# Early Careers Fire and Life Safety Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Columbia, MD
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $68,000 - $90,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Full-Time Early Career Fire and Life Safety Engineer to join our team in one of our offices: Arlington, VA; Boston, MA; Columbia, MD; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; or New York, NY.

As a Fire and Life Safety Engineer, you will be involved in projects with our Fire and Life Safety (FLS) Team, providing technical assistance for the design, development, site survey, testing, and inspection of fire and life safety systems on building projects in the public and private sector.

Responsibilities include:

- Researching building code, life safety code, and fire code requirements, including ICC and NFPA codes

- Assisting with the design of fire protection and life safety engineering systems, such as automatic fire sprinkler systems, fire detection and alarm systems, smoke management systems, and egress systems

- Preparing fire engineering calculations, including smoke modeling and evacuation analysis

- Assisting in the commissioning of fire alarm, fire suppression, smoke control, and life safety systems

- Performing routine engineering functions and providing entry-level technical assistance on various code requirements, calculations, and design strategies

- Reviewing architectural drawings for compliance with building and fire code requirements

- Producing fire safety strategy documents to inform and support the chosen building characteristics throughout the design process

Requirements:

- Bachelor or Master of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering or Mechanical Engineering (with fire protection focus)

- 0 to 1 year of fire protection and life safety experience

- Excellent research skills with analytical mindset

- Competent interpersonal and communication skills

- Proficient self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities

- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance

- Retirement savings

- Paid sick leave

- Paid vacation

- Paid parental leave

- Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and naturalization proceedings

Compensation: $68,000 - $90,000

## Skills

### Required
- Fire Protection Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- ICC codes
- NFPA codes
- Fire alarm systems
- Smoke management systems
- Egress systems

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