Fire Protection Consultant

Job Overview

Jensen Hughes has a new job opportunity for a Fire Protection Consultant in San Diego, CA office location. We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced individual to work in all aspects of fire protection engineering, including building code consulting, fire protection systems, and fire protection strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and implement a wide variety of engineering design and consulting projects.
• Satisfy client needs and expectations by completing assigned tasks on schedule and within budget
• Coordinate and conduct building and fire code reviews and analyses, including plan reviews and site visits
• Prepare and peer review of project-related technical reports
• Develop fire protection strategies, performance-based design approaches, and alternative solutions to resolve client design issues
• Effectively communicate with project team members, clients, and others
• Assist with business development activities

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Three (3) + years of experience in any of the following areas: fire life safety code consulting, smoke control consulting, fire suppression and alarm systems design, and/or developing performance-based strategies in a project design environment
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering (preferably Fire Protection), Architecture, or related field preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven project management experience
• Experience in developing building code concepts and equivalencies, conducting building plan reviews, and conducting field reviews/inspections
• Ability to present clear and technically sound fire protection engineering strategies.
• Ability to work well independently and to interact with other industry professionals, associated trades, and jurisdictional authorities

Nice to Have Qualifications:

• Experience with Smoke Control Design or Inspection is a plus
• Registered Professional Engineer or on track to professional designation is a plus