Fire Protection Specialist

1 week ago

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Burns & McDonnell Full time

Burns & McDonnell is an award-winning engineering, architectural, construction, environmental and consulting services firm. We are 100% employee-owned, with World Headquarters located in Kansas City, Missouri and regional and project offices worldwide.

Our fire protection engineering team works on a wide range of exciting and challenging projects including airports, aircraft storage and maintenance hangars, central utility plants, manufacturing and food processing plants, industrial and petroleum processing sites, state-of-the-art information technology facilities, aircraft manufacturing plants, educational and cultural facilities and more.

As a member of our team, you will design many fire and life safety systems including:

  • wet, dry, preaction and deluge sprinkler systems
  • foam, water spray, clean agent, wet and dry chemical and clean agent fire suppression systems
  • fire pumps, water tanks, standpipes, smoke management systems, and building fire alarm and mass notification systems

You will be involved in building code and life safety code reviews, review of hazardous materials, design and analysis of building egress and passive fire protection systems, and reviews of existing buildings for compliance with applicable building and fire codes.

You will also be involved in the construction and commissioning process. Produce construction drawings using AutoCAD, AutoCAD MEP, Microstation, Smart Plant, PDS, and Revit.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Prepare comprehensive fire protection packages including fire suppression, fire alarm, smoke evacuation, and life safety
  • Perform fire protection calculations including the hydraulic analysis of fire water supply and demand, battery calculations, and voltage drop calculations
  • Prepare fire protection specifications
  • Design, specify, and provide multi-discipline coordination for fire suppression systems including wet-pipe, dry-pipe, preaction, deluge, fire pumps, and storage tanks on a wide variety of project types
  • Design, specify, and provide multi-discipline coordination for fire alarm systems, mass notification systems, and releasing systems
  • Apply sound fire protection engineering principles to assist in troubleshooting and solving client related problems
  • Perform site evaluations and document existing fire protection systems
  • Resolve design related installation issues with field personnel
  • Review contractor shop drawings, field inspections, and testing and commissioning reports

Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Science in Fire Protection Technology or related field and 3 years of related experience
  • Associates Degree in a related field with 7 years of related experience
  • The ability to obtain NICET Level II in Water-Based System Layout, Fire Alarm Systems, or Special Hazard Systems within one year of employment
  • The ability to obtain and maintain access authorization to facilities and data of existing and potential clients
  • Familiarity with building codes, fire codes, NFPA standards, FM Global datasheets, military standards, and refinery/industrial API guidelines
  • Familiarity with Revit is preferred, willingness and ability to learn new software is required

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