Fire Protection Engineer (PE)

Washington, DC

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!

Chenega Architecture Design Solutions (CADS) is an Alaskan Native Small Disadvantaged Business, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chenega Corporation. We solve complex challenges with dedication and excellence—keeping clients and stakeholders informed at every step. Our professionals have been serving clients for more than three decades.

We make our clients’ priorities our own so that we can develop consistent, long-term partnerships with all of our customers. Fulfilling our commitments to our clients and projects is the backbone of those relationships, and our ability to be agile and flexible is a big part of our success.

The Fire Protection Engineer PE will provide fire protection labor support within the NAVFAC Washington area of responsibility performing various tasks/services.

Responsibilities

• Fire protection engineering design and production support from project inception through
• Develop and execute projects with both Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build delivery methods.
• Provide technical leadership/mentorship to junior engineers/designers and review other fire protection engineers’ work for code compliance and constructability.
• Estimate design efforts.
• Provide technical expertise in negotiations with architectural engineering firms and general contractors. The contractor does not have the scope of authority to negotiate/bind the government to a contract.
• Address contractor submittals and requests for information (RFIs).
• Provide technical leadership/mentorship to junior engineers/designers.
• Review other fire protection engineers' work for code compliance and constructability.
• Estimate design effort and assist in negotiations with architectural engineering firms and general contractors.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline and PE required
• 5 years of experience in the following:
• Fire protection design and evaluation of new and existing facilities
• Fire protection engineer facility designer for new and existing buildings
• Professional registration as a Licensed Fire Protection Engineer in a state or territory within the United States is required
• Experience with the full gambit of Fire Protection responsibilities, including:
• Fire alarm and detection
• Water-based suppression systems
• Foam systems
• Clean agent systems
• Kitchen Protection
• Special hazard design
• Final DoD Secret clearance

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of NFPA, ICC, and UFC codes
• Experience in Construction Management/Scheduling and Cost-estimating
• Competent to develop complete construction documents, including drawings and specifications, for new and renovation projects
• Experience with field inspections and review of installed components
• Ability to use AutoCAD and other design software
• Ability to prepare and provide high-level briefs to senior leadership
• Oral and written communication skills must be advanced
• Able to travel to Patuxent River, MD at least once a week

How you’ll grow

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

Benefits

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.

Chenega MIOS’s culture

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.

Corporate citizenship

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.

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Our wide range of benefit options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Based on eligibility, benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, wellness programs, income protection, paid leave, and retirement. Positions covered by the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act, Davis-Bacon Act, or a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) will comply with the statute or CBA requirements.

Chenega Corporation and family of companies is an EOE.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Native preference under PL 93-638.

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