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Our seasoned leadership team brings together decades of experience, equipping data center providers worldwide with robust, reliable solutions that keep pace with the evolving digital landscape. \nAs demand for high-performance infrastructure accelerates - fueled by AI and the expanding digital landscape - SMC continues to lead through technical rigor and operational excellence. We’re seeking leaders who think beyond projects to improve the way we deliver them: individuals who elevate people, process, and performance across the firm. \nSMC is actively looking for a Senior Fire Protection Engineer to execute fire suppression and alarm design for mission critical projects. Typical project types may include design of greenfield and brownfield data center facilities, design of fit-out packages for hyperscale and enterprise clients of colocation providers, data center campus planning, conceptual designs, and hydraulic analyses.\nThis candidate shall be capable of leading fire protection design projects independently, using site information and client preferences to develop design plans and specifications. The fire design scope will be a part of a broader project and therefore this candidate should be capable of interfacing with design leads within SMC (mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, plumbing) as well as externally (including architectural, civil, structural, etc). \nThe ideal candidate will be involved in furthering the fire protection expertise of the company by mentoring designers and engineers, developing internal design standards, overseeing contract document production, and establishing quality control practices.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nThis candidate will have the opportunity to execute fire protection design of various project types while working and coordinating with clients and design leads from all disciplines. This candidate shall have the ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and with clients while being able to meet scheduled project deadlines. \nResponsibilities include but are not limited to:\nUtilize Autodesk Revit to produce contract documents for fire suppression and alarm designs\nCreate schematic designs of fire pump, standpipe, and wet, dry, and preaction sprinkler systems.\nDevelop fire alarm system architectures, sequences of operation, and schematic device layouts.\nIdentify and communicate necessary system interconnections.\nMeet project deadlines, including working necessary hours to complete major deliverables.\nUnderstand local and national construction codes, client preferences, and construction process to develop a cohesive system design.\nDraft memos and variance requests to clients and code officials, catering content and language to the appropriate party.\nReview and respond to RFIs and submittals as part of construction administration.\nWork with contractor teams to solve problems that arise during construction.\nTravel to project sites and meetings as required (approximately 10-20% travel).\nCommunicate clearly in person, on phone calls, and over email/messaging platforms.\nLead junior engineers and designers to execute delivery of specific design elements.\nMentor and train junior engineers and designers to grow knowledge base of department.\nMaintain excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.\n QUALIFICATIONS \n4-year degree in engineering with a fire protection or mechanical focus preferred. 2-year degree with work experience will be considered.\nMinimum 8 years of experience in facility fire protection design, particularly using Autodesk Revit for drawing development.\nStrong knowledge of US codes and standard fire protection systems.\nExperience with battery energy storage systems (BESS) is preferred.\nExperience in fire protection design for larger industrial and commercial buildings is preferred. \nExperience working across the entire construction process, from schematic design through construction administration, including review of submittals and shop drawings, and field work such as existing condition surveys, site observations, and punch lists.\nExperience leading fire protection design teams and liaising with clients is preferred.\nExperience with Microsoft tools such as Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and Power Point.\nExperience using construction management tools such as Procore and Autodesk Construction Cloud.\nProfessional Engineer (PE) preferred.\nCOMPENSATION\nBase Compensation: $125,000 - $250,000 (Actual compensation is subject to variation due to factors such as education, experience, skills and/or location)\nSMC offers a competitive benefits package, with a 36-hour standard work week, hybrid working arrangement, 13 paid holidays, 100% coverage of medical, health, and dental insurance premiums for our full-time employees, and reimbursement of professional licensing costs. Spouse and family insurance premiums are subsidized by SMC. All full-time employees are additionally eligible for employer-sponsored life and long-term disability insurance as well as participation in our 401(k) plan, with annual safe harbor contribution.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5631,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Dental insurance","Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Data Centers & Colocation","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T06:56:26Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":15,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.527,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":65,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:1","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-11-05T05:54:30Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":250000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/strategicmissioncritical-fire-protection-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/strategicmissioncritical-fire-protection-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T03:57:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6702,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":685992},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=685992"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fstrategicmissioncritical-fire-protection-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fstrategicmissioncritical-fire-protection-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fstrategicmissioncritical-fire-protection-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/strategicmissioncritical-fire-protection-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fstrategicmissioncritical-fire-protection-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":799272}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"strategicmissioncritical.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":799272},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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