Associate - Fire Protection Engineering

Overview Jensen Hughes is looking to grow the team and has an early career opportunity for an Associate to join our fire protection engineering team in our Concord, CA office location. This position is open to recent grads or experienced early career Engineers with strong interest or experience in fire protection engineering. Working with us offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team. You will be given early responsibility and the opportunity to progress rapidly. Jensen Hughes encourage all Engineers to achieve professional licensed status, and we offer help and support during the process.Responsibilities Perform professional-level fire protection engineering services such as life safety code consulting, sprinkler design, fire alarm design, performance-based fire engineering design, under the direction of a P.E. or an experienced consultantDevelop plans, specifications, and inspection reports as needed on assigned tasks to see that these items are complete, accurate and in accordance with good professional service practice standardsAssist in the resolution of design problems that may include performing field investigations or inspections, detailed design work, and detailed checking of design computations done by others, or general coordination of specific design aspects into a projectIdentify applicable codes and standards to reference in evaluating how to respond to inquiriesConduct and document assigned work such as basic building code analyses, egress analyses, fire detection and alarm systems reviews, smoke control systems reviews, and basic sprinkler and water supply systems reviews, including hydraulic calculationsApply engineering calculations such as size required, means of egress, maximum allowable building area, sprinkler system water supplies and smoke control equipmentSubmit progress reports to Project Managers and Project LeadersEffectively communicate with project team members, clients and othersResponsible self-starter with problem solving and reasoning skillsQualifications Bachelor\'s degree (B.S.) or higher in Fire Protection, Mechanical, Civil or Architectural Engineering or other related engineering field and 0-3 years\' experienceDemonstrate effective written and oral communication skills to write reports, business correspondence, presentations and procedure manuals, and to respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and the general public#J-18808-Ljbffr

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