Associate Fire Protection Engineer

Jensen Hughes

Jan 27

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Entry Level
Engineering
San Diego

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (B.S.) or higher in Engineering (preferably Fire Protection) and 0-3 years' experience.
Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills to write reports, business correspondence, presentations and procedure manuals, and to respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and the general public.
Passion advancing the science of safety and in exceeding our client expectations.

Responsibilities

Perform professional-level fire protection engineering services such as life safety code consulting, sprinkler design, fire alarm design, performance-based fire engineering design, under the direction of a P.E. or an experienced consultant.
Develops plans, specifications, and inspection reports as needed on assigned tasks to see that these items are complete, accurate and in accordance with good professional service practice standards.
Assist in the resolution of design problems that may include performing field investigations or inspections, detailed design work, and detailed checking of design computations done by others, or general coordination of specific design aspects into a project.
Identify applicable codes and standards to reference in evaluating how to respond to inquiries.
Conduct and document assigned work such as basic building code analyses, egress analyses, fire detection and alarm systems reviews, smoke control systems reviews, and basic sprinkler and water supply systems reviews, including hydraulic calculations.
Apply engineering calculations such as size required, means of egress, maximum allowable building area, sprinkler system water supplies and smoke control equipment.
Submit progress reports to Project Managers and Project Leaders.
Effectively communicate with project team members, clients and others.
Responsible self-starter with problem solving and reasoning skills.

Jensen Hughes

Engineering, Consulting and Technology that Make Our World Safe, Secure and Resilient

Consulting

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

Mission & Purpose

Worldwide, we are most recognized for our leadership in fire protection engineering, a tradition of responsibility we have advanced with pride since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related risk management fields – from accessibility consulting, risk and hazard analysis, process safety and forensic investigations to security risk consulting, emergency management and digital innovation. We invite you to help make our world more safe, secure and resilient by partnering with our growing global team of dedicated engineers, technical experts and consultants. Together, we can help protect what matters most by solving some of the most complex challenges, championing best practices and shaping industry standards.