Fire Protection Designer

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.

Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.

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Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a Fire Protection Designer to join our Buildings Engineering team. This role is ideal for a motivated designer with experience preparing fire protection design documents and coordinating building systems within a multidisciplinary project environment.

The Fire Protection Designer will support the development of fire alarm, fire suppression, and special hazard system designs under limited supervision. This position offers the opportunity to work on a variety of project types while continuing to grow technical design, code coordination, and project delivery skills.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Design fire alarm, fire suppression, and special hazard systems.

• Review and develop fire alarm and fire protection system plans.

• Support life safety and building code consulting efforts.

• Collaborate with a variety of engineering and architectural disciplines.

• Develop site fire protection features and fire department access plans.

• Communicate with clients and write technical reports.

• Under limited supervision, coordinate and prepare schematic design, design development, and construction documents.

• Assist in spatial coordination with architecture and other engineering systems.

• Work collaboratively in a cross-discipline environment to produce integrated project documents and ensure integrated design approaches and solutions.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Experience in fire suppression, fire alarm, and special hazard system design.

• Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, and fire protection-related computational programs.

• Knowledge of ICC and NFPA codes and standards.

• CFPS, EIT, and/or NICET certification preferred.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with engineers, designers, and project teams.

Education and Experience

• Associate degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 4 years of related fire protection design experience preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Primary Location: United States | TX | Houston
Other Locations: United States | TX | Austin
Organization: BC-4011 Buildings-US Acquisition PSP Houston BE
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: Replacement
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 29/06/ :06:06
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