Job description

SUMMARY

Fire Protection Engineer is responsible for various tasks and requirements in support of Marine Corps Installations-East (MCIEAST) within the Design Branch and other branches as needed. Support to this command includes advisory and assistance services program support in executing nearly $4B of on-going and future Military Construction (MILCON) and Facilities Sustainment Restoration and Modernization (FSRM) projects across the MCIEAST commands. Programmatic activities include: FSRM and MILCON project development, project planning & program development, asset management activities, and program support operations. Fire Protection Engineer will provide fire protection engineering technical expertise advising on designs and calculations pertaining to fire protection, including fire sprinkler, fire notification, and mass notification design.
Join the team who values your skills and expertise. Cherokee Nation 3S (CN3S) provides support, services and solutions to federal and commercial customers. CN3S takes a personalized approach to solving clients' toughest challenges, helping you make the most of your skills. This approach gives customers the support they deserve and the quality they expect from a team that can handle every detail – a team of experts, like you.
Cherokee Nation 3S is part of Cherokee Federal – a team of tribally owned federal contracting companies focused on building solutions, solving complex challenges, and serving the nation’s mission around the globe for more than 60 federal clients. For more information, visit cherokee-federal.com.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Includes the following:

• Responsible for the preparation of detailed Building Code and Life Safety Code analyses and analysis of fire detection, mass notification and suppression systems.
• Prepare designs and plans using AutoCAD, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), specifications, and cost estimates, in support of in-house and Architect/Engineer bid-build and design-build projects, for a wide range of new or rehabilitated DoD facilities and infrastructure projects.
• Analyze existing buildings and building egress systems to determine adequacy of egress and construction type for existing conditions and proposed changes to buildings and building occupancies.
• Investigate and recommend corrective measures for deficiencies in existing facilities. Typical design projects include Naval Shore Facilities, including multi-story offices and quarters, hangars, hospitals, towers, aircraft overhaul facilities, piers, training facilities and a very wide diversity of other new and existing structures and facilities.
• Analyze the applicability of fire protection innovative processes, systems, equipment, or techniques and implement such on projects and specifications.
• Prepare correspondence, engineering studies, and technical reports regarding fire protection and Life Safety related topics.
• Apply knowledge of detection and suppression system components and how such components are correctly installed or incorrectly installed.
• Perform peer review of fire protection designs, including drawings, specifications, calculations, schedules and invoices, assessing whether technical documents satisfy contractual requirements, meet the standards of all applicable codes and standards, and are comprehensive and constructible.
• Draft written recommendations regarding acceptance or rejection of designs.
• Support development of government's construction cost estimates, working with cost estimators to identify and quantify design requirements.
• Support MCIEast in review and response to construction documentation, including submittals and RFI's.
• Review field activities to ensure they are being conducted according to regulatory, and project-specific procedures and that performance meets requirements stipulated by the government contract and is technically defensible.
• Review and interpret the application of new statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

ABET accredited Bachelor's Degree in Fire Protection Engineering or related field is required and minimum of 8 years of Fire Protection System design including at least 1 year working on Capital Improvement projects for a Federal Agency. Current active Registered Professional Engineer license to practice Fire Protection Engineering is required. Advanced degrees can be substituted for experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of facility fire protection code/criteria.
• Ability to understand construction drawings and specifications.
• Possess or ability obtain a Common Access Card (CAC) and be able to pass a drug screen and a background check.
• Successfully pass a Federal background check and a drug screen
• Cherokee Federal employees are included as covered employees in U.S. Presidential Executive Order 14042, which mandates Covid vaccines for Federal contractors. Executive Order 14042 is currently blocked from enforcement pending court proceedings. Therefore, Cherokee Federal is halting the application of the mandate; however, if the injunction is lifted, Cherokee Federal will restore administration of the vaccine requirement.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work will be performed in climate-controlled office environment.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Cherokee Federal is a collective group of subsidiary companies of Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB). CNB is the economic engine of Cherokee Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. As a trusted partner, the Cherokee Federal team of companies manages nearly 2,000 projects of all sizes across the construction, engineering and manufacturing, and mission solutions portfolios – ranging from advanced data analytics and telehealth to cybersecurity, cloud and logistics. Since 2012, our team of companies has won $6 billion in government contracts and completed more than 5,300 federal missions. Our 3,600+ employees work in 20+ countries, 50 states and 2 U.S. territories. Why Cherokee Federal? Visit cherokee-federal.com to learn why you should join our team!
COMPLIANCE
Cherokee Federal is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, union affiliation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We conform to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations governing all aspects of the relationship between the Company and its employees, including, but not limited to, recruitment, employment, promotion, transfer, training, working conditions, wages and salary administration, employee benefits, and application of policies. The policies and principles of EEO also apply to the selection and treatment of independent contractors, personnel working on our premises who are employed by temporary agencies and any other persons or firms doing business for or with the Company.
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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $148,526.00 per year

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