[Hiring] Principal Fire Protection Engineer @SOLV Energy

Role Description

The Principal Fire Protection Engineer serves as the technical authority and strategic lead for fire and life safety systems across utility-scale energy storage, power, and industrial EPC projects. This role ensures that all fire protection systems meet applicable codes, standards, insurance requirements, and client specifications while supporting safe and cost-effective project delivery from conceptual design through commissioning. This role is fully remote. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Position Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide expert-level guidance on complex fire safety challenges and risk mitigation.
• Establish company-wide engineering standards, design criteria, and best practices.
• Lead and actively participate in national fire protection code and standards committees.
• Serve as primary technical interface with Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), fire marshals, insurers, and independent engineers.
• Travel to attend in-person meetings as required.
• Develop project-specific basis-of-design documents for fire protection systems.
• Develop scopes of work, RFPs, and evaluation criteria for 3rd party fire protection engineers-of-record (EOR) firms and equipment vendors.
• Daily management and oversight of fire protection EORs, including design deliverable schedules and engineering budgets.
• QA/QC of 3rd party work products to ensure consistency with industry standards, SOLV standards, OEM Requirements, and project requirements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other engineering disciplines (primarily electrical and SCADA).
• Support the fire protection design optimization for cost, performance, and constructability.
• Provide technical support during fire system testing and commissioning.
• Lead engagement with Owners as needed to answer relevant questions around fire protection design and strategy.
• Provide technical training to the larger SOLV team as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of fire protection engineering experience with at least 2 years of energy infrastructure experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering or a closely related discipline from an accredited institution.
• A license (P.E.) in Fire Protection Engineering is preferred.
• Proven experience working with Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs).
• Advanced understanding of fire protection engineering principles.
• Demonstrated experience managing or reviewing work by external engineering consultants.
• Working knowledge of applicable building codes (NFPA, IBC, UL 9540/9540A, UL855 etc.).
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team environment.
• Proven ability to work across disciplines and time zones.
• Commitment to safety.
• Strong sense of urgency.
• Strong communication and project coordination skills.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance.
• Employees can enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan.
• Provided vacation, sick, and holiday pay.