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HII · 4 days ago

MGR FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING 3

Newport News, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

6+ years exp

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, specializing in the design, building, and refueling of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines. The role involves managing the fire protection engineering function, overseeing fire safety initiatives, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations.

Health CarePublic Safety

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Plans, organizes and manages the fire protection engineering function under senior management direction

Responsible for directing all activities associated with fire protection engineering, including the development and implementation of a comprehensive program to ensure effective monitoring of each operating site's activities to assess fire protection and life safety implications

Responsible for the review of all building construction designs, fire protection oversight and audit programs, fire loss control methodologies, fire safety inspection reports, property damage investigation reports and fire prevention training activities

Develops short and long range plans to maintain the highest standards of fire protection

Maintains state-of-the-art knowledge in areas of responsibility through contacts with industry peers and involvement with fire protection engineering associations

Develops new policies and procedures to incorporate fire protection standards promulgated by NFPA, OSHA, EPA, DOE, DOD and other Federal, State and local agencies

Guides the establishment of monitoring and control procedures

Directs all investigation and analysis of all facets of any major fire within the organization to determine the origin, cause, and what, if any breakdown in the fire protection plans and procedures may have occurred

Develops remedial plans for approval by senior management

Provides leadership direction to supervisory and professional staff in the functional unit

Qualification

Fire protection engineeringEngineering degreeRegistered Professional EngineerNFPA standardsLeadershipCommunicationTeam management

Required

Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of progressive technical experience in research, engineering and design; Master's Degree and 6 years of relevant experience; PhD and 4 years of relevant experience

Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program