Fire Protection / Plumbing Engineer – Critical Facilities
Job Description
Fire Protection and Plumbing Engineer – New York, NY
Our client is a Nationally ranked MEP Engineering Design firm that is a leader in the data center space. This role will be onsite at various Data Center projects during construction. They provide design and commissioning consulting and management expertise in Data Center / Mission Critical Facilities Space with the mindset to provide reliability, energy efficiency, sustainable design and LEED expertise when providing these consulting services for Enterprise, Colocation, and Hyperscale Data Center Projects. This career-growth minded opportunity offers exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.
Candidate will work with customers to gather design requirements for plumbing and fire protection design projects supporting various mission critical / data center centric projects. Will translate requirements to internal design team, while providing updates to customer.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Design Plumbing and Fire protection systems in mission critical facilities – trade floors, labs, control rooms, data centers, etc.
- Fire and plumbing engineering and design of systems cold and hot water systems, non-potable water systems, water treatment, sanitary drainage and vent systems, storm drainage systems, all types of pumping systems, natural gas distribution systems, special plumbing systems; fire suppression systems; sprinkler piping design, including hydraulic calculations; Incipient fire detection systems
- Work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Coordinate with other internal engineering disciplines to achieve successful, functional and innovative designs for our clients
- Interact with other building disciplines (architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, civil, controls, etc.) to ensure compatibility with the design intent
- Select equipment for use in building systems and write reports
- Provide specifications for all fire protection and plumbing materials and equipment
- Go to client site as needed for project meetings/site observations
- Perform field surveys at customer sites to document existing conditions and/or observation of construction activities
- Participate in client project requirement meetings and value analysis and basic cost estimating
- Conduct QA /QC / quality assurance and quality control on project
- Perform and oversee the performance of load calculations and system design using company standard software, and proprietary manufacturer software
- Develop Plumbing and Fire Protection Drawings
- Design and document Plumbing and Fire Protection systems
- Assist in the continued development and updating of standards and specifications for the plumbing and fire protection
- Familiarity with renovation and new work projects; appropriate codes, standards and industry best practices
- Prepare Contract Documents using Revit and AutoCAD
- Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats
Job Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical / Fire Protection / Plumbing engineering degree required
- Previous experience at an engineering consulting MEP firm a big plus
- PE; Professional Engineer a big plus
- Mission Critical Facilities Experience a huge plus!
- 5+ years’ experience or more of plumbing design and fire protection systems
- Strong technical knowledge in fire protection and plumbing
- Excellent organization and planning skills
- A sound knowledge of engineering fundamentals
- Highly motivated, proactive and willing to take on new challenges
- Strong computer skills and skilled in software typically used in plumbing / fire protection design (i.e. hydraulic calculations, etc.)
- Strong working knowledge of building, plumbing and fire codes
- Strong communication skills! Excellent written and verbal!
- Revit Experience is a must
- Ability to interface with clients
- International Codes and NFPA Requirements
