Comfort Systems USA

Comfort Systems USA

Fire Alarm Designer/Engineer

Lexington, KY

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 22 days ago

About the role

  • This is a growing division of Amteck that offers competitive pay, b enefits and room for advancement within the company.

Responsibilities

  • Working with design/build Electrical Engineers on full design FA systems and layouts
  • Working with regional Project Managers on existing customer systems and designs for new systems
  • Ability to manage the design of a project and work with Estimators and/or Project Managers
  • Perform complete system layout in accordance with local/national codes and develop sequence of operations for complete fire alarm systems
  • Create accurate bill of material for a complete fire alarm system
  • Relationship maintenance and building with our manufacture representatives and working to learn and utilize the latest technologies available

Requirements

  • Estimating jobs and assisting with proposal writing as required

Nice to have

  • NICET Level 3 or 4 in fire alarm systems
  • 5+ years of experience in layout, design and submittal of large commercial fire alarm projects
  • Working knowledge of addressable systems, networks and voice fire alarm applications
  • Experience in calculating voltage drop and battery loads as well as riser layouts
  • Experience in fire alarm, life safety and electrical codes
  • Fire alarm system programming knowledge and EST experience is a plus but is not required
  • Basic understanding of cost, overhead, margins and pricing for fire alarm proposals
  • Working with regional electrical service department on plan/ spec FA projects

This listing is sourced directly from Comfort Systems USA's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.