Plumbing and fire protection engineer
Education: B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent (mandatory). ASPE affiliation,
NICET awareness, or fire protection coursework is a plus
Job description:
own the wet-side scope of US building
projects — domestic water, sanitary and storm drainage, natural gas, and fire suppression systems —
from sizing calculations through coordinated construction documents and construction administration.
Plumbing design is executed in full; fire protection work centres on system design criteria, sprinkler
layouts, and performance specifications, coordinated with the fire protection contractor’s detailed shop
drawings and hydraulic calculations
Plumbing Design & Engineering
• Design domestic cold and hot water systems using fixture-unit methodology — pipe sizing,
booster pumps, water heater selection, mixing and recirculation provisions
Design sanitary waste and vent, storm drainage (including overflow provisions), and natural gas
piping systems per the applicable plumbing and fuel gas codes.
• Size and specify interceptors, backflow prevention, and water treatment provisions as required
by the project and jurisdiction.
• Select and schedule plumbing fixtures and equipment; verify water-efficiency requirements
(EPAct, state codes, CALGreen / LEED where applicable).
Fire Protection Design
• Develop fire suppression design criteria — hazard classification, density / area requirements,
and water supply analysis — per NFPA 13.
• Prepare sprinkler system layouts, standpipe designs (NFPA 14), and fire pump arrangements
(NFPA 20), including underground fire service mains (NFPA 24).
• Understand hydraulic calculation principles and review the fire protection contractor’s shop
drawings and calculations against the design intent.
• Coordinate fire protection systems with architecture, structure, and the other MEP disciplines —
ceiling coordination, pipe routing, and equipment access.
Construction Documents & BIM
• Produce complete, code-compliant construction document sets in Revit to office standards
across SD, DD, CD, and CA phases.
• Coordinate with mechanical and electrical disciplines; resolve clashes and integration issues
before drawings are issued, using Navisworks and BIM coordination sessions.
• Draft project-specific specification sections for plumbing and fire suppression systems
(MasterFormat Divisions 21 / 22).
Construction Administration
• Own the RFI workflow on your projects — receive, interpret, respond, log, and track to closure,
with responses that need minimal revision from the US team.
• Prepare plan check / AHJ comment responses and resolution drawings for US jurisdiction
submissions.
• Review vendor submittals and fire protection shop drawings, evaluate substitution requests, and
coordinate with vendors and manufacturers’ representatives.
• Assist with change order documentation, participate in punch list development, and review
designs for constructability before issue
QA QC
Standard and tools
People management
US/ Client interface
Tool Expected proficiency
Revit (MEP) Mid: advanced — models plumbing and fire protection systems from
scratch, coordinated sheets, schedules. Senior: expert — sets model
standards, resolves model health issues, reviews others’ work.
AutoCAD Proficient to expert — fast, accurate 2D production to office standards.
Sizing & calc tools Proficient — fixture-unit, storm, and gas sizing via team calculation
templates; able to build a structured calculation sheet from scratch.
Hydraulic calc tools Awareness of sprinkler hydraulic calculation software outputs; Senior:
reviews contractor calculations at a technical level.
Navisworks Familiar — clash detection and BIM coordination sessions. Senior: leads
India-side coordination.
Excel / Bluebeam Strong — calculation workbooks, drawing markups and review sets
Plumbing codes IPC / UPC — sizing, venting, materials, and water supply protection — as
the model-code foundation, plus awareness of how states amend them.
Fuel gas IFGC / NFPA 54 — gas pipe sizing and appliance connection
requirements.
Fire protection NFPA 13 (sprinklers), 14 (standpipes), 20 (fire pumps), 24 (fire service
mains) — design-criteria command; IBC / IFC interface for system
requirements.
Primary markets
(added advantage)
California — CPC (Title 24 Part 5) and California Fire Code; Florida —
Florida Building Code (Plumbing) and the Florida Fire Prevention Code
(NFPA-based); Georgia — state amendments to IPC; New York — NYC
Plumbing Code and NYC Fire Code / FDNY requirements. Experience in
any of these regimes is an added advantage, not a prerequisite.
Water efficiency EPAct fixture requirements; CALGreen / LEED water credits where
applicable.
Specifications Divisions 21 / 22 (MasterFormat) — drafts project-specific sections; Senior
authors and approves the full package.
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