Fire Protection Engineer

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Pacific (NAVFAC Pacific) is looking for journey level Fire Protection Engineers in the Spokane commuting area for our upcoming satellite design and engineering office in Spokane, Washington.

The NAVFAC team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training.

As a Fire Protection Engineer with NAVFAC Pacific, you will be responsible to provide independent, timely, and professional fire protection engineering products, services and consultation, design, construction, and maintenance of facilities for the Navy, Marine Corps, and other Supported Commands. Customer activities have varied missions requiring facility types, ranging from administrative and housing facilities to complex industrial and operational facilities. Projects are challenging and exciting and include specific projects, special projects, military construction (MILCON), demolition, maintenance, space utilization, and facilities development.

Consider joining a workforce where you can create a wave of change, even while on land.

As a Fire Protection Engineer you will:

• Perform design analysis and calculations for fire protection projects and is responsible for the preparation of final detailed working drawings, comparative cost analysis, Request for Proposals (RFPs), and project specifications for a wide variety of facility types (housing clubs, maintenance shops, dining facilities, administration buildings, command and control centers, hangars, medical facilities, towers, and waterfront/harbor structures.
• Develop complex designs and analyses utilizing advanced fire protection engineering software
• Coordinate activities with other engineers and architects, including Design-Bid-Build (DBB) and Design-Build (DB) projects, to ensure that final detailed working drawings, specifications, and RFPs are properly integrated with the building systems.
• Ensure that the structural aspects of the project are constructed in accordance with contract plans and specifications.

Salary: $87,230 - $113,395

Position Requirements:

• SECRET Clearance
• Registered Professional Engineer

Benefits:

Our health insurance program offers you choice and flexibility to suit individual or family needs with no exclusions for pre-existing conditions, as well as a substantial employer contribution to premiums. Other health benefits include Dental and Vision Insurance programs, Flexible Spending accounts, Long Term Care Insurance and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program with no physical required for initial enrollment.

We offer an outstanding three-part Retirement Program encompassing our Federal Employees Retirement System, Thrift Savings Plan – a 401(k) type plan with employer contributions up to 5%, and Social Security benefits.

Additional benefits include paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, alternate work schedules, and telework may be authorized for eligible positions.

Requirements for all NAVFAC Positions:

• A US Citizen aged 18 or older at time of hire
• Males registered or exempt from Selective Service www.sss.gov
• Determined suitable for federal employment (process includes a background check and fingerprinting)
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will need to pass the E-Verify employment verification check.

If this sounds like an opportunity and benefits you are interested in, please apply!