Fire Protection Engineering

At Coffman Engineers, we serve as both prime consultant and sub consultant on projects large and small, including commercial, retail, institutional, government, industrial, and project/construction management. Incorporated in 1979, we have employees in more than 24 locations serving clients across the United States and overseas.

To meet client objectives and to integrate our many disciplines, we can create teams comprised of civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and corrosion control, as well as project/construction managers and professionals in a variety of specialty services. This ability has made us a leader in the engineering and construction communities, and has strengthened our reputation as being progressive, innovative, and a great place to work.

Coffman Engineers is seeking a Fire Protection Engineer with three to five years of working experience, who wants to be a part of our office growth and culture. The successful candidate will have a desire to work, grow, and have fun with a multi-discipline engineering team. The successful individual will have a passion for protecting lives from fire risks in the built environment. The ideal candidate will have a fire protection engineering degree, however, an engineering degree in other fields (mechanical, architectural, civil, etc.) with working experience in fire protection will also be considered.

This position will support the team in providing our clients with: fire and life safety code analysis; egress analysis; fire resistant rated construction analysis; automatic suppression system design and analysis; fire detection, alarm and communication system design and analysis; smoke control system design and special inspections; site inspections and witness of life safety system testing; fire hazard analysis; performance-based design; as well as general fire protection and life safety concepts.

The Denver Fire Protection Engineering department collectively has 50+ years of experience in Fire Protection Engineering across our department of six, all of whom will provide you with training, mentorship, and support to help you grow your career. We enjoy working together collaboratively in the office and supporting each other to deliver good engineering work that makes the world a safer place.

Bachelor’s degree (B.from accredited college or university in Fire Protection Engineering or Fire Sciences. S. in other engineering field combined with fire protection work experience also considered.

Must be able to obtain a US security clearance.

Intermediate level computer skills necessary for daily activities, including email, word processing, spreadsheets, and simple graphics.

Working in-person in our Westminster, CO office, full-time, Monday through Friday.

Technical writing skills.

Project management skills for managing internal projects as well as external client needs.

Attend and participate in local and national professional organizations, such as SFPE and NFPA.

Perform building and fire code analysis and code interpretations.

Prepare life safety plans.

Perform analysis of existing fire protection systems, as well as designing new fire protection systems including suppression systems, fire detection, alarm and mass notification systems

Utilization of AutoCAD, Revit to prepare fire protection system designs.

Utilization of FDS, Pyrosim, CONTAM programs to execute performance-based design efforts.

No relocation assistance is provided.

We support and encourage individually tailored professional and technical advancement as well as personal growth. We offer an excellent salary/benefits package, a desirable location, and a professional office environment with the opportunity to work on exciting projects.

Our Denver office ranked #6 in the Medium Business category, making us the highest-ranked engineering consulting group on the list.

Coffman offers comprehensive benefits, including a flexible PTO program and family-friendly policies. Our Denver Metro office is located in Westminster, close to Westminster promenade with restaurants, shopping, and conveniences. S. and overseas from more than 24 locations

Multi-discipline engineering services plus corrosion control, commissioning and project/construction management

• 27 Top 80 Engineering Firms, Building Design+Construction, 2019
• 157 Top 500 Design Firms, Engineering News-Record, 2022

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