Principal Fire Protection Engineer

Jensen Hughes•New York, NY

4d•$175,000 - $215,000

About The Position

Jensen Hughes is seeking a Principal Fire Protection Engineer to provide senior-level fire protection and life safety consulting expertise for complex projects across a variety of market sectors. This role serves as a trusted advisor to clients, delivering innovative, code-compliant solutions while supporting business growth, mentorship, and technical excellence within the practice.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a related engineering discipline required.
Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) (New York preferred).
Fire Protection Engineering PE preferred.
Minimum 15 years of progressive fire protection engineering, life safety, and code consulting experience, including responsibility for complex projects and direct client engagement.
Strong knowledge of applicable building, fire, and life safety codes and standards, including New York State and local jurisdictional requirements.
Experience with fire protection system design, life safety consulting, code compliance, performance-based design, and occupancy-specific fire and life safety evaluations.
Proven ability to manage client relationships and provide technical leadership on complex projects.
Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting large, complex commercial, healthcare, mission-critical, higher education, mixed-use, or high-rise projects.
Established relationships within the architecture, engineering, construction, and development community.
Active participation in professional organizations such as SFPE, NFPA, ICC, or related industry groups.
Experience serving as Engineer of Record and providing peer review or technical oversight for major projects.

Responsibilities

Serve as a senior technical resource for fire protection and life safety consulting projects, developing and reviewing fire protection and life safety strategies, code analysis, performance-based design studies and alternative methods assessments for new and existing facilities.
Interpret and apply applicable building, fire, and life safety codes, standards, and regulations, including local, state, and national requirements.
Prepare technical reports, engineering analyses, and code compliance documentation.
Serve as the primary client contact on key engagements and provide strategic guidance throughout project execution.
Support project delivery, quality assurance, and technical review efforts.
Contribute to business development activities, client relationship management, and proposal development.
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and support the continued growth of technical staff.
Maintain and grow orders in selective markets.