Fire Protection Designer
Stantec
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- Location
- Houston, TX
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 30
- 1 day ago
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About the company
Stantec
Management consulting · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Design fire alarm, fire suppression, and special hazard systems.
- Review and develop fire alarm and fire protection system plans.
- Support life safety and building code consulting efforts.
- Collaborate with a variety of engineering and architectural disciplines.
- Develop site fire protection features and fire department access plans.
- Communicate with clients and write technical reports.
- Under limited supervision, coordinate and prepare schematic design, design development, and construction documents.
- Assist in spatial coordination with architecture and other engineering systems.
- Work collaboratively in a cross-discipline environment to produce integrated project documents and ensure integrated design approaches and solutions.
What you need
- Experience in fire suppression, fire alarm, and special hazard system design.
- Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, and fire protection-related computational programs.
- Knowledge of ICC and NFPA codes and standards.
- CFPS, EIT, and/or NICET certification preferred.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with engineers, designers, and project teams.
- Associate degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 4 years of related fire protection design experience preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education: an associate degree or a bachelor's degree
Key skills
fire suppressionfire alarmspecial hazard system designRevitAutoCADcommunication and interpersonal skills
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Your Opportunity
Stantec is seeking a Fire Protection Designer to join our Buildings Engineering team. This role is ideal for a motivated designer with experience preparing fire protection design documents and coordinating building systems within a multidisciplinary project environment.
The Fire Protection Designer will support the development of fire alarm, fire suppression, and special hazard system designs under limited supervision. This position offers the opportunity to work on a variety of project types while continuing to grow technical design, code coordination, and project delivery skills.
Your Key Responsibilities
Design fire alarm, fire suppression, and special hazard systems.
Review and develop fire alarm and fire protection system plans.
Support life safety and building code consulting efforts.
Collaborate with a variety of engineering and architectural disciplines.
Develop site fire protection features and fire department access plans.
Communicate with clients and write technical reports.
Under limited supervision, coordinate and prepare schematic design, design development, and construction documents.
Assist in spatial coordination with architecture and other engineering systems.
Work collaboratively in a cross-discipline environment to produce integrated project documents and ensure integrated design approaches and solutions.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Experience in fire suppression, fire alarm, and special hazard system design.
Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, and fire protection-related computational programs.
Knowledge of ICC and NFPA codes and standards.
CFPS, EIT, and/or NICET certification preferred.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with engineers, designers, and project teams.
Education and Experience
Associate degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 4 years of related fire protection design experience preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.