Senior Fire Protection Engineer

ABOUT THE TEPA COMPANIES

The Tepa Companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians. They deliver comprehensive and sustainable solutions to federal, state, local and private-sector clients throughout the United States. The tribally owned companies work independently and collaboratively to provide wide-ranging construction, engineering, environmental, industrial, staffing and technology services. Established in 2005, the Tepa Companies employ people in offices across the United States, including California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Texas.

When you join Tepa Companies, you have the opportunity to expand your entrepreneurial skill set while growing professionally alongside the best in the industry. You will have the opportunity to impact your team, the organization as a whole and subsequently, our Tribe.

We seek out top talent to provide the best services for our clients. We focus on being a responsible company for our employees and their families by creating a culture that reflects our core values and offering competitive pay and benefits packages. Tepa Companies is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity in the workforce.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Senior Fire Protection Engineer will support the design efforts for a variety of project types.  Primarily working on renovation designs that are tied to the DoD or GSA projects.  As the Senior Fire Protection Engineer, you will spend the majority of your time working on project designs, but will also be involved with design reviews and construction commissioning (making sure the designs are installed correctly).

Job responsibilities 

• Provides fire protection and life safety input on renovation designs that are tied to DoD or GSA.
• Leads coordination of fire protection engineering and life safety elements of the fire protection program, and in the operation of fire protection surveillance and alarm systems operations in compliance with current codes and standards and best industry practice.
• Conduct facility surveillance assessments.
• Assist with site-wide fire alarm operations.
• Review authorization basis documents relating to fire protection.
• Lead or supervise the research of information for fire protection life safety, and code compliance related activities.
• Support construction and commissioning of new facility projects, significant facility modifications, and new or modified programmatic and research activities for fire protection and life safety compliance to requirements and project specs.
• Review, provide feedback and approve contract documents consisting of drawings and specifications, which define changes to buildings and infrastructure.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, or similar from Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology accredited college or university 
• A minimum of ten (10) years' of Fire Protection design experience
• Licensed Professional Engineer
• Fire Protection Certifications
• AutoCAD design experience
• Capability of working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems
• Strong oral and written communication skills