Fire Protection Engineer – Subject Matter Expert

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Tennessee.

📋 Description

• Perform an independent technical assessment of a Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis.

• Analyze if fire hazards and potential fire-related accident scenarios have been sufficiently recognized and examined.

• Review the fire protection strategy and its alignment with the facility's overall nuclear safety framework.

• Evaluate fire hazard analyses, combustible-loading assessments, fire-area boundaries, and relevant fire scenarios.

• Assess preventive and mitigative measures credited for fire-related incidents.

• Examine fire detection, alarm, suppression, water-supply, confinement, smoke-control, and emergency-response systems.

• Determine if fire protection systems and controls safeguard workers, the public, the environment, nuclear materials, and safety-critical equipment.

• Evaluate the potential fire impacts on multiple systems, redundant safety equipment, electrical cables, confinement barriers, or the facility’s capability to achieve and sustain a safe condition.

• Review the identification, classification, and functional requirements of fire protection-related safety structures, systems, and components.

• Assess fire barriers, penetration seals, separation features, and passive fire protection strategies.

• Evaluate the technical assumptions, methodologies, calculations, and conclusions that support the fire protection sections of the safety analysis.

• Review adherence to relevant Department of Energy requirements, industry standards, building and fire codes, and NFPA standards.

• Identify technical gaps, inconsistencies, vulnerabilities, or areas necessitating further analysis or clarification.

• Prepare clear, traceable, and technically sound review comments.

• Engage in remote technical meetings and discussions for comment resolution.

• Assist in resolving technical inquiries related to fire protection and nuclear safety.

• Draft written findings, observations, recommendations, and review documentation.

• Complete assigned tasks within the established project timeline and authorized scope.

• Maintain independence, objectivity, and confidentiality throughout the review process.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in fire protection engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, nuclear engineering, or a related technical field.

• Extensive experience in fire protection engineering within nuclear, Department of Energy, commercial nuclear, or other highly regulated environments.

• Proven experience in reviewing safety-basis documents for nuclear facilities.

• Experience with Preliminary Documented Safety Analyses, Documented Safety Analyses, fire hazard analyses, or similar nuclear safety documentation.

• Solid understanding of nuclear facility fire protection requirements and applicable NFPA codes and standards.

• Experience in evaluating both active and passive fire protection systems.

• Knowledge of fire-related accident analysis and the selection of preventive and mitigative measures.

• Capability to assess safety-related structures, systems, and components from a fire protection viewpoint.

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, calculations, specifications, safety analyses, and other technical documents.

• Proficient in developing independent, objective, and technically sound conclusions.

• Strong technical writing, analytical, and verbal communication abilities.

• Capacity to work independently and adhere to a fast-paced document-review schedule.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and virtual collaboration tools.

• Must be a U.S. citizen and capable of meeting relevant security and project-access criteria.

• Required to disclose any actual, potential, or perceived organizational or personal conflicts of interest related to similar projects or vendors.

• Work shifts will depend on customer site discretion.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Short-term disability insurance

• Long-term disability insurance

• 401(k) with a company match

• AD&D insurance

• Paid time off

• Holiday pay