System Designer III
Designs commercial fire alarm and life safety systems (fire alarm, voice evacuation, smoke control, mass notification, VESDA) for buildings of all sizes, producing code-compliant layouts, permit drawings, and estimates as the technical advisor to sales and operations teams. Requires AutoCAD, NICET II+ certification, and 5-10 years of fire alarm design experience.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Design
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5-10 years engineering fire alarm and life safety systems or related experience
- NICET II Fire Alarm Certification
- Previous experience in commercial life safety system design
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, word processing, spreadsheet, project management, and AutoCAD
- Ability to read schematic and/or construction plans
- Knowledge of network communications technology
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Fully proficient and independent design skills
- Able to design medium to large jobs with deviation from standard tools, products or practices as needed
- Understands construction project processes and requirements to document changes or deviations to specifications
- Travel 10% or less (training or project related)
Nice to have
- NICET III or IV Fire Alarm Certification
- CFPS, PE, or FPE certification a plus
- Associates degree in Electronics or other technical field or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in fire alarm and life safety system programming, job start-up, checkout, and troubleshooting
Full description
Company Overview:
At Everon, we truly believe that our people are the difference – for our organization, the customers we serve and the communities we protect. When you’re a part of Everon, you’ll have the opportunity to be a part of that difference every day. With more than 100 locations, a deep national presence, and comprehensive portfolio of solutions and services, our employees are always poised for career advancement and growth. For more information, visit www.everonsolutions.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
Position Summary:
Actively driving and managing the design, drawing, and technology evaluation stage of the life safety system process, while working in conjunction with the Sales and Operations teams as the key technical advisor. The System Designer must be able to articulate technology, design and product positioning.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Must be able to establish and maintain strong relationships throughout the design, estimating and sales cycle with Sales and Operations.
- The System Designer II is responsible for the design of Everon Fire Alarm and Life Safety Systems in accordance with local, county, state, and national codes and standards while following sales and operations protocols.
- Receive project specifications, RFPs, bid documents, and plans from National, Enterprise, and Core Commercial sales representatives to design and layout the appropriate code compliant system and product mix. Provide scope of work, product selection, installation means, best practices and most cost effective solution to produce code compliant system layouts.
- Represent NFLST (National Fire & Life Safety Team) as a fire design technical resource to sales and operations team members.
- Participate in national account, sales and operations meetings to evaluate accuracy of the sales estimate and job layout as required.
- Support national account and field sales organization in the design and layout of Everon Commercial fire alarm and life safety systems.
- Design small, medium and large building fire alarm, voice evacuation, networked fire alarm, high-rise, smoke control, mass notification, emergency radio responder coverage systems, VESDA air-sampling smoke and gas detection. Analyze plans, construction contract specifications and codes to determine project requirements and risks.
- Organize system layout by design and prepare the necessary documents required including drawings need for permits:
- select proper types, sizes, quantities of products to meet project requirements
- prepare all information on pre-installation extras or change orders to submit to customer or general/ subcontractor
- prepare as-built documentation as required