Lead Fire Protection Engineer (10-20 years of experience)

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LEAD FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEER - (10-20 Years' Experience) - McLean, VA

Do you feel you've designed just about everything by now? We do more than 'just design'. Our clients frequently come to us only knowing the symptoms of their problems - we get the challenge (and fun) of investigating and figuring out what's really wrong. We deliver multiple solutions and work with the client to pick the best solution for their case. Then we get to do the actual work of carrying out our ideas and solving their problems for good.

Most of our projects are renovations, frequently of only the MEP/FP systems, so it makes for some interesting and challenging projects. The fun of renovation work is dealing with the existing constraints imposed by the structure or building operations. We find ourselves regularly solving problems like how to make the equipment fit into an existing building or figuring out how the contractor will build your design. We are such great problem solvers that 95% of our clients would refer us to others. Clients choose us when they want the job done right the first time.

Clients also choose us because they like how involved our management is with the design process. And that's why our senior engineers are typically our project managers. You'll manage the project internally, but also be the face of Summer Consultants to the client, fostering that relationship. You're also encouraged to seek out new clients.

This position will report to the Associate / Senior Fire Protection Engineer in charge of the fire protection team.

WHAT SUMMER CONSULTANTS CAN DO FOR YOU?

• Provide exposure to many different facility and client types.
• Further expand your technical knowledge.
• Give you the opportunity to hone your business development skills.
• Provide a fun, small, and exciting work environment.
• Provide a flexible work environment including hybrid work options.

WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR SUMMER CONSULTANTS?

• Help solve our client's problems.
• Design fire protection systems for existing and new buildings as technical lead and assistant project manager for fire protection projects.
• Provide project management and coordination of projects to meet client expectations for technical excellence, budget, and schedule. Maintain effective communication with clients, engineers of other disciplines, contractors, and other project team members.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve problems in a proactive manner.
• Build and foster relationships with potential new clients.
• Provide technical expertise to staff and clients.
• Help maintain our 95% referral rate and high contract performance ratings.

WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU?

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, preferably Fire Protection.
• 10 to 20 years of experience in design and construction administration of fire alarm and fire suppression systems and life safety.
• Experience with field surveys, code analyses, calculations, equipment selections, and specifications.
• Strong communicator with skillset to supervise junior engineers and CAD operators as they develop contract drawings.
• Self-starter with a passion for problem solving.
• Professional Engineer license.
• Proficient in either AutoCAD or Revit.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to conduct day-long field surveys outdoors and indoors in conditioned and unconditioned spaces, including walking up to 10-20k steps in a day, climbing up and down a 6-foot ladder, kneeling, squatting, and bending.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Strong desire to motivate, mentor, and manage the work of others supporting your projects, with emphasis on employee growth, project success, and overall performance.
• Ability to obtain site access at client locations.
• Ability to travel up to 10 nights in a year, in addition to day-long field surveys.

COMPANY BENEFITS

• Fully paid individual health insurance, offering both HSA and PPO options with 50% of family premiums paid.
• Dental and vision insurance is available.
• 401K with employer automatically contributing 3% of gross salary with an additional matching option.
• Fully paid, short-term and long-term individual disability insurance, term life insurance with Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.
• Eleven (11) paid holidays and twenty-two (22) days of paid time off per year.
• Education Assistance Program.
• A flexible work environment, including hybrid work options.

WORK AUTHORIZATION

This role is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship. As such, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States, now as well as in the future, without employer sponsorship.

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