FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST (FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE)
The Fire Protection Specialist designs, maintains, inspects, commissions, and troubleshoots fire and life safety systems across assigned sites. This role combines in-house fire protection design with hands-on field work: inspection, testing, maintenance, contractor oversight, and commissioning of alarm, detection, and water or gas-based suppression systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design fire alarm, detection, and water or gas-based suppression systems for new construction, renovations, and occupancy or process changes, including layouts, calculations, specifications, and design packages for internal review and AHJ submittals
- Manage operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of fire alarm and suppression systems
- Plan and execute inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire/life-safety systems (alarms, water-based sprinkler/suppression, gas-based/clean-agent systems, extinguishers) and drive deficiencies to closure
- Lead commissioning of fire/life-safety projects from planning through functional and acceptance testing, AHJ witness, and turnover (as-builts, programming, training, and spare parts)
- Provide oversight of fire protection contractors and related construction, including submittal review, field quality, impairments, and punchlist
- Coordinate with facilities trades, operations, environmental health and safety (EHS), contractors, and authorities having jurisdiction on installations, upgrades, certifications, and code interpretations
- Maintain drawings, device lists, calculations, inspection records, permits, and corrective-action logs in an audit-ready state through post-commissioning monitoring
- Verify assigned buildings and modifications remain compliant with adopted building and fire codes and that installed systems operate as designed
- Support fire hazard and risk review of materials, processes, storage, and layout changes that affect protection or egress
- Manage impairments, fire watches, and restoration of protection with documented control of risk
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- 2+ years of experience in the design of fire protection systems, including field installation, inspection, testing, and/or commissioning
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Current NICET certification in Fire Alarm Systems, Water-Based Systems (layout and/or inspection & testing), or Special Hazards Systems
- Working knowledge of building and fire codes and NFPA codes and standards (including NFPA 13, 25, 72, 70, and 2001)
- NICET certification in more than one relevant discipline
- Ability to program and troubleshoot fire alarm systems
- Ability to perform or review sprinkler hydraulic calculations and fire alarm or special-hazard design criteria
- Construction administration experience in an operating facility
- Knowledge of OSHA requirements
- Experience with wet/dry/pre-action sprinkler and gas-based/clean-agent systems
- Ability to lead project execution from design through commissioning
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral
- Willing to work extended hours and respond after hours as needed
- Willing to travel for specific project or site needs
- Able to work in active production, test, and construction environments and perform field inspections