Intern, Fire Protection Engineering

Jensen Hughes•Denver, CO

About The Position

Jensen Hughes is seeking college students for internships in its Fire Protection Engineering department at locations throughout the United States. The company provides fire protection consulting services involving life safety, fire protection, security, and mass notification for commercial, institutional, and industrial projects worldwide. Interns support engineering project work by developing and reviewing drawings, preparing plans and reports, conducting basic analyses and calculations, and communicating with project teams and clients.

Requirements

Working toward a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering from an accredited college or university.
Demonstrated knowledge of engineering principles or construction technology and practices.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
Intermediate-level written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write reports, business correspondence, presentations, and procedure manuals, and respond to questions from managers, clients, and the public.
Ability to solve practical problems and work with a variety of concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.
Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Responsible self-starter with problem-solving and reasoning skills.
Intermediate-level personal computer skills, including email, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheets, and graphics.
Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities

Develop, modify, and/or review drawings of systems or components according to established standards.
Develop plans, specifications, and inspection reports for assigned tasks, ensuring they are complete, accurate, and consistent with professional service practice standards.
Assist with resolving design problems, which may include field investigations or inspections, detailed design work, checking design computations, and coordinating design aspects of a project.
Identify applicable codes and standards when evaluating responses to inquiries.
Conduct and document assigned work, including basic building code and egress analyses, and reviews of fire detection and alarm systems, smoke control systems, and basic sprinkler and water supply systems, including hydraulic calculations.
Perform basic calculations, such as sizing means of egress, determining maximum allowable building area, evaluating sprinkler system water supplies, and sizing smoke control equipment.
Communicate effectively with project team members, clients, and others.