Fire & Life Safety Engineer (Mission Critical/Data Center)
Company: WSP
Location: Troy
Posted on: May 27, 2023
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Job Description:
Fire & Life Safety Engineer (Mission Critical/Data Center)
Req ID 11011
Fire & Life Safety Engineer (Mission Critical/Data Center)
Who We Are
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to
innovate. We're looking to grow our teams with people who are ready
to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines.
To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets,
backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work
environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of
our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through
our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional
diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with
the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our
commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work
environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP
employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
Great people. Great places. Great projects. kW Mission Critical
Engineering, a WSP company, is a high-performance, fast-paced
consulting engineering firm designing data centers and mission
critical environments across the globe. We hire smart, responsive,
team players to work in collaborative and mentoring office
settings. Our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection,
controls, telecommunications, and security building system designs
keep many of the world's top Fortune 100 financial, technology,
enterprise, hyperscale, and colocation companies up and running 24
hours a day, 365 days a year.
We work on innovative, award-winning, large-scale projects. We
travel to construction sites to see our designs being built. As
part of WSP, we are able to offer our employees increased
professional development and career opportunities in addition to kW
MCE's office culture which is consistently recognized as one of the
"Best Places to Work." Join our great people at our great places
designing great projects.
This Opportunity
kW Mission Critical Engineering is currently initiating a search
for a Fire & Life Safety Engineer that can be located out of any of
our kW offices which include the following locations: Troy, NY -
Milwaukee, WI - Atlanta, GA - Tempe, AZ . As a Fire Protection
Engineer, you will design fire suppression and fire alarm systems
based on codes, jurisdictional amendments, and client preferences.
You will engage in coordination with other engineers and
architects, respond to client and code official comments, and
quickly react to building and site changes.
Your Impact
Develop automatic fire sprinkler systems, fire detection, and alarm
systems
Design and review voice evacuation systems, smoke management
systems, and egress systems
Perform hydraulic and air-sampling smoke detection calculations to
ensure design feasibility
Produce project specifications for CSI Divisions 21 for Fire
Suppression & 28 sections related to Fire Detection and Alarm
Review fire and safety drawings for compliance to ensure meeting
safety code requirements
Prepare information for proposal documents, specifications, and
reporting
Develop understanding of project finances
Create models, analyze technical issues, devise solutions
Lead tasks for technical assignments on projects
Review shop drawings, product data, and calculations against
contract documents and codes
Conduct commissioning activities for code compliance
Provide design team and client with insight on life safety
considerations
Train and mentor junior engineers
Attend client meeting and participate in discussions
Design and review visually compelling deliverables
Keep up-to-date on technical knowledge of current and emerging
practices
Who You Are
The ideal candidate has familiarity with Building Information
Modeling using Revit, has strong communication skills, and as
interest in liaising with internal and external design, client, and
construction team members.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
3+ years of experience in designing fire protection systems for
commercial, industrial or mission critical/data center
buildings
Knowledge of building, mechanical and fire protection codes
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience with applicable software packages including AutoCAD,
Revit
Ability to organize and present design information to project
staff
Ability to work effectively in a team environment
Attention to detail, highly organized, self-starter
Ability to travel to project sites
Preferred Qualifications:
EIT or Registered Professional Engineer (PE), if applicable
Mission Critical/Data Center experience
Bachelor's in Fire Protection Engineering or equivalent
Compensation and Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical,
dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on
a providing health and financial stability throughout the
employee's career.
Expected Salary: $68,800 - $128,900
WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description
of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith
believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the
successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills,
and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic
location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less
than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other
compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an
applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or
federal law.
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Additional Requirements
Additional Details
Travel Required: 20%
Job Status: Regular
Employee Type: Full
Primary Location: TROY - RIVER ST
All locations: US-AZ-Phoenix, US-AZ-Tempe, US-GA-Atlanta,
US-NY-Troy, US-WI-Milwaukee
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's
leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to
serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical
experts, strategic advisors and construction management
professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings,
transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more
than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we
partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting
client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of
benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and
retirement savings focused on providing health and financial
stability throughout the employee's career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to
grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to
your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and
challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity
Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender
Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran
Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United
States.
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