Life Safety Systems Engineer

SolvenowTampa, Florida

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Overview

Schedule

Part-time

Education

Engineering (PE)

Career level

Senior-level

Remote

Hybrid remote

Benefits

Life Insurance

Career Development

Job Description

Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineer:

This job opportunity is available at ANY location in the United States. Ideally, selected

candidates will be near the U.S.-based office, but we intend to hire the "best candidates.

We're looking for a Life SafetySystems/Fire Alarm Engineer who is excited about working on projects that enable the heart of our clients' business. Join us, and you'll have the chance to work on data center facilities projects. Come be a part of a vibrant, dynamic team that delivers world-class designs for well-known clients around the world! If you are someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment and who also enjoys working closely with clients in the Data Center market, this opportunity is for you!

Our Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineers work on various projects assigned by a Department Manager. This position will play a role in the entire design process, including but not limited to:

preliminary assessments
concept creation
leading designs with support from your peers, SME's, and BIM designers
internal and external problem resolution
drawing and specification production
customer and vendor accessibility.

Your impact:

The Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineers may work on several concurrent projects and will be responsible for ensuring that projects are completed on time.

As a Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineer, you'll provide technical design leadership of systems for data center buildings, which include fire alarm and detection systems, smoke control systems, fire protection systems, and other life safety or low voltage systems.

As a Life Safety Systems/Fire Alarm Engineer working with our teams, you'll use your skills and experience to help our clients by providing code-compliant asset protection and fire mitigation and life safety solutions. You will be expected to both provide guidance to co-workers and receive solutions from various senior design professionals so that you can take ownership of various projects as the engineer of record. These solutions include fire alarm, fire detection, fire suppression, gas detection, life safety considerations, smoke modeling, and explosion prevention.

You will interface directly with client counterparts in the designing of their facilities and state and local code officials. Using the various applicable Life Safety & Fire codes as well as industry standards, you will provide calculations, equipment size and quantities, equipment and construction specifications, network diagrams, and various construction deliverables in both 2D and 3D platforms for a constructible design.

Bring your curiosity, talent for multitasking and collaboration, and extreme organizational skills, and we'll help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what drives you – so we can make big impacts on the world, together.

Here's what you'll need:

Bachelor's degree in engineering
Knowledge and design experience with Fire Alarm Systems and related manufacturers' equipment, including VESDA systems
Knowledge of IBC, IFC, NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and NFPA 72 Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
Knowledge and application of NFPA 70 (NEC) and electrical design requirements
Knowledge of general design and construction specifications
Experience leading projects and managing resources

Ideally, you'll also have:

At least 4 years of Autodesk Revit design experience
Professional Engineering (PE) license
Knowledge of NFPA 75, NFPA 76, NFPA 2001, and NFPA 13 codes
Design experience in data centers
Experience mentoring junior staff
Experience estimating and scheduling mid-to-large-scale projects

Comments/Special Instructions

Deal Breakers:

1. Hybrid Means working from any office in the country within 50 miles of an office and reporting to the office 2 days a week. Remote is anyone in the US that is hired that does not live within 50 miles of an office.

2. Must Have Life safety / fire alarm design experience

3. Must disclose any non-competes with current company

4. Salary Range depends on location, cost of living, and level of experience

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Solvenow lists this role as a Part-time position.

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Solvenow is looking for a candidate with "Senior-level" experience level.

What education level is required for this job?

The education requirement for this position is Engineering (PE). Candidates with relevant qualifications or equivalent experience may also be considered.

What benefits are offered by Solvenow for this role?

Solvenow offers following benefits: Life Insurance and Career Development for this position. Actual benefits may vary depending on the employer's policies and employment terms.

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