Design Hire is seeking a Fire Protection Engineer to join a highly collaborative engineering team supporting complex building projects from initial design through construction. This role offers the opportunity to work across fire protection, life safety, and building engineering while contributing technical expertise to both new construction and renovation projects. The team values thoughtful engineering, strong coordination, and practical solutions that meet the needs of clients and project stakeholders.
Objective
Provide senior-level fire protection engineering expertise to develop safe, code-compliant solutions and guide projects through design, documentation, and implementation while balancing technical requirements, project objectives, and client needs.
Key Responsibilities
Develop fire sprinkler, fire alarm, smoke control, and other fire protection systems for renovation and new construction projects.
Perform fire code reviews, egress analysis, code analysis, and fire & smoke modeling to evaluate life safety conditions and project compliance.
Complete fire protection hydraulic calculations using applicable hydraulic calculation software and perform field work to document existing conditions.
Prepare construction documents, engineering reports, and technical specifications, coordinating designs with architects, engineers, contractors, and other project disciplines.
Support construction administration, project scheduling, financial management, cost-benefit analysis, and proposal writing throughout the project lifecycle.
Qualifications
Minimum of 10 years of experience with a professional A/E services firm is preferred.
Active New York Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Fire Science is preferred.
Experience with Contam and other tools used for fire and smoke analysis.
Strong knowledge of applicable fire protection and life safety standards, regulations, and industry practices.
Ability to interpret technical information, develop engineering recommendations, and communicate findings to clients and project teams.
Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design efforts and supporting projects through construction.
Strong written, verbal, organizational, and technical problem-solving skills.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Design Hire is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Employment Eligibility if hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Albany, New York
Skills
Administrative Skillsunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Architectural Designunmatched
Architectural Engineeringunmatched
Code Reviewsunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Constructionunmatched
Construction Administrationunmatched
Construction Designunmatched
Construction Document Setunmatched
Construction Projectsunmatched
Construction Supportunmatched
Cost Benefit Analysisunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Financial Managementunmatched
Fire Alarmunmatched
Fire Assessmentunmatched
Fire Safetyunmatched
Fire Suppression/Controlunmatched
Hydraulic Engineeringunmatched
Internet/Online Serviceunmatched
Life Safety Systemsunmatched
Mechanical Engineeringunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Professional Engineerunmatched
Project Designunmatched
Project Lifecycleunmatched
Project Scheduleunmatched
Proposal Writingunmatched
Regulationsunmatched
Safety Standardsunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched
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