Intern

Job Title:

Fire Protection Sprinkler Design Intern

Who We Are

Northstar Fire Protection of Texas is a Texas based company. Northstar has been on the forefront of the fire protection industry since 1980. With offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix, and Atlanta, GA we have grown to be a nationally recognized company. Northstar engineers, fabricates, and installs fire alarm and detection systems for structures including commercial, government, data centers, manufacturing plants, semi-conductor plants, healthcare, high-rise condominiums, and mixed-use projects.

We joined Shambaugh & Son, L.P., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. and together we perform more than $1 billion of construction projects per year with over 2,900 employees throughout 50 states from our home office in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

We recognize people as our most important resource, and it is our mission to produce the industry’s highest level of quality services and productivity on every project to develop repeat customers and provide professional growth opportunities for people in the organization.

Job Summary:

Northstar Fire Protection of Texas is looking for a Fire Protection Sprinkler Intern. You will be responsible for assisting in designing layouts using AutoCAD/HydraCAD and creating hydraulic calculations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in the design and the layout of Fire Sprinkler systems
• Read, analyze and interpret contract documents, including all disciplines of construction drawings and specifications
• Work with and comprehend mathematical concepts including hydraulic calculations and project cost analysis
• Familiarize with fire sprinkler designs with AutoCAD, HydraCAD, AutoSprink, and Revit
• Provide lists for fabrication
• Other duties assigned
  
  

Qualifications:

• Working toward a Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or business discipline preferred or equivalent experience.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and mathematical aptitude, with attention to detail
  
  

Shambaugh is deeply committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all its job applicants and employees. We seek to employ qualified persons in all job classifications and to administer all personnel actions affecting our employees without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, ancestry, or genetic information. Individuals with a disability, disabled and other protected veterans and any other characteristic protected by applicable law will be given the fullest consideration for employment in positions for which they are qualified. We also are committed to making reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability as well as abiding by any and all state and local laws, which in addition to the above prohibit discrimination in any form.

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