Senior Fire Alarm & Life Safety Designer
Job Description
Responsibilities
Position Summary
The Senior Fire Alarm & Life Safety Designer is a senior member of the project team, working under the direct supervision of the Lead Designer (or Engineer) to provide valuable design and project management support to the team. This includes creating complete high-quality trade-specific schematics & layouts based on company design principles, and performing project functions, including (but not limited to) surveys, calculations, selections & layouts. Through repeated successful implementations & lifecycles, the Senior Designer has advanced understanding of the company project lifecycle, company design and filing standards, and usage of company tools and applications to execute project deliverables. The Senior Designer is instrumental in performing all project phases and is called upon to play a lead role in effectively communicating with peers, supervisors, vendors, consultants, clients & stakeholders. This includes providing pivotal support in the construction administration process with the ability to process and review shop drawings, perform field observations, and prepare respective reports. The Senior Designer is fully capable of assuming the Job Captain function and training other project team members on the successful execution of the Job Captain adjunct function.
Job Requirements
- Minimum 4yrs experience working in a Designer Role, as part of a professional engineering project team, under the direct or indirect supervision of a licensed professional engineer.
- 4-year Engineering degree.
- Professional Engineering License preferred.
- Great interpersonal skills.
- Polished communication skills (both verbal & writing).
- Highly organized and composed under pressure.
- Proven time management ability: able to manage strict timelines with multiple projects to meet deadlines under high-pressure environment.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD & REVIT.
- Possesses keen eye for detail.
