Fire Protection Life Safety Engineer
Fire Protection Life Safety Engineer
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Fire Protection & Life Safety Engineer Lenexa KS
GBAs Fire Protection & Life Safety Engineering group is looking for an engineer to join our Lenexa Kansas office.
Our Fire Protection & Life Safety engineers work within an integrated team of architects engineers commissioning specialists project managers and construction managers on variety of project types primarily within the life sciences mission critical and industrial markets.
GBA offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative team environment with room for career growth and development.
Responsibilities:
Depending on experience lead or assist in code consulting planning design and commissioning of fire suppression systems fire detection & alarm systems life safety systems and hazardous material storage and use.
- Draft and model in AutoCAD and Revit.
- Prepare and review specifications.
- Perform hydraulic calculations.
- Review shop drawings and calculations.
- Conduct peer review of other firms designs for thirdparty commissioning and/or permitting.
- Navigate teach and apply NFPA ICC and FM Global codes and standards.
- Track schedules and check in with project managers for assigned projects to balance several projects simultaneously.
- Attend project meetings and coordinate with team members of other engineering disciplines.
- Visit job sites to verify existing conditions observe construction progress witness acceptance testing and conduct thirdparty permitting inspections approximately 5 to 10 of the time depending on current projects.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Fire Protection Engineering Architectural Engineering or other applicable Engineering degree.
- 1 10 years of experience in fire alarm sprinkler and/or life safety design.
- Passed the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam.
- PE license is preferred but not required. Expectation is that hire will pursue PE upon obtaining necessary work experience.
- Working experience in AutoCAD and/or Revit.
- Capacity to deal with frequent schedule changes delays and or/unexpected events.
- Excellent and professional written and verbal communication; excellent reading comprehension and as detail oriented as possible.
Employment Type
Full Time
