Senior Fire Protection Engineer

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
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We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it's about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR's Building Engineering Services Group, you'll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience.

We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether you're optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities, your contributions will help define the future of the built environment. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

As a Senior Fire Protection Engineer as part of HDR's Fire & Life Safety (FLS) team, you will apply deep industry knowledge, analytical and technical expertise, and a system-wide mindset to help our clients, optimize business interests, and mitigate risks in an ever-changing building code and regulatory environment.

We are looking for an exceptional individual to participate and provide technical direction in services such as these: active and passive fire and life safety systems, code consulting, life safety and egress evaluations, performance based design, fire/smoke/egress modeling, inspection and plan review, hazard and risk analysis, emergency management and planning, structural fire protection, fire root cause analysis, and accessibility consulting.

This job is a good fit for you if you are self-motivated, goal- and detail-oriented, take pride and responsibility for your work, enjoy leading and developing teams, are energized by working with clients, and want to advance your career in FLS within a top-tier A/E Firm that appreciates you and your ambitions. We will count on you to bring your experience and skills to the job, while keeping an open mind about alternative approaches to engineering design, production, and problem-solving.

Travel (domestic and international) may be required at various times. Travel is estimated to be 15% or less.

• Know your strengths, foster relationships, and be a proactive communicator.
• Share our desire to grow our FLS team globally.
• Collaborate in a Team environment with a positive and helpful attitude.
• Be highly motivated, constantly seek improvement in how we do things, and be willing to take on new challenges.
• Be able to manage multiple projects immediately, including developing proposals, project planning, staffing, and successful delivery of projects both through independent work and engaging other FLS teammates.
• Cultivate good working relationships with project managers, project teams, FLS teammates, and other clients as we grow our team.
• Effectively network with other fire and life safety industry professionals.

• Fire protection engineering and code consulting efforts; you will be responsible as engineer of record for many projects across the country.
• Project management, responsible for managing dedicated fire & life safety projects.
• Performing analysis of existing fire protection systems, as well as designing new fire protection systems including suppression systems, fire detection, fire alarm and mass…