Senior Principal Fire Protection Engineer

Overview

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is seeking an experienced Senior Principal Fire Protection Engineer to support the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Located in a remote, highly secure area of southern Nevada, the NNSS is a premier outdoor, indoor, and underground national laboratory. It is a preferred location for experiments supporting the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)’s nuclear weapons Stockpile Stewardship Programs, national defense programs, and national security research, development, and training programs, as well as vital programs of other federal agencies.

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Responsibilities

What Your Job Will Be Like

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.

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As the Senior Principal Fire Protection Engineer, you will provide Fire Protection engineering support to the Engineering Section. Support will include preparation of fire hazards analysis and fire protection assessments for multiple site facilities. Work will need to be completed in accordance with Nevada National Security Site’s (NNSS) procedures and Department of Energy (DOE) requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Devise solutions to highly complex technical problems of broad scope. Solutions may require resolving conflicting customer expectations and design requirements, utilizing unconventional technology and materials, and cross-disciplinary integration.
• Serve as consultant to less experienced engineers, providing practical advice on implementation of solutions for organizational goals.
• Serve as lead to scope projects and serve as subject matter expert for matters pertaining to fire protection engineering.
• Coordinate with subcontracted fire protection engineers to ensure work is cohesive and coordinated with rest of design team.
• Responsible for preparation and checking of design drawings, specifications, calculations, system design descriptions, design analyses, fire hazards analyses, fire protection assessments, equivalencies, and exemptions.
• Identify risk and design features to aid in preventing, controlling, and mitigating the effects of fire. Ability to perform hydraulic calculations with the assist of computer software such as Hydraulic Analyzer of Sprinkler Systems (HASS). Provide support to beneficial occupancy inspections as needed.
• Conduct or lead research; develop and design new instrumentation, equipment, and procedures for testing and solving problems; present papers and stay up-to-date of new technological developments, methods or materials, and keep management informed of important new advances.
• Ensure team’s processes and deliverables comply with laws, codes, orders, and Mission Support and Test Services’ LLC. (MSTS) policies and procedures. Research and interpretation of codes and standards and DOE’s orders and standards will be required on a daily occurrence.
• Ability to coordinate with multiple engineering disciplines as well as the Authority Having Jurisdiction, the Fire Marshal, facility managers, and project managers. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) required for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering degrees;
• Or, Calculus-based STEM bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Or Professional Engineer license
• Plus at least 14 years’ relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge; graduate research experience may be recognized.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Department of Engineering complex working as Fire Protection Engineer preferred
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Fire Hazards Analysis and Fire Protection Assessments for Nuclear Facilities preferred
• Must have a working knowledge of applicable National Fire Protection Association codes and standards, International Building Code, International Fire Code, DOE orders and standards, and Code of Federal Regulations.
• Must be a subject matter expert (SME) in fire suppression systems, fire alarm and detection systems, fire barrier design, and life safety design features.
• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must have a valid driver's license.

Other Details:

• The primary work location will be at the Losee Road facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Work schedule for this position will be 4/10’s, Monday – Thursday (subject to change).

ABOUT MSTS: Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air.

Our 2,750 professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.  In this environment, the best ideas need to be voiced and every opinion matters.  As such, MSTS places great value on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and is committed to a diverse and equitable workforce, with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, and perspectives.

MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more. 

MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

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Background Check Drug Screening Information:  MSTS is required by Department of Energy (DOE) directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants offered employment with MSTS are also subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age. Reference  DOE Order 472.2 , “Personnel Security”. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Department of Energy Q Level Security Clearance: Reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in  10 CFR Part 707.4 , “Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites,” will be conducted.  Applicant selected will be subject to a federal background investigation, required to participate in subsequent reinvestigations, and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. Successful completion of a counterintelligence evaluation, which may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination, may also be required. Reference  10 CFR Part 709 , “Counterintelligence Evaluation Program.”

EEO: MSTS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.