
Fire Protection Engineer II
Location
Virginia, USA
Level
Applications Engineer
Department
Type
Full - Time
Salary
$80,000-$120,000
Job Description
Posted on:
August 5, 2025
AECOM is actively seeking a Fire Protection Engineer II . For this role, AECOM offers the freedom and flexibility to work on our hybrid schedule being a combination of in office time and remote work. This person would be seated in our Arlington, VA office.
Responsibilities
- Prepare deliverables and products such as presentation materials, calculations, design drawings, specifications, cost estimates related to fire protection engineering.
- Review applicable codes and criteria and examine field conditions as required to support development and completion of projects.
- Serve as a fire protection engineer in design or site survey tasks as required.
- Design of fire detection, fire suppression and emergency signaling systems equipment and procedures in accordance with all applicable governing Codes and Standards and industry best practices.
- Development of performance-based design analyses utilizing fire protection engineering principles, code analyses, consultation with authorities having jurisdiction, computer-based fire modeling, egress calculations, and other available resources as necessary to suit the specific of each application.
- Creation of fire detection and emergency signaling system design and layout plans, schematics, equipment specifications, supporting design calculations, system narratives, and construction specifications.
- Creation of fire suppression system design criteria, specifications and layouts, preliminary hydraulic calculations, fire pump selection specifications, and fire detection system integration.
- Creation of special hazard fire protection designs, including but not limited to aspirating and beam-type smoke detection, video imaging detection, flame detection, suppression system monitoring and control and smoke control system integration.
- Creation of integration designs between life safety and building services systems as required to comply with all applicable codes, standards and system operating objectives, including but not limited to information technology, telephone, security, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing.
Job Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in fire protection engineering and 2 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
- Valid US Driver’s License, and as a condition of employment, pass AECOM's motor vehicle records review.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience in the field of Fire Protection Engineering.
- Exceptional knowledge in fire suppression, fire alarm, and life safety aspects of building design.
- Proficient with various codes and standards including the IBC and NFPA codes as well as experienced working with local code amendments and government standards such as the UFCs and P100.
- Experienced in working as part of a multidisciplinary team and coordinating with others to accomplish a complete project design.
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Able to travel both locally and abroad for project needs approximately once every couple months. (Less than 20% of your time)
- Experienced with Revit and AutoCAD as well as other relevant design tools.
Additional Information
- Relocation assistance is not available for this role
- Sponsorship for US Employment Authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.