Fire Protection Engineer

SUMMARY

Vanderweil Engineers specializes in MEP/FP and technology services engineering and construction / commissioning support for buildings, sustainable design, central heating and chiller plants, power generation, and transmission and distribution projects. Founded in 1950, Vanderweil is consistently ranked among the top U.S. engineering firms. With offices throughout the United States, Vanderweil is a company that values its clients, its employees and the environment. We are currently recruiting for a Fire Protection Engineer to support our team.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design of fire suppression and fire alarm systems throughout all company market sectors including academic, commercial, healthcare, science and technology and mission critical.
• Engineer will be responsible for designs of automatic sprinkler, standpipes, high rise fire pumps, gaseous agent suppression, fire alarm, voice evacuation, mass notification, special technology fire detection and smoke control.
• Coordinate with the design team and/or construction staff to lead related portions of construction planning and visit the project construction site throughout the construction administration process along with field reports, RFI responses and FP / FA shop drawing and submittal reviews.
• Design and layout systems, create drawings using Revit, Autocad, HydraCALC.
• Survey existing project sites to document existing conditions and to assess existing FP / FA infrastructure.
• Other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, QUALIFICATION AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Fire Protection Engineering.
• 8+ years of professional fire protection engineering industry experience designing fire protection and fire alarm systems.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Revit with fluency in MS Office products including Word, Excel and Outlook and cloud tools. Strong communication and computer skills are required.
• The preferred candidate will have excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills
• Candidate must have the ability to create and modify technical drawings and specifications
• Customer service perspective with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to visit job sites, ascend and descend stairs, lift 25 pounds and may sit for extended periods of time