About our client

Our client is an independently owned MEP/FP engineering firm with offices in several U.S. markets. They have a dedicated fire protection engineering group and a large mission critical practice that designs data centers for hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise clients.

The role

The Senior Fire Protection Engineer will lead the firm's two-person fire protection team in Atlanta. Most of the team's work is data center projects, with local university campus work alongside it. The role also works with fire protection staff in the firm's other offices on shared projects.

The position is based in Atlanta, GA, and is hybrid with three days a week in the office.

What you would be doing

• Lead the Atlanta fire protection team, assign and schedule its project work, and train the designers on it
• Manage fire protection design on data center projects from schematic design through construction administration
• Design water-based suppression (sprinkler, pre-action, standpipe, and fire pump), clean agent, and smoke control systems
• Design fire alarm and emergency communication systems, including early warning smoke detection
• Prepare fire protection drawings and specifications in Revit and AutoCAD
• Run and check hydraulic calculations, and review the team's work before it is issued
• Evaluate existing fire protection and alarm systems on renovation and expansion projects
• Coordinate with architects, owners, contractors, and the other MEP disciplines
• Provide construction administration, including site visits, submittal reviews, and responses to contractor questions
• Support fire protection projects led out of the firm's other offices

What we are looking for

• Bachelor's degree in fire protection, mechanical, or electrical engineering
• 10 or more years of fire suppression and alarm design experience at a consulting engineering firm
• Experience leading projects and supervising designers
• Working knowledge of NFPA 13, 20, 72, and 75
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, and hydraulic calculation software
• Professional Engineer license preferred
• Data center or other mission critical experience preferred