Senior Fire Protection Consultant

$127,000 - $197,000/Yr

Jensen Hughes - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Senior

San Diego, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Fire Protection Consultant at Jensen Hughes will be responsible for various aspects of fire protection engineering, focusing on building code and fire code consulting. This role involves managing engineering design and consulting projects, conducting building plan reviews, and developing fire protection strategies. The successful candidate will work closely with design teams and authorities to ensure compliance with fire protection standards and client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and implement a wide variety of engineering design and consulting projects.
• Satisfy client needs and expectations by completing assigned tasks on schedule and within budget.
• Coordinate and conduct building and fire code reviews and analyses, including plan reviews and site visits.
• Prepare and peer review project-related technical reports.
• Develop fire protection strategies, performance-based design approaches, and alternative solutions to resolve client design issues.
• Effectively communicate with project team members, clients, and others.
• Assist with business development activities.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in fire life safety code consulting, smoke control consulting, fire suppression and alarm systems design, and/or developing performance-based strategies in a project design environment.
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering (preferably Fire Protection), Architecture, or related field preferred.
• Registered Professional Engineer or on track to professional designation preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven project management experience.
• Experience in developing building code concepts and equivalencies, conducting building plan reviews, and conducting field reviews/inspections.
• Ability to present clear and technically sound fire protection engineering strategies.
• Ability to work well independently and to interact with other industry professionals, associated trades, and jurisdictional authorities.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match
• Healthcare coverage
• Broad range of other benefits