Life Safety Consultant - Early Career (West Coast)

Code Red Consultants is accepting applications for early career Life Safety Consultants to join our growing West Coast team. In this role you will work in collaboration with a team of talented engineers and project managers to provide professional assistance on fire and life safety issues through code consulting, fire protection design, and fire & life safety related special inspection and testing services for designers, builders, developers, owners, and property managers.

This entry level position is ideal for recent graduates with a STEM degree, ideally with a focus on Fire Protection engineering.

What You Will Do

• Conduct on-site visual inspection of existing buildings for compliance with building, fire, life safety, and accessibility codes.
• Write comprehensive code reports outlining a building’s fire protection and life safety features and its compliance with applicable codes.
• Perform code reviews of architectural and engineering plans for compliance with applicable codes.
• Attend meetings with clients, owners, and authorities having jurisdiction to review code compliance strategies and solutions.
• Provide performance-based design solutions such as fire modeling, egress modeling, and structural fire resistance analyses.
• Develop code summary, life safety, and egress plans illustrating fire protection and life safety features of buildings in AutoCAD and Revit.
• Perform commissioning and inspections of fire protection and life safety systems.
• Conduct fire stop special inspections.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, architectural, or industrial engineering from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. A degree in Fire Protection Engineering (FPE) is preferred but not required.
• Emerging leadership skills, strong work ethic and ability to work independently.
• Self-motivated, and team oriented.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Capable of managing multiple priorities in deadline driven situations.
• Proactive communication, and time management skills.
• Interest in working with a small, integrated team focused on driving results and providing valuable services to our clients.
• Our engineers are expected to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and obtain PE licensure.
• AutoCAD and/or Revit experience preferred.
• Examples of client service and team-centered project work.

Work Environment

Professional office, field/project sites and remote office work.

Benefits and Compensation

We offer an excellent compensation package which includes a competitive base salary, discretionary quarterly bonuses, generous paid time off benefits, 401K employer contributions and retirement benefits, cost shared medical and dental insurance, tuition reimbursement and 100% paid vision, life and disability insurance. 

Estimated Salary Range: $80,000 to $90,000 (annually), plus eligibility for discretionary quarterly bonuses. This compensation range and general benefits overview reflect Code Red Consultants’ good faith estimate for this position. This range considers various factors involved in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to the successful applicant’s skills, experience, education, licensure and internal equity. 

Code Red Consultants is an equal opportunity employer.