Fire Alarm Designer/Engineer

Amteck, LLCLexington, KY

About The Position

Amteck Life Safety specializes in the design, installation, testing, certification, and support of fire alarm systems. This is a growing division of Amteck that offers competitive pay, benefits and room for advancement within the company. We are currently seeking a Fire Alarm Designer to join our team.

Requirements

  • NICET Level 3 or 4 in fire alarm systems
  • 5+ years of experience in layout, design and submittal of large commercial fire alarm projects
  • Working knowledge of addressable systems, networks and voice fire alarm applications
  • Experience in calculating voltage drop and battery loads as well as riser layouts
  • Experience in fire alarm, life safety and electrical codes

Nice To Haves

  • Fire alarm system programming knowledge and EST experience is a plus but is not required
  • Basic understanding of cost, overhead, margins and pricing for fire alarm proposals

Responsibilities

  • Working with design/build Electrical Engineers on full design FA systems and layouts
  • Working with regional Project Managers on existing customer systems and designs for new systems
  • Working with regional electrical service department on plan/spec FA projects
  • Dealing, on a professional level, with AHJ's to include owners, engineers of record, insurance underwriters and local, state and federal authorities having jurisdiction
  • Ability to manage the design of a project and work with Estimators and/or Project Managers
  • Perform complete system layout in accordance with local/national codes and develop sequence of operations for complete fire alarm systems
  • Write scope of work statement for proposals
  • Estimating jobs and assisting with proposal writing as required
  • Create accurate bill of material for a complete fire alarm system
  • Training and technical assistance for field techs and installers as needed
  • Relationship maintenance and building with our manufacture representatives and working to learn and utilize the latest technologies available

Benefits

  • competitive pay
  • benefits
  • room for advancement
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