Senior Fire Protection Engineer

Your Opportunity

Take the first step towards designing your career with Stantec. As a professional services firm we are seeking a Senior Fire Protection Engineer to join our growing North America Fire Protection Engineering Team. We are better together. Your role as a senior contributor on our professional consulting services team is to work independently on large projects of high complexity, and as a leader of a team or project through all phases of a project lifecycle. You are responsible for assisting with the development and growth of a fire protection engineering group equipped with up-to-date engineering and design tools and innovations, technical and supervisory capabilities and operating procedures to successfully and efficiently execute projects and consulting services resulting in client satisfaction and on-time delivery.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for large projects of high complexity.


• Conduct building and fire code reviews.


• Participate in client meetings, value analysis, and basic cost estimating.


• Provide direct supervision to assigned staff; develop staff skills and abilities by providing guidance and mentoring to strengthen technical abilities.


• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.


• Develop project scope, budget, and design approach for projects of various sizes and complexities.


• Oversee and manage multiple concurrent projects.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Requisite knowledge, interpretation, and application of Building codes and NFPA standards. 


• Strong knowledge of fire suppression. 


• Checks the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manages time to meet project budget and schedule.


• Participates and collaborates in project team setting with internal and external clients.


• Strong technical writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills.


• Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD.


• Experience with CFD modeling software (i.e. FDS, ASCOS) is preferred but not required.


• Experience performing site visits and creating field reports and “punch lists”.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Fire Protection Engineering or related engineering discipline. Masters in Fire Protection preferred but not required.


• Minimum of 10+ years of progressively responsible experience.


• Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) who has passed the fire protection engineering examination administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying required.  


• Experience on data center projects preferred.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About Stantec 

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.