Fire Protection Engineer (Structural) - Entry Level

Designing a better world is more than a career, it’s a calling! Come work with a team of professionals dedicated to design excellence at Coffman Engineers’ San Diego office.

We are seeking a dynamic, innovative, and quality-oriented Structural Fire Protection Engineer with zero to three years of experience to perform consulting services for internal and external clients.

You must have a background in Civil / Structural Engineering, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills along with a high-level ability to manage multiple clients and projects at a given time.  The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, have a desire to learn and grow with a multidiscipline engineering team, and be excited to join in the fun.

Desired Skills and Duties

• Understand structural building systems, assemblies and components.

• Provide fire and life safety code consulting for relevant ICC (IBC, IFC, IMC) codes and NFPA standards.

• Able to assist in performing consulting services for internal clients, utilizing Fire Protection Engineering technical skills, including but not limited to: automatic suppression system design; fire detection, alarm and communication system design; code analysis; egress analysis; fire resistant construction analysis; smoke control analysis; as well as general fire protection and life safety concepts and research.

• Develop fire models, smoke control models/analysis, and pressurization models/analysis.

• Review and provide consulting for life safety, building, and fire code compliance.

• Perform structural calculations based on fire exposure conditions and heat transfer analysis.

• Participate in internal team meetings and external client meetings.

• Collaborate with multiple teams across multiple offices in a multidiscipline environment.

• Perform research and documentation for internal and external distribution.

• Attend and participate in local and national trade organizations, such as SFPE and NFPA.