Fire Protection and Loss Control Engineer

Bureau Veritas • Southern California - REMOTE, CA

7d • Remote

About The Position

A WORLD LEADER IN TESTING, INSPECTION & CERTIFICATION SERVICES Bureau Veritas offers dynamic, exciting employment opportunities with an attractive salary/benefit package and an opportunity to play a vital role with a global organization. If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity to become part of a stellar team of professionals, we invite you to apply online today. Bureau Veritas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, sexual orientation, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other non-job-related characteristics. This position is responsible to ensure equal opportunity in employment in that all persons are treated equally and on the basis of merit, in decisions regarding selection, placement, promotions, training, work assignments, transfers and other personnel actions. City: Southern California - REMOTE State: California - Fire Protection and Loss Control Engineer POSITION PURPOSE A highly specialized, senior-level position focused on heavy industry specialized fire protection strategies and utility-caused wildfire risk through expert fire protection engineering, advanced risk modeling, active and passive system engineering design expertise, heavy industrial property evaluations, and project coordination in support of major industrial, processing, manufacturing, power generation plant construction and facilities modifications. Provide fire system design reviews associated with loss control for power generation, transmission, distribution, and related equipment for the protection of life and assets while ensuring reliable operations and meeting all legal standards and guidelines. Applicants should understand wildfire mitigation planning, community wildfire mitigation planning, underwriting survey reports, and sound technical experience in providing solutions and recommendations to reduce fire risk at diverse facilities. NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE POSITION Serves as an advanced journey level resource in a relevant professional discipline; works independently on projects of moderate to high complexity; exercise independent judgment and discretion; may serve in a Lead role and assist in planning, coordinating, prioritizing, monitoring and evaluating the work results in assigned areas and in selecting, training, motivating, evaluating and developing lower-level personnel.

Requirements

• Knowledge of: safety policies, practices and procedures; English grammar, punctuation and vocabulary standards; principles, procedures and practices related to fire protection engineering and loss control, construction, inspection, testing, and maintenance requirements and procedures; principles, procedures and practices related to fire protection engineering including fire system analysis, equipment design, water flow and hydraulic calculations; automatic fire protection systems and fire alarm designs; applicable industry standards such as NFPA, UBC, ASME, ASTM, ANSI, and IEEE; federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations governing manufacturing and safety; familiar with California Incident Command System (ICS); principles, procedures and practices related to engineering economic analysis; methods and techniques for planning, organizing and overseeing work activities; techniques and concepts related to teamwork; techniques for exercising leadership and authority; methods and techniques for report preparation and writing; techniques; concepts for cost control and project scheduling; performance management techniques related to Project Management; principles and practices for contract management; procedures and practices for cost control and project scheduling; procedures and practices for monitoring and managing projects; techniques and practices for problem research and resolution; procedures and practices for overseeing contractor’s/consultant’s work activities; procedures and practices for project budget management.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, inspects, defines, develops and implements fire system design criteria for heavy industry, power generation and distribution facilities; supervising and approving designs and modifications; preparing bid proposals; evaluating vendor bids; administering contracts; and supervising, testing and accepting construction work programs and procedures for controlling potential losses from fire by reviewing best practices and trends in fire control program design; conducting and coordinating fire protection consultant audits; assessing compliance with applicable fire codes; identifying fire hazards, risks and deficiencies; recommending modifications in fire protection measures or procedures; coordinating services with local fire agencies; and incorporating approved changes into existing fire control programs.
• Provides required engineering data, designs and specifications for clients, develops schedules, coordinates personnel, develops planning for projects, provides critical thinking for all construction and installation phases of all occupancy types, including heavy industrial facilities, power generation, transmission and distribution facilities and infrastructure.
• Prepares fire and life safety bid packages for new and existing clients, attends client meetings and interviews, may develop detailed specifications, coordinates with clients across states and countries. Provide necessary fire system engineering data and validate changes to ensure clients project needs. Provide clear and concise communication to ensure client understanding and ensuring project success.
• Plans, coordinates, develop priorities, monitors, guides, reviews and conduct work activities associated with department/internal/external projects in accordance with established task objectives and schedule as outlined in the project plan/contract. Research specific state or country regulatory requirements.
• Ensures assigned work activities successfully contribute to the overall completion and success of projects. Builds and maintains positive internal work relationships and coordinates with internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct detailed Risk Analyses analyzing potential ignition sources and vulnerabilities, calculations, quantitative fire risk analyses for heavy industry and utilities utilizing data driven analysis.
• Serves as a fire protection and life safety resource to internal personnel by developing, conducting and/or coordinating personnel training programs in fire prevention, protection, life safety, detection and suppression for Emergency Response Teams and other personnel; reviewing and coordinating consultants’ review of engineering designs and modifications to fire protection systems; maintaining a library of fire protection codes and regulations; maintaining professional competency and certification to conduct fire training classes; developing and implementing fire evacuation plans; participating in and evaluating the effectiveness of fire drills; and maintaining tracking systems for loss control and related equipment.
• Performs related duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees