Principal Fire Protection Engineer
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Principal Fire Protection Engineer leading fire and life safety systems for SOLV Energy’s utility-scale solar, storage, and power infrastructure projects. Setting standards, overseeing consultants, and supporting commissioning.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the technical authority and strategic lead for fire and life safety systems across utility-scale energy storage, power, and industrial EPC projects
- Provide expert guidance on complex fire safety challenges and risk mitigation
- Establish company-wide engineering standards, design criteria, and best practices
- Lead and participate in national fire protection code and standards committees
- Serve as the primary technical interface with AHJs, fire marshals, insurers, and independent engineers
- Travel to attend in-person meetings as required
- Develop project-specific basis-of-design documents for fire protection systems
- Develop scopes of work, RFPs, and evaluation criteria for third-party fire protection EOR firms and equipment vendors
- Manage and oversee fire protection EORs, including design deliverable schedules and engineering budgets
- Perform QA/QC of third-party work products, including Hazard Mitigation Analysis, Emergency Response Plan, and Fire Alarm Design
- Collaborate with electrical and SCADA engineering disciplines
- Optimize fire protection designs for cost, performance, and constructability
- Provide technical support during fire system testing and commissioning
- Engage with owners to answer questions about fire protection design and strategy
- Provide technical training to the SOLV team
Requirements:
- 10+ years of fire protection engineering experience
- At least 2 years of energy infrastructure experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering or a closely related discipline from an accredited institution
- Proven experience working with Authorities Having Jurisdiction, fire marshals, and code officials
- Advanced understanding of fire protection engineering principles
- Experience managing or reviewing work by external engineering consultants, owner’s engineers, or peer reviewers on complex projects
- Working knowledge of NFPA, IBC, UL 9540/9540A, UL855, applicable building codes, engineering principles, and industry best practices
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work independently and within a team environment
- Ability to work across disciplines and time zones
- Ability to manage multiple consultant contracts and deliverables in parallel
- Commitment to safety
- Strong sense of urgency
- Strong communication and project coordination skills
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
- Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in Fire Protection Engineering preferred
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance
- Company 401(k) plan
- Vacation pay
- Sick pay
- Holiday pay
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