Senior Fire Protection Engineer

Requisition ID: 279948 

•  Relocation Authorized: National - Family 
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework 
• Work Location: Reston, VA 

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on TerraPower’s Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. TerraPower, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier, and less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining, or the wind is not blowing. With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power.

Other Team Natrium partners include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Energy Northwest, PacifiCorp, and Duke Energy, along with support from a number of national laboratories and universities. This DOE Program has the potential to be the largest funding program for advanced nuclear power in U.S. history and will shape the future of nuclear energy for decades.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will provide technical leadership in the design and development of fire protection systems and equipment by evaluating, selecting, and applying applicable fire safety, techniques, procedures and criteria to originate reports, drawings, calculations, and more with applicable procedures, codes, standards, and contract requirements. The engineer will work with mechanical engineers, other disciplines/functions, and/or the client. 

"This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and may require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership”

Major Responsibilities:

• Independently applies the principles of fire safety in the design and development of structures, systems, and components.
• Develops fire protection system acceptance protocols.
• Interfaces with internal and external customers, as required, for the design, installation and testing of Fire Protection Systems.
• Supports the development of the fire protection components of the authorization basis documents and other safety submittals.
• Leads the development and maintenance of the fire hazards analysis utilizing recognized fire protection industry approaches, methdologies, calculations, and analysis including advanced fire modeling.
• Supports the alignment of the Fire Protection Systems design and installation with the requirements identified in the upper tier requirements in the Authorization Basis Documents, the facility Fire Hazards Analysis documents, and the Engineering Basis of Design documents.
• Interfaces with other disciplines to provide direction, feedback, and validation of engineering and design efforts.
• Provides technical guidance in review of engineering analyses and engineering judgments for alternative fire barrier systems, opening protectives, and penetration firestop.
• Implements programs and procedures to ensure employee and facility safety is in accordance with all OSHA, NFPA and Life Safety Code requirements.
• Maintains current knowledge of all building and fire protection codes and regulations to assure compliance.
• Performs Fire Protection reviews to determine compliance with applicable OSHA, NFPA, Life Safety Code, Building Codes, and other client requirements 

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree in Fire Protection (or related) Engineering from an accredited university or college with a minimum of 8 years of relevant professional work experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Must be able to complete a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
• Must be authorized to live and work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of the local/EU fire, life safety, and building codes.
• Must be familiar with commercial risk management and fire protection protocol Familiarity with UL and FM standards.
• Experience working with procedures meeting quality assurance programs such as ASME-NQA-1, MIL-Q-9858A, or ISO-9000.
• Experience with Microsoft office programs and other computer programs.
• Excellent oral and written communication, planning, and organizational skills

• Preferred - Prior work experience on a large scale project and demonstrated flexibility in work assignments.
• Preferred - MS degree in Fire Protection Engineering, from an accredited university.
• Preferred - Registered Professional Engineer in the USA (Fire Protection Engineering).

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