Senior Fire Protection Engineer-Data Center

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Were looking for an experienced Senior Fire Protection Engineer with a strong background in data center and Industrial environments to support our U.S. Places Design & Engineering business.

In this role you will partner closely with multi-disciplinary teamsincluding Mechanical Electrical Engineers Architects and clientsto deliver fire protection design solutions for mission-critical facilities with a primary focus on data centers and Industrial projects.

You will lead the fire protection discipline across multiple concurrent projects guiding efforts from early pursuit and proposal through detailed design and construction administration.

Periodic travel to project sites is expected (approximately 1 week per month) to support client engagement site assessments and project delivery.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead the fire protection design for data center and mission-critical facility projects ensuring systems meet reliability redundancy and uptime requirements
• Develop construction-ready design packages including drawings specifications and coordinated BIM models ensuring alignment across all disciplines
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers and designers
• Collaborate with mechanical electrical and architectural teams to integrate fire protection systems within complex high-density environments
• Support business development efforts including proposals cost estimates schedules and client engagement
• Perform site assessments field investigations and fire protection studies specific to data centers (e.g. suppression strategy hazard analysis system retrofits)
• Utilize and support modeling and design through tools such as Revit BIM platforms AutoCAD Navisworks and fire protection-specific software (e.g. HydraCAD Sprink Cad FDT Aspire)
• Maintain strong client relationships and serve as a technical advisor on fire protection strategies for data center projects

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Fire Protection Engineering Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Fire Protection (U.S.) required
• Demonstrated experience designing fire protection systems for data centers mission-critical facilities or high-tech industrial environments
• Strong understanding of fire protection system strategies in data centers including:
  • Clean agent systems (e.g. FK-5-12 Sapphire Inergen Aragonite)
  • Wet Pre-action Deluge and dry pipe systems
  • Fire Alarm Design including VESDA Type and Beam Detection
  • Redundancy and cost-effective design considerations
• Deep knowledge of applicable codes and standards including NFPA (e.g. NFPA) IFC IBC and FM Global guidelines)
• Experience delivering Issued for Construction (IFC) design packages ideally in complex or regulated environments
• Familiarity with high-availability facility requirements and coordination with MEP systems supporting critical loads
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical solutions to clients and internal teams
• Strong Team working skills for a hybrid work environment utilizing Microsoft Teams Slack Zoom.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $101000 - $175000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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