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LHH

Senior Fire Protection Design Specialist

LHH, Ambler

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LHH Recruitment Solutions an opening for a Sr. Fire Protection Design Specialist for our client in the Ambler, PA area. This direct hire role allows you to expand your Fire Protection Designing in commercial construction design career within a fast-paced engineering and architectural firm in the commercial construction industry! This on-site position requires a minimum of 8-years current experience in an Mechanical, Fire Protection, Engineering role and prefers candidate that have a strong background within HVAC, plumbing, fire protection and structural engineering. EIT or PE are highly preferred.


Salary range: $120-130k annually.


RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Ensure completion of tasks by overseeing directives to technicians, vendors, and supervisors.
  • Create design of all phases – conceptual, schematic, development, and construction documentation.
  • Oversee project budget, capex management, coordinating projects, initiate corrective actions, and forecast/analyze any long-term operational downtime and/or issues.
  • Lead design efforts and oversee junior engineer design efforts.
  • Maintain compliance with construction building codes, zoning etc.
  • Prepare and present 3D modeling, renderings and presentations to clients and regulatory divisions.
  • Develops initiatives and uses a technical approach to oversee aspects of process resolution, and continuous improvement toward improved production, production costs decrease, and reliability.
  • Oversees design projects; reviews project specifications; analyzes design, and ensure monetary goals are met by performing preliminary and final review for construction projects.
  • Manage the design team in a manner that supports teamwork and development while providing technical leadership within any issues regarding maintenance.
  • Use safe working policies and practices consistently.
  • Represent the organization to vendors, clients and agencies in a professional manner.
  • Seek RFQ/RFP for contractors, sub-contractors, etc.
  • On site visits to oversee project progress.


REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering.
  • EIT or PE highly preferred
  • Proven commercial construction project management of multi-million-dollar scope.
  • Project management, RFP/RFQ processes experience required.
  • Minimum (8) 8 years of experience in Fire Protection Design commercial construction design.
  • Must be able to demonstrate exceptional leadership skills, utilization of situational leadership, servant leadership and the creation of a vision for the department.
  • Proven management and leadership skills
  • Proven knowledge of engineering calculations, layout, and design of Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection and Structural/Architectural.
  • Experience in collaboration with; mechanical, structural, electrical, instrumentation, HVAC, Geotech, survey, etc. internally and externally.
  • CAD programs – Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp Adobe Creative, etc.
  • 3D programs – V-Ray, Lumion, etc.