of fire sprinkler systems, detail drawings, assembly drawings, sketches, and diagrams. Candidate must be thoroughly familiar with applying fire protection codes to include water supplies, pumps, standpipes, foam systems, and water storage tanks. Possesses a solid understanding of design and drafting techniques and utilizes these skills in the development of fire sprinkler layouts and systems.

Job Qualifications:

* Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating, and maintenance.

* Write routine reports, operating instructions, and correspondence.

* Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and to other employees of the organization.

* Apply knowledge of mathematical formulas and physical laws obtained at a high school level and use conventional, computerized work aids to make calculations.

* Ability to apply building codes and to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

* Have knowledge of CAD Design Software, Sprink

CAD, and Microsoft Office software.

* Ability to problem solve, involving several concrete variables in standardized situation.

* Read blueprints for fire sprinkler layout.

* Ability to make technical presentations to internal and external customers.

* Must have sound working knowledge of NFPA 13 and related codes.

* Be able to survey and a good understanding of the construction coordination process.

* Ability to work independently and within a team.

* Certification requirements are advancing NICET to Level III or IV certification (NICET Level III or IV preferred).

Essential Job Functions:

* Distributes and tracks projects requiring design work for construction, other day work projects, and is the liaison between the engineering/design department and the estimating and installation personnel.

* Is the primary in-house contact for customers and reviews customer source control drawings, specifications control drawings, and other applicable specifications to determine requirements and/or feasibility of a project.

* Serves as the technical expert for fitters, estimators, and external customers.

* Interacts with vendors and customers on engineering design issues. Must be able to work with customers to define and document requirements, address technical concerns, and provide project status.

* Perform tasks repetitive in nature such as stock listing projects for material ordering and in-house/out of house fabrication.

* Check design work with contract documents including layout, form, fit, function, materials, specification callouts, geometrics, dimensioning, and other output. Confers with chief engineer and estimating staff to determine design modifications and coordinates changes with fitters.

* Perform preliminary and advanced work in development of working layouts and final master drawings.

* Ensures that less experienced designers are trained so that design studies, tolerance stacks-ups, layouts, drawings, calculations, supporting documentation, etc., are properly completed on 2-D/3-D CAD, Sprinkcad, or other computer applications.

* Assist with the preparation of proposal documentation, technical data such as qualification test procedures, reports, component maintenance manuals, and etc.

* Mentor less experienced designers.

* Apply cost estimates to changes in scope or work for projects.

* Coordinate schedules for project phases.