Experienced Fire Alarm Designer
Core
Designing code-compliant fire alarm systems for highly technical industrial facilities and complexes, including circuitry, calculations, and submittals.
Role type
Senior Fire Alarm Designer (Design Lead)
Builds
Fire alarm system designs, shop drawings, product data books, and bill of materials for industrial projects.
Domain
Fire protection engineering / Industrial facilities
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Fire alarm system design, floor plan circuitry, battery and voltage drop calculations, sequence of operations, network layouts, electrical wiring details, riser design, AutoCAD, code compliance analysis, bill of materials development, CAD support oversight, pre-sales estimating, system commissioning verification.
Preferred skills
Canada Fire Alarm Association (CFAA) certification/membership.
Technologies
AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Sales Force, MS Teams, Adobe Acrobat, BlueBeam
Responsibilities
Create accurate fire alarm system designs and submittal packages; organize and plan workload while directing other design team members; facilitate reviews of high-complexity initial designs; coordinate detailed technical submissions and schematics; oversee CAD Support Technicians in preparing project submissions; complete detailed calculations to verify code compliance; develop bill of materials; participate in pre/post project design and site coordination meetings; support field technical staff and design team members with technical inquiries; provide pre-sales estimate support; mentor CAD Support Technicians; monitor project hours and coding.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with design lead responsibilities
