Senior Plumbing & Fire Protection Designer — Hybrid

Senior Plumbing/Fire Protection Designer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Tampa, FL

Reporting To: David Rickey

Join Our Growing Team Powering a Sustainable, Well, and Resilient Future.

Does this describe you?

• Do you like to deliver excellence in technical design?
• Do you like to participate in innovation?
• Do you like to collaborate with colleagues to solve problems and drive success?
• Do you like to continuously learn?
• Do you like to build strong client relationships?
• Do you enjoy an environment where you are trusted to manage your projects and work?

If so, now is the perfect time to join HEAPY — a growing firm driven by innovation, purpose, and people. We’re expanding to meet the needs of our clients and communities, creating exciting new roles and growth opportunities along the way.

At HEAPY, our Colleague First approach means we invest in your career, well-being, and success. We’re committed to building a more sustainable world through thoughtful design and collaborative partnerships, and we’re looking for team members who want to grow with us while making an impact.

HEAPY is seeking a Senior Level Plumbing/Fire Protection Designer or Plumbing/Fire Protection Engineer to join our Colleague First culture in a hybrid arrangement. You’ll be empowered to do meaningful work, develop lasting relationships, and be part of a team where your ideas, growth, and authentic self are truly valued.

The Plumbing/Fire Protection Designer/Engineer performs a variety of assignments involving the application of standard plumbing and fire protection design engineering techniques for HEAPY projects. This colleague accomplishes specific objectives that involve different variables related to plumbing and fire protection engineering systems in the Built Environment. In addition, they maintain a foundational understanding of fire suppression design, particularly for renovations and straightforward systems, ensuring integration with broader mechanical and plumbing scopes where applicable.

This role offers the opportunity to grow your plumbing/fire protection design/engineering career while contributing to meaningful projects in a trusted, long-standing HEAPY market.

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QUALIFICATIONS

• Normally requires a 4-year engineering degree from an ABET-accredited program.
• Typically requires 4+ years of related experience (or equivalent working knowledge/experience/advanced degree in engineering) related to plumbing engineering systems in the Built Environment.
• Experience in utilizing various computer software packages and automated engineering and design equipment.
• Capability of exercising judgment in evaluating, selecting, and applying standard design engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria to make design adaptations and modifications.
• Experience using various computer software packages and automated plumbing engineering and design equipment.
• Should be in possession of a Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certification and be working toward Professional Engineering (PE) Registration or Certified Plumbing Designer (CPD) designation. This would be attained within the first 2 years of attaining this position level.

• If a PE has been obtained, serves as the engineer of record on the project as applicable.
• Ensures accurate input into the model or design tool and focuses on understanding the underlying reasons (i.e., ask questions).
• Develops full plan designs, technical reports, details, and outlines, identifies materials, cost estimates, and performs calculations for a detailed segment of a project.
• Gathers and records information for the preparation of design specifications.
• Reviews/evaluates vendor (and at higher levels, approves) shop drawings, bids, and submittals to ensure compliance with specifications.
• Reviews and approves fire protection/plumbing design drawings for the assigned segment of the project.
• Collaborates with colleagues to perform field observations, tests, and measurements, collect field data, and prepare designs, reports, and related documentation (commensurate with level).
• Performs a variety of assignments involving the application of standard…