LaBella Associates · 2 days ago
Senior Fire Protection Engineer / Team Leader
Poughkeepsie, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $150K/yr
10+ years expLaBella Associates is a company that provides complete building engineering services including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and structural engineering. The Senior Fire Protection Engineer / Team Leader will work with clients to provide holistic fire protection design for buildings, overseeing a team and managing projects to ensure quality delivery and business development.
ArchitectureConsulting
Responsibilities
Supervise fire protection engineering staff to develop fire protection concepts, strategies, construction documents and engineering reports for new building, and renovation projects
Develop a fire protection group that specializes in fire protection system design, fire alarm, fire code review, and fire and smoke modeling design
Responsible for design and management of design for of fire protection systems including fire sprinkler and fire alarm systems
Responsible for code and egress analysis for new building, building addition, and renovation projects
Responsible for design of smoke control systems using Contam or similar design software
Ability to provide mechanical leadership for both large multi-discipline design projects including fire protection design
Responsible for fire protection design related to corrections, higher education, laboratory, health care, and other typical market sectors
Ability to complete fire protection hydraulic calculations using industry software programs
Ability to complete fire alarm design
Interact directly with clients technically by completing analysis of design options, cost benefit comparisons, and communicating results to assist owner in decision making process
Responsible for developing and directing fire protection project team to meet project goals and maintain quality work product
Manage the fire protection project financial performance and schedule
Manage fire protection staff and resources to ensure efficient work flow
Client and Business Development
Proposal writing to initiate new business
Maintain client relationships
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 10 years of experience with a professional A/E services firm is preferred
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Fire Science is preferred
Strong writing, organizational and communications skills
Ability to work under pressure, and multi-task efficiently
Preferred
New York Professional Engineer's License is preferred
Benefits
Flexible Work Schedule
Health/Dental Insurance
401k Plan with Employer Match
Short & Long Term Disability
Profit Sharing
Paid Time Off
Leadership Development Program
Fitness Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement
Referral Bonus Program
Wellness Program
Team Building Events
Community Service Events
Company
LaBella Associates
LaBella Associates is an international Architecture, Engineering, Environmental and Planning firm headquartered in Rochester, NY.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Robert Pepe
Chief Financial Officer
Robert Healy
President
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