Consultant - Fire and Life Safety Engineering
WSP•Denver, CO
•$88,500 - $118,000•Onsite
About The Position
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Consultant - Fire and Life Safety Engineer for Denver, CO. Be involved in projects with our Fire and Life Safety Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
Requirements
- Bachelor or Master of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
- EIT or FE Certification.
- 3 to 5+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering discipline and prior fire and life safety design experience.
- Experience in fire protection engineering design applications.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineering (PE) license.
- REVIT and AutoCAD proficiency.
Responsibilities
- Interpretation of building code, life safety, and fire code requirements. This will include familiarity with both ICC and NFPA codes, including IBC and NFPA 101.
- Review of architectural drawings for compliance with building and fire code requirements
- Negotiating with authorities having jurisdiction on fire safety designs and proposals.
- Producing with limited guidance fire safety strategy documents to inform and support the chosen building form throughout the design process.
- Design of fire protection and life safety systems including automatic fire sprinkler systems, fire detection and alarm systems, smoke management systems, and egress systems.
- With minimal support, carrying out and reviewing fire engineering calculations including smoke modeling and evacuation analysis from simple hand calculations to complex 3D computational modeling.
- Assist in the commissioning of fire protection and life safety systems in commercial, institutional and industrial facilities.
- Directly interfacing with the client.
- Organizing in-house resources.
- Following quality control review processes of all project documentation.
- Developing project proposals and budgets.
- Conducting financial management of all projects.
- Mentoring junior staff.
- Preparing technical reports/specifications.
- Participating in department initiatives.
- Contributing to the overall business development of the company.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability
- life
- retirement savings
- paid sick leave
- paid vacation (or other personal time)
- paid parental leave
- paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
