Fire Protection Engineer Entry Level
Designing a better world is more than a career, its a calling! Come work with a team of professionals dedicated to design excellence at Coffman Engineers San Diego office.
We are seeking a dynamic, innovative, and quality-orientedStructural Fire Protection Engineerwith zero to three years of experience to perform consulting services for internal and external clients.
You must have a background in Civil / Structural Engineering, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills along with a high-level ability to manage multiple clients and projects at a given time. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, have a desire to learn and grow with a multidiscipline engineering team, and be excited to join in the fun.
Desired Skills and Duties
- Perform structural evaluation, design, and detailing on a variety of projects.
- Provide fire and life safety code consulting for relevant ICC (IBC, IFC, IMC) codes and NFPA standards.
- Able to assist in performing consulting services for internal clients, utilizing Fire Protection Engineering technical skills, including but not limited to: automatic suppression system design; fire detection, alarm and communication system design; code analysis; egress analysis; fire resistant construction analysis; smoke control analysis; as well as general fire protection and life safety concepts and research.
- Develop fire models, smoke control models/analysis, and pressurization models/analysis.
- Review and provide consulting for life safety, building, and fire code compliance.
- Perform structural fire calculations.
- Develop fire safety strategies for special hazards.
- Participate in internal team meetings and external client meetings.
- Collaborate with multiple teams across multiple offices in a multidiscipline environment.
- Perform research and documentation for internal and external distribution.
- Attend and participate in local and national trade organizations, such as SFPE and NFPA.
