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Fire Protection Engineer

$62k - $141k

Booz Allen Hamilton

Job Number: R0251938

Fire Protection Engineer

The Opportunity:

As a Fire Protection Engineer, you'll serve as a subject matter expert on fire protection and life safety issues affecting government facilities. You'll review design and other technical documents for construction activities and operations to ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards. You'll identify optimal fire protection solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity. You'll conduct inspections of construction to validate compliance of fire protection and life safety aspects.

What You'll Work On:

  • Review planning, programming, architectural, and engineering design documents and other technical documents for proposed construction activities.
  • Review and conduct comprehensive fire safety audits, inspections, and investigations of company operations to ensure compliance with fire protections codes and standards.
  • Conduct inspections of new construction and renovations to validate compliance of fire protection and life safety aspects.
  • Witness acceptance testing and commissioning of fire protection systems and equipment to validate functional compliance.
  • Assist with corporate fire protection governance and policy, standard operating procedures, and facility design standards.
  • Attend professional meetings within the government to benchmark how industry and other government agencies are addressing similar issues.
  • Prepare internal briefings, fact sheets, newsletter articles, and other communications of fire protection and life safety topics and support data collection and metrics development.
  • Contribute to the company records and knowledge management activities.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

  • 3+ years of experience in the fire protection field
  • Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
  • Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering
  • Ability to obtain a Professional Engineer (PE) License before start date

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience in the fire protection aspects of facility design, construction, and commissioning, including egress, passive fire protection, fire alarm, and fire suppression systems
  • Experience with the Unified Facilities Criteria, the International Building Code, and the NFPA Codes and Standards, including NFPA 1, 13, 70, 72, 75, and 10
  • Experience in architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering disciplines to evaluate and critique coordinated integration of fire protection concepts into large facilities projects
  • Ability to travel to domestic and international locations
  • Possession of excellent customer service skills
  • Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Graduate of a Fire Protection Engineering Program, including ABET-EAC
  • Completion of the fire protection engineering written examination administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
  • Registered PE License

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided .

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote : If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid : If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite : If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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