Plumbing / Fire Protection Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Support the firm in the design of projects of all scales and complexities for a variety of project types, including mixed-use, commercial, academic, healthcare, residential, hospitality and civic, both domestic and international; both new construction and retrofits
- Understand and apply engineering principles and fundamentals of fire protection design including but not limited to fire pump calculations, pipe sizing, gas suppression, deluge, pre-action systems, and high-rise design
- Responsible for plumbing and gas piping layout/sizing; pump head calculations; plumbing fixtures and equipment selection; coordination with equipment vendors and other in-house disciplines; and shop drawing review for plumbing systems
- Understand and apply proper interpretation of building codes and national fire codes
- Comply with and promote PositivEnergy Practice design standards and quality assurance procedures
- Develop contract documents (plans, specifications, and opinions of probable cost) for fire protection, smoke control, and fire alarm
- Review shop drawings and resolve installation problems for all disciplines
- Conduct site observations to assess, evaluate, and document existing conditions as well as provide estimates of probable cost to establish code compliance or equivalency
- Plumbing/Fire Protection project management
- Experience involving the design of automatic sprinkler, standpipe, and fire pump systems; clean agent suppression systems; hydraulic calculations; shop drawing review and fire protection system start-up and testing observation
- Perform design in both AutoCAD and Revit design software
- Meet project deadlines as required by Clients’ demands
- Minimum 5 years of experience in analysis and design of plumbing and/or fire protection systems
- Engineering Degree (BS Architectural Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Fire Protection Engineering, or equivalent degree) preferred
- Experience in Revit MEP and experience modeling HVAC, Electrical and Plumbing
- Action-oriented and collaborative
- Self-motivated team player with ability to work well independently
- Good verbal and written and skills
