Senior Plumbing Engineer

We are currently hiring a Senior Plumbing Engineer in our Building Engineering division at our Rochester, Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Poughkeepsie, Syracuse, or White Plains office.

The Building Engineering Division at LaBella provides complete building engineering services including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and structural engineering. Services range from feasibility studies and analysis through project design and construction. Our engineers are well versed in new construction, renovations, additions, analysis, special structures, and design/build projects for a variety of clients.

The Senior Plumbing Engineer will work with clients to provide holistic fire protection design for buildings. Responsibilities include fire sprinkler and fire alarm design, egress, and code analysis, studies and technical support as required to fulfill project requirements. Typical projects will involve field work, design, coordination, and construction administration services. This position will be responsible for development of a fire protection service team that will provide a wide range of fire systems design and code services. A successful candidate will be able to work well in a team, provide leadership to Jr Engineers and Architects, and be capable of developing new business. This position offers the opportunity to transition from a Senior Engineer role into a leadership role for the office.

Job Duties

• Supervise fire protection engineering staff to develop fire protection concepts, strategies, construction documents and engineering reports for new building, and renovation projects.
• Develop a fire protection group that specializes in fire protection system design, fire alarm, fire code review, and fire and smoke modeling design.
• Responsible for design and management of design for of fire protection systems including fire sprinkler and fire alarm systems.
• Responsible for code and egress analysis for new building, building addition, and renova...