Fire Protection Sprinkler Designer

Who We Are

Northstar Fire Protection of Texas is a Texas based company. Northstar has been on the forefront of the fire protection industry since 1980. With offices in Austin Lewisville Houston San Antonio and Atlanta GA we have grown to be a nationally recognized company. Northstar engineers fabricates and installs fire sprinkler systems for structures including commercial government healthcare highrise condominiums and mixeduse projects.

We joined Shambaugh & Son L.P. a whollyowned indirect subsidiary of EMCOR Group Inc. and together we perform more than $1 billion of construction projects per year with over 3000 employees throughout 50 states from our home office in Fort Wayne Indiana.

We recognize people as our most important resource and it is our mission to produce the industrys highest level of quality services and productivity on every project in order to develop repeat customers maximize return on investment and provide professional growth opportunities for people in the organization.

Job Summary

Shambaugh & Son is looking for a Fire Protection Sprinkler Designer. You will be responsible for designing layouts using AutoCAD/HydraCAD and creating hydraulic calculations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing and the layout of Fire Sprinkler systems
• Read analyze and interpret contract documents including all disciplines of construction drawings and specifications
• Write plan coordinate and make presentation to individuals and groups
• Work with and comprehend mathematical concepts including hydraulic calculations and project cost analysis
• Develop positive and ongoing relationships with customers to ensure satisfaction
• Provide fire sprinkler designs with AutoCAD HydraCAD AutoSprink and Revit
• Responsible for BIM modeling and field surveying
• Provide lists for fabrication and coordinate between the trades
• Other duties assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in a technical or business discipline preferred or equivalent experience. Examples include: Architectural Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Construction Management Degrees
• Strong analytical critical thinking and mathematical aptitude with attention to detail
• Good working knowledge of hydraulic calculations and ability to read and understand blueprints
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and handle multiple priorities under time constraints
• Flexible to be available as needed to travel to client sites

Shambaugh is deeply committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all its job applicants and employees. We seek to employ qualified persons in all job classifications and to administer all personnel actions affecting our employees without discrimination on the basis of race color religion sex pregnancy age national origin sexual orientation gender identity political ideology ancestry or genetic information. Individuals with a disability disabled and other protected veterans and any other characteristic protected by applicable law will be given the fullest consideration for employment in positions for which they are qualified. We also are committed to making reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability as well as abiding by any and all state and local laws which in addition to the above prohibit discrimination in any form.

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