Fire Protection Consultant
About The Position
The Fire Protection Consultant provides fire protection consultation services, support, and deliverables for Telgian clients as part of multi-discipline team. Provides fire protection advice to construction and other architect/engineering personnel, advises on compliance with fire-related standards and codes, and prepare and comment on reports, design, concepts, or project packages detailing fire prevention, life safety and protection issues. Develop and assist with the delivery of technical and programmatic presentations to clients, including coordination and facilitation of meetings. Collaborate or confer with other personnel, including engineering, environmental, financial, real estate, and facilities, to meet client requirements. Your Opportunity As a Fire Protection Consultant, you will work on a broad range of solutions-based projects for Telgian clients. More specifically you will:
Requirements
- 2 years field engineering/consulting experience in fire protection and/or architecture, preferred
- Ability to travel 50-75%
- Working knowledge of Fire, Life Safety and Building Codes, NFPA Standards, and UL/FM standards
- Ability to apply broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific area of practice.
- Ability to manage small project of limited complexity
- Ability to evaluate, select and apply standard techniques and procedures and criteria to perform a task.
- Working competency with MS Office software
- Ability to perform basic hydraulic calculations using water modeling software.
- Demonstrated proficiency in verbal, written, presentation skills
Nice To Haves
- CFPS or NICET certification, preferred
Responsibilities
- Establish criteria for the design of fire alarms, suppression and/or life safety systems based on client’s operational and regulatory compliance needs
- Review existing fire alarm, suppression and/or life safety systems for operational functionality, compliance and regulatory requirements; determines improvement recommendations
- Develop and deliver reports to clients on recommended updates to ensure compliance and /or operational functionality of fire, suppression and/or life safety systems
- Meet with jurisdictional authorities and clients as needed to resolve compliance questions around client fire, suppression and/or life safety systems
- Identify and/or establish design criteria for specific systems applications; may include specific UL/FM test criteria and performance-based tests as required
- Apply standard techniques, principles and criteria to perform assigned tasks.
- Maintain a working knowledge of relevant fire protection, risk, building codes and constructions technologies; identify trends and recommends proactive solutions to meet/exceed requirements
Benefits
- We provide a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package with market leading (low!) health-care costs, and a place to advance your career.
- More importantly as a values driven organization, at Telgian you will be treated with dignity while having fun in your work!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
