Life Safety System Engineer

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

• Delivering life safety and security systems design and suggesting solutions to complex cross-discipline problems.
• Preparing life safety and security systems drawings using CAD/BIM software (Revit, Navisworks).
• Preparing BIM models of LSS design installation.
• Checking and supporting life safety and security systems calculations in dedicated software
• Writing or updating technical specifications, basis of design, and bill of materials
• Identifying opportunities for cost savings and proposing other optimizations of design.
• Identifying constructability issues as well as construction and operation safety issues.
• When leading a team responsible for delivering the team’s assigned tasks on time, coordinated, and in good quality.
• When leading a team responsible for work planning, managing budget and change, and reporting progress of the design team.
• Cooperating and coordinating the design within own team, with engineers of other disciplines and other stakeholders.
• Coordinating your own work product for compliance with established standards, checking the quality of work of other team members and providing formal sign-off.
• Performing self-checks and formal checks, being prepared to answer audit questions.
• Traveling in business - alone or in a group.
• Supporting life safety and security team members on BIM specific processes and procedures.
• Sharing experience, providing support, and mentoring for junior and mid-level staff from own and other disciplines.
• Setting custom standards for team communication and collaboration for a specific project.
• Maintaining thorough and up-to-date knowledge of applicable building regulations and design standards.
• Contacting a customer, performing presentations for a customer, facilitating meetings
• When licensed signing and stamping design documentation for the location covered by the license.
  
  
  

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, telecom engineering or equivalent.
• 15-20 years of relevant experience.
• Advanced knowledge of BIM applications (including Revit, Navisworks, MicroStation), BIM Standards and Microsoft Office.
• English language skills including technical language, advanced business writing skills.
• Well organized, responsible, good team player, good communication skills, self-confidence, mentoring attitude.
• Ability and willingness to travel in business, conduct meetings with clients or perform support during construction on site.
• Advanced knowledge of life safety and security systems standards and building codes (USA and/or EU) and basic knowledge of other engineering disciplines.
• Professional license.
• Experience in leading large size projects.
• Experience in working with design budgets and budgets forecasting.
  
  
  

Please note If you are being represented by a recruitment agency you will not be considered, to be considered you will need to apply directly to Jacobs.

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