LHH · 14 hours ago
Senior Fire Protection Design Specialist
Greater Orlando
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $130K/yr
8+ years expLHH Recruitment Solutions is seeking a Senior Fire Protection Design Specialist for their client in the Orlando, FL area. This role involves overseeing fire protection design in commercial construction, ensuring compliance with building codes, and managing design teams while leading project efforts.
Human Resources
Hiring Manager
Laura Orozco
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in architectural engineering
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
Preferred
EIT or PE highly preferred
Benefits
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Life insurance
Company
LHH
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