Sr Fire Protection Engineer
About The Position
AECOM is actively seeking a Senior Fire Protection Engineer to join our team in either our Los Angeles or Orange, CA office. The Sr Fire Protection Engineer will play a lead role in design, testing, and inspection of fire protection and life safety systems. As a Sr Fire Protection Engineer you will serve as a senior technical resource, offering specialized input to studies and design efforts while developing procedures to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of engineering work. You will participate in interdisciplinary reviews, developing cost estimates, and ensuring the quality of design deliverables. You will prepare technical specifications, contribute to budget and schedule planning and review design calculations to ensure compliance and accuracy. Work areas include private, state, federal and military, corrections, transportation, industrial, healthcare, and more.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience or a demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
- US Citizenship is required due to project restrictions
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering or related field.
- Professional Engineering (PE) license or equivalent certification.
- Extensive experience in fire protection engineering, including project management and technical leadership.
- Deep understanding of fire protection systems, safety codes, and industry standards.
- Proven ability to develop and review design procedures, cost estimates, and technical specifications.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Experience with interdisciplinary project coordination and quality control processes.
Responsibilities
- Act as a design lead for the fire and life safety aspects of the LA 28 Olympics.
- Design fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, special suppression systems, and more.
- Develop life safety code compliance plans.
- Develop permit documents.
- Act as a technical advisor for project teams, providing expert guidance and addressing complex engineering challenges within the discipline of fire protection and life safety.
- Participate in the interdisciplinary review of project deliverables, ensuring integration and alignment with overall project goals and requirements.
- Develop construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects, providing accurate financial assessments and resource planning.
- Utilize your expertise in all steps of completing the discipline component of contract documents.
- Perform quality control reviews of design calculations and drawings, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to standards.
- Prepare detailed technical specification sections, outlining requirements and standards for fire protection systems and components.
- Contribute to the development of engineering budgets and schedules, ensuring that project requirements are met within allocated resources and timeframes.
- Lead fire protection and life safety design for large, complex projects.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life
- AD&D
- disability benefits
- paid time off
- leaves of absences
- voluntary benefits
- perks
- flexible work options
- well-being resources
- employee assistance program
- business travel insurance
- service recognition awards
- retirement savings plan
- employee stock purchase plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
