Fire Protection EIT/Designer
Job Description
At HDR, we specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts, and artists. That's why we believe diversity is our greatest strength. HDR is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative-action employer.
We believe that our work can add meaning and value to the world. That ideas inspire positive change. That coloring outside the lines can illuminate fresh perspectives. And that small details yield important realizations. Above all, we believe that collaboration is the best way forward.
HDR’s Fire & Life Safety (FLS) team is continuing to expand our market sector expertise across HDR’s client base, including Civic (high-rises, auditoriums/arenas, detention, recreational), Federal (Department of Defense (DoD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Veteran Affairs (VA), National Park Service (NPS), General Services Administration (GSA), Healthcare, Resources (hazardous materials, power, hydropower, waste, oil/gas/LNG, mining, industrial, fuels, material handling), Science/Tech/Labs, Transportation (aviation, rail, roads/bridges, marine, public transit), and Water (water/waste/storm treatment).
Responsibilities
As a member of our Fire & Life Safety team, you will be tasked with executing design production, and you will also have a key role in providing and delivering our fire & life safety design services which include: active and passive fire and life safety systems, code consulting, life safety and egress evaluations, performance-based design, fire/smoke/egress modeling, inspection and plan review, hazard and risk analysis, emergency management and planning, structural fire protection, fire root cause analysis, and accessibility consulting.
If you are self-motivated, goal and detail-oriented, take pride and responsibility for your work and want to advance your career in Fire & Life Safety within a leading A/E Firm that appreciates you and your ambitions, look no further.
Job Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering or a closely related field
- EIT or ability to obtain within 12 months required; candidates hired without their EIT will have the title 'Designer' and will be expected to receive their EIT for career progression
- Approximately 10-20% of travel may be required
- Basic Microsoft Office skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a technical design or consulting role involving fire protection or other building systems
- Good working knowledge of, and experience with, Autodesk Products such as AutoCAD, REVIT, and Navisworks
- Preference is given to local candidates
