Fire Protection Engineer (2+Years)

Coffman Engineers, Inc. • Oakland, CA

5d • $80,000 - $120,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Coffman Engineers is seeking a highly skilled, self-motivated, Fire Protection Engineer with two or more years of experience. This individual will be part of a collaborative, creative, and high-performing team that believes in making a difference for clients and communities. The role involves providing clients with automatic suppression system design; fire detection, alarm and mass notification system design; code analysis; egress analysis; fire resistant construction analysis; smoke control analysis; as well as general fire protection and life safety concepts and research.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in engineering from accredited college or university
• 2+ years of working experience
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Computer skills necessary for daily activities, including email, word processing, spreadsheets, simple graphics, and a working knowledge of computer aided drafting

Nice To Haves

• Fire Protection specific degree
• Registered as a Professional Engineer (PE)
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) or ability to take the FE exam within the next six months
• Experience with the current version of AutoCAD and Revit

Responsibilities

• Providing clients with automatic suppression system design
• Fire detection, alarm and mass notification system design
• Code analysis
• Egress analysis
• Fire resistant construction analysis
• Smoke control analysis
• General fire protection and life safety concepts and research
• Managing day-to-day contacts with internal and external clients while utilizing experience and technology to meet expectations
• Performing research and documenting for internal and external distribution
• Analysis of existing fire protection systems
• Design new fire protection systems including suppression systems, fire detection, fire alarm and mass notification systems
• Building and fire code analysis and interpretation
• Utilization of FDS, Pyrosim, CONTAM programs to execute performance-based design efforts
• Project management skills for managing internal projects as well as external client needs

Benefits

• Paid overtime at 1.0 times hourly rate
• Competitive end of year discretionary bonus based on company/team/personal performance
• 401k with maximum of 5% Contribution Matching for 9% Employee Contribution
• Flexible PTO program
• Family-friendly policies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level