Fire Protection Engineer

Hiring Department: Fire Prevention Services

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40

FLSA Status: Exempt

Earliest Start Date: Immediately

Position Duration: Expected to Continue

Locations: AUSTIN, TX, UT MAIN CAMPUS

Fire Prevention Services ensures a safe environment for faculty, staff, and students by providing an up-to-date prevention program. Our fire safety professionals monitor all university buildings for compliance with local and state requirements and work closely with the community to perform the inspections and drills necessary to lower the risk and potential repercussions of fire on campus.

Your skills will make a difference. You'll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will contribute to operational excellence and enhance the student experience. If you're the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you'll like working in our department and for UT Austin. UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities.
• Tuition assistance
• Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
• Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card
• Free rides on all UT shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card

Purpose

Fire Prevention Services (FPS) ensures a safe environment for students, faculty, and staff by providing a comprehensive fire prevention program. Our dedicated team of fire protection engineers and certified fire inspectors ensure compliance with state and local fire codes via thorough inspections, plan reviews, and community outreach. We work closely with the university community on a variety of complex fire and life safety issues to protect and promote a world-class university experience.

Responsibilities

• Conducts design reviews for new construction and renovation projects to ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards including IBC, NFPA 101, NFPA 1, NFPA 13, and NFPA 72.
• Collaborates with project teams and owners to solve complex fire and life safety challenges for novel, complex, mission critical, and historic buildings.
• Conducts inspections and compliance checks for building construction and fire protection systems.
• Develops and updates campus standards and specifications for fire protection systems and life safety equipment at the university.
• Provides fire and life safety code consulting and risk analysis to building managers, laboratories, CSUs, Campus Operations, and FPS staff to meet regulatory requirements and best practices to mitigate risk from fire.
• Examines, offers feedback on, and authorizes relevant permit applications.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in fire protection engineering or related field plus 6 years of experience, or Masters degree in fire protection engineering or related field plus 5 years of experience in design or review of fire protection systems and building fire safety and egress features. Comprehensive understanding of building and fire codes, including: International Building Code, International Fire Code, NFPA 101, NFPA 1, NFPA 13, NFPA 72, NFPA 45 and NFPA 30. Proficiency in reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications to verify compliance codes, standards, and other requirements. Proven ability to manage multiple project assignments to complete work accurately and on time. Strong communication skills with the ability to interact with project teams, construction personnel, clients, and management to convey technical information and requirements in a meaningful way to the appropriate audience.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Degree in fire protection engineering plus 10 years of experience in design review of fire protection systems and life safety features in new construction and major renovation projects. Strong background in fire sprinkler, standpipe, and fire pump system design or plan review. Experience in applying codes and standards in hospital construction and renovation projects. Experience developing or approving alternate means and methods and rational analyses for performance-based compliance with codes and standards.

Driving Required

This job requires a class "C" operators drivers license. The applicant selected must provide a current three-year driving record from the current state of residence. If not currently a Texas resident, a Texas drivers license must be obtained within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident.

Salary Range

$115,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

Environmental Demands:

• Uniforms and/or personal protection equipment (furnished)
• May work in all weather conditions
• May work in extreme temperatures
• May work around chemical fumes
• May work around standard office conditions
• May work around biohazards
• May work around chemicals
• May work around electrical and mechanical hazards

Physical Tasks:

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Use of manual dexterity
• Climbing of stairs
• Climbing of ladders
• Lifting and moving

Additional Working Conditions:

• May be required to work in confined spaces, manholes, tunnels, elevated work, extended shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Considerable walking, standing, squatting, stooping, and moving of heavy materials and equipment in all weather conditions.
• May be required to use of personal protective equipment (PPE) while performing duties.
• May be required to pass a physical examination.
• May be exposed to loud noise, high dust and allergen levels.
• May be required to lift up to 50lbs. Often required to twist, grasp, push, pull and bend.
• May be required to operate forklifts, personnel lifts and cranes. Operate job related equipment.
• May be required to perform elevated work. Occasional work from ladders and/or scaffolds.
• May require tuberculosis screening and occasional use of a respirator.
• Drive University vehicles. Maintain acceptable driver rating as established in Policy: UTS157 Section 2.5.4.
• Participate in on-call program.

Work Shift

• 40 Hour Work Week Schedule; Monday-Friday, 08:00 AM 05:00 PM

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

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