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About the Role
Strategic Mission Critical (SMC) is seeking a Senior Fire Protection Engineer to lead fire suppression and alarm design for mission-critical data center projects. This role involves executing designs, interfacing with internal and external teams, mentoring junior staff, and developing design standards.
Responsibilities
- Execute fire protection design of various project types while working and coordinating with clients and design leads from all disciplines.
- Communicate effectively with co-workers and clients while meeting scheduled project deadlines.
- Utilize Autodesk Revit to produce contract documents for fire suppression and alarm designs.
- Create schematic designs of fire pump, standpipe, and wet, dry, and preaction sprinkler systems.
- Develop fire alarm system architectures, sequences of operation, and schematic device layouts.
- Identify and communicate necessary system interconnections.
- Meet project deadlines, including working necessary hours to complete major deliverables.
- Understand local and national construction codes, client preferences, and construction process to develop a cohesive system design.
- Draft memos and variance requests to clients and code officials.
- Review and respond to RFIs and submittals as part of construction administration.
- Work with contractor teams to solve problems that arise during construction.
- Travel to project sites and meetings as required (approximately 10-20% travel).
- Communicate clearly in person, on phone calls, and over email/messaging platforms.
- Lead junior engineers and designers to execute delivery of specific design elements.
- Mentor and train junior engineers and designers to grow knowledge base of department.
- Maintain excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Requirements
- 4-year degree in engineering with a fire protection or mechanical focus preferred. 2-year degree with work experience will be considered.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in facility fire protection design, particularly using Autodesk Revit for drawing development.
- Strong knowledge of US codes and standard fire protection systems.
- Experience with battery energy storage systems (BESS) is preferred.
- Experience in fire protection design for larger industrial and commercial buildings is preferred.
- Experience working across the entire construction process, from schematic design through construction administration, including review of submittals and shop drawings, and field work such as existing condition surveys, site observations, and punch lists.
- Experience leading fire protection design teams and liaising with clients is preferred.
- Experience with Microsoft tools such as Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and Power Point.
- Experience using construction management tools such as Procore and Autodesk Construction Cloud.
- Professional Engineer (PE) preferred.
Skills
- Autodesk Revit
- Fire suppression system design
- Fire alarm system design
- Schematic design
- Hydraulic analysis
- US codes and standards
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint)
- Procore
- Autodesk Construction Cloud
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- 4-year degree in engineering (fire protection or mechanical focus preferred)
- 2-year degree with work experience
Salary/Compensations
- $125,000 - $250,000
Benefits
- 36-hour standard work week
- 100% coverage of medical, health, and dental insurance premiums for full-time employees
- Subsidized spouse and family insurance premiums
- Reimbursement of professional licensing costs
- Employer-sponsored life and long-term disability insurance
- Participation in 401(k) plan with annual safe harbor contribution
- 13 paid holidays
About the Company
- Strategic Mission Critical (SMC) engineers data centers with precision and expertise, focusing solely on mission-critical facilities.
- Our seasoned leadership team brings decades of experience, equipping data center providers worldwide with robust, reliable solutions.
- SMC leads through technical rigor and operational excellence, meeting the accelerating demand for high-performance infrastructure fueled by AI and the expanding digital landscape.
- We seek leaders who elevate people, process, and performance.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.