Fire & Life Safety Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

 HDR's Fire & Life Safety Engineer will serve in a key role in providing and delivering Fire & Life Safety design services, including active and passive fire and Life Safety systems; code consulting; Life Safety and egress evaluations; performance-based design; fire/smoke/egress modeling; inspection and plan review; hazard and risk analysis; emergency management and planning; structural fire protection; fire root cause analysis; and accessibility consulting.

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Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related engineering field, and 6 months of experience in fire protection design or a Bachelor's Degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related engineering field and 3 years of experience in fire protection design.
• Required experience may be professional, internship, or undergraduate/graduate academic research experience.
• Proficient in:  tunnel smoke modeling and smoke movement behavior analysis; fire dynamic analysis and calculation; risk analysis; building code analysis; Life Safety and egress evaluations; performance-based design; FDS simulation; Pyrosim; Pathfinder; CFAST; MATLAB; and Excel VBA.  Proficiency may have been gained through academic coursework, academic research experience, or work experience.
• Accepting licensed and unlicensed candidates.  Professional Engineer licensure is not a prerequisite for this position.
• NOTE:  All HDR positions in the US may be subject to background checks and/or pre-employment drug testing.

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