Join us in providing top-tier fire protection safety solutions for commercial and residential properties nationwide. We are dedicated to innovation, excellence, and delivering reliable fire protection systems to our clients. Be part of a dynamic team that values expertise, collaboration, and growth opportunities as we continue to expand our reach and impact in the industry.
Responsibilities:
- Design fire protection sprinkler systems with as much accuracy and detail as possible to enable the field installation to be completed with as few design errors as possible.
- Reviews work order and procedural manuals to determine critical dimensions of design and designs fire protection sprinkler systems within allocated hours for each job.
- Calculates figures to convert design dimensions to resizing dimensions specified for subsequent production, layout and installation processes.
- Submits design plans to proper department leadership for approval and obtains permits as required.
- Confers with engineering and design staff to determine design modifications and enters editing information into computer.
- Keys in specified information to produce graphic representation (hard copy) of design for review and approval by engineering and design staff.
- Makes final sketch of proposed drawing, checking dimension of parts, materials to be used, relation of one part to another, and relation of various parts to whole structure or project.
- Make revisions to size, shape and arrangement of parts to create practical design drawings.
- Sketches rough layout of system and computes angles, weights, surface areas, dimensions, radii, clearances, tolerances, leverages and location of holes.
- Drafts detailed multi-view drawings of layout and systems.
Competencies
- Ability to read blueprints for fire sprinkler layout.
- Ability to make technical presentation internally and to customers.
- Must have a sound working knowledge of NFPA 13 and related codes.
- Prefer to have survey skills and an understanding of the construction coordination process.
Education and/or Experience
- 3-5 years related experience and/or training in the design of fire alarm, water, foam and gas delivery systems; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bachelors degree preferred
Computer Skills
- Knowledge of CAD design software
- Microsoft Office products word processing software
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- NICET certification preferred but not required
