Job#: 3056734 Job Description: Fire Safety Engineer
Location: Juno Beach, Florida (Remote)
Role Overview
This engineering position requires performing assignments ranging from limited scope and complexity to advanced projects requiring expertise in multiple disciplines. The successful candidate will act as a Fire Safety subject matter expert (SME) for utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). This individual will work under varying levels of supervision to assist with engineering oversight, project coordination, and regulatory compliance, ensuring designs meet safety standards and long-term reliability goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a Fire Safety subject matter expert (SME) for utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).
- Review UL 9540a reports from cell-, module-, and up through unit- or installation-level, and provide direction.
- Analyze, approve, and offer guidance toward the fire safety system designs of manufacturers and projects.
- Review and provide feedback for project- and product-level designs regarding safety and code compliance, ensuring adherence to UL, NFPA, and IFC standards.
- Oversee safety analyses for project-level reports, including hazard mitigation analysis (HMA), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), heat flux analysis, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.
- Initiate and foster relationships with national, state, and local fire institutions and first responders, including Fire Marshalls and Fire Departments.
- Travel to local jurisdictions to present BESS and fire safety to first responders, authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), public utility commissions (PUCs), and community meetings.
- Work closely with local firefighters and first responders to educate them about potential hazards, mitigation, system designs, sequences of operation, and emergency response plans.
- Standardize information around fire safety systems throughout the organization to ensure consistent messaging across all project deployment regions.
- Participate in task groups and technical committees for collaboration and direction of industry codes and standards.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor of Science in Engineering is required.
Experience: Six to ten years of experience managing engineering projects, including solar, BESS, or other power industry applications.
Technical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Word. Strong technical analysis capability with specialized engineering functions in electrical, mechanical, or civil infrastructure components. Familiarity with hazard mitigation analysis and computational fluid dynamics simulations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing engineering project schedules, budgets, and coordination with environmental, procurement, and construction teams.
- Demonstrated ability to lead engineering reviews, value engineering assessments, and design optimization processes.
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