Fire Protection Engineer
Top Benefits
About the role
- Vancouver based location
- Exposure to varied high profile projects & clients across building services
- Flexible working
- Working in a close and collaborative team
The Position
With a strong pipeline of projects secured, we are seeking a highly motivated Fire Protection Engineer to join our growing Vancouver team.
As a key member of our team, you will lead the design and delivery of fire protection systems for a variety of small, medium, and large-scale building projects. This includes sprinkler systems, fire suppression, and fire alarm systems, ensuring compliance with all relevant codes and standards. For the right candidate, there is also the opportunity to take on leadership responsibilities within the office and contribute to our continued growth and success in the Vancouver market.
At NDY, we place a strong emphasis on design excellence and offer ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities. You will work on projects ranging from fast-paced developments to multi-year infrastructure initiatives that make a lasting impact. From solving complex coordination challenges to collaborating closely with stakeholders, you will help deliver projects that enhance safety and shape the built environment for generations to come. We offer significant career development opportunities to expand your expertise into specialized areas, including formal up-skilling and training in advanced HVAC and Plumbing system design.
Who and What We’re Looking For
- Legally entitled to live and work in Canada.
- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with a demonstrated minimum of 4 years of experience in fire protection design, enabling them to serve as the project's Engineer of Record.
- Proficiency in Revit is highly desirable.
- Proven experience across the full project lifecycle.
- Strong understanding of relevant fire protection codes and standards (NFPA, building codes, etc.).
- Familiarity with industry-standard software such as AutoCAD, Revit, and hydraulic calculation tools.
- Ability to verify design work completed by others and provide mentoring, coaching, and training to less experienced engineers.
- Experience with field review of mechanical and plumbing installations with the ability to defect work and provide quality inspections on behalf of NDY or the client.
- Strong technical background that you want to continue to build on with experience across different market sectors including residential, office, education and the like.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate information of a complex nature both verbally and in writing with all stakeholders across multiple disciplines including colleagues and clients.
Our ideal candidate will also have the following additional capabilities:
- Team and project leadership experience and ability to manage resources, financial performance, and delivery of multi-discipline projects as a project leader and as the key interface with our clients.
- Strong relationships with local clients and industry partners.
- Proven business development experience and work-winning track record.
- Ability to contribute to the holistic leadership of our Vancouver office.
The Company
NDY (a Tetra Tech Company) is a leading firm of consulting engineers with a global presence. We have offices in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and our Vancouver office here in Canada. NDY works collaboratively with clients and design professionals on iconic projects across the globe in diverse and challenging fields.
A career at NDY offers many opportunities. Our people are the key to our success and that’s why we present you with challenging career opportunities on a range of exciting projects. We recognize, value and support talent, so you’ll be inspired to create ideas, share solutions and deliver meaningful outcomes that will make a real difference to our clients and our communities.
NDY is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture representative of the communities we serve. NDY is a recognized employer of choice for gender equality and advocates for LGBTQIA+ inclusion and reconciliation. We therefore strongly encourage applications from women, First Nations candidates, and people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
NDY embraces flexible working and welcome a discussion about your individual needs.
Why Join us?
Flexibility –whatever flexibility means to you, NDY supports working arrangements that provide appropriate work/life balance through NDY Flex (flexi-time, flexi-place, flexi-leave, and flexi-dress).
Health & wellbeing
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative environment that will support your personal & professional development & aspirations.
Social Impact
- NDY aims to build sustainability into everything we do, to positively impact our clients, people, communities and the environments where we live and work. NDY are driving social impact through NDY Charitable Trust workplace giving, volunteering with Engineers Without Borders and supporting Indigenous success to help create stronger communities.
– as an employee of NDY you will enjoy the following benefits:
- Healthcare benefits with Manulife, NDY provide flex credits to contribute to your chosen plan
- Retirement Plan with Manulife, contributions matched by NDY up to 4%
- Flexible work options
- Paid parental leave
- Professional membership reimbursement
- Tetra Tech Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The expected salary range for this role is $100,000 - $125,000. Our salary ranges are determined by job family and level. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including, but not limited to, education and training, years of relevant experience, and internal equity.
Please note : NDY does not engage with unsolicited recruitment, employment agencies, or recruiters. Any unsolicited resumes received will become the property of NDY, and we reserve the right to pursue employment without any fee liability.
About NDY
Our people are key to our success.
They are experts on understanding the specific requirements of diverse industries and project types. This depth of talent and experience across our international footprint allows NDY to undertake the most challenging projects, and to deliver successful commercial, environmental and technical outcomes.
We foster collaborative and long-term relationships with clients, and recognise that the foundation of these relationships is trust. We earn this client trust by being reliable, responsive and commercially astute with our advice.
Our successful approach is based on listening to our clients and understanding their business. We look to embrace client requirements by understanding how our advice and designs will provide best value to their projects.
Whilst our technical, documentation and consulting abilities are first class, we embrace our role as an innovator, and not a follower, of trends. We fund research and development activities in all key NDY services and support our people on the journey of continual professional development.
Our people embody the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct and look to implement best practice solutions in sustainable design, for the long-term resilience of projects.
Talented individuals look to join the NDY group because they want to be a part of a highly regarded brand, and because they want to work with the best clients on meaningful projects across international locations.
The prospect of working alongside industry thought leaders, our technical excellence, and our industry-leading approach to corporate social responsibility, makes NDY a beacon for top tier talent.
Fire Protection Engineer
Top Benefits
About the role
- Vancouver based location
- Exposure to varied high profile projects & clients across building services
- Flexible working
- Working in a close and collaborative team
The Position
With a strong pipeline of projects secured, we are seeking a highly motivated Fire Protection Engineer to join our growing Vancouver team.
As a key member of our team, you will lead the design and delivery of fire protection systems for a variety of small, medium, and large-scale building projects. This includes sprinkler systems, fire suppression, and fire alarm systems, ensuring compliance with all relevant codes and standards. For the right candidate, there is also the opportunity to take on leadership responsibilities within the office and contribute to our continued growth and success in the Vancouver market.
At NDY, we place a strong emphasis on design excellence and offer ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities. You will work on projects ranging from fast-paced developments to multi-year infrastructure initiatives that make a lasting impact. From solving complex coordination challenges to collaborating closely with stakeholders, you will help deliver projects that enhance safety and shape the built environment for generations to come. We offer significant career development opportunities to expand your expertise into specialized areas, including formal up-skilling and training in advanced HVAC and Plumbing system design.
Who and What We’re Looking For
- Legally entitled to live and work in Canada.
- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with a demonstrated minimum of 4 years of experience in fire protection design, enabling them to serve as the project's Engineer of Record.
- Proficiency in Revit is highly desirable.
- Proven experience across the full project lifecycle.
- Strong understanding of relevant fire protection codes and standards (NFPA, building codes, etc.).
- Familiarity with industry-standard software such as AutoCAD, Revit, and hydraulic calculation tools.
- Ability to verify design work completed by others and provide mentoring, coaching, and training to less experienced engineers.
- Experience with field review of mechanical and plumbing installations with the ability to defect work and provide quality inspections on behalf of NDY or the client.
- Strong technical background that you want to continue to build on with experience across different market sectors including residential, office, education and the like.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate information of a complex nature both verbally and in writing with all stakeholders across multiple disciplines including colleagues and clients.
Our ideal candidate will also have the following additional capabilities:
- Team and project leadership experience and ability to manage resources, financial performance, and delivery of multi-discipline projects as a project leader and as the key interface with our clients.
- Strong relationships with local clients and industry partners.
- Proven business development experience and work-winning track record.
- Ability to contribute to the holistic leadership of our Vancouver office.
The Company
NDY (a Tetra Tech Company) is a leading firm of consulting engineers with a global presence. We have offices in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and our Vancouver office here in Canada. NDY works collaboratively with clients and design professionals on iconic projects across the globe in diverse and challenging fields.
A career at NDY offers many opportunities. Our people are the key to our success and that’s why we present you with challenging career opportunities on a range of exciting projects. We recognize, value and support talent, so you’ll be inspired to create ideas, share solutions and deliver meaningful outcomes that will make a real difference to our clients and our communities.
NDY is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture representative of the communities we serve. NDY is a recognized employer of choice for gender equality and advocates for LGBTQIA+ inclusion and reconciliation. We therefore strongly encourage applications from women, First Nations candidates, and people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
NDY embraces flexible working and welcome a discussion about your individual needs.
Why Join us?
Flexibility –whatever flexibility means to you, NDY supports working arrangements that provide appropriate work/life balance through NDY Flex (flexi-time, flexi-place, flexi-leave, and flexi-dress).
Health & wellbeing
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative environment that will support your personal & professional development & aspirations.
Social Impact
- NDY aims to build sustainability into everything we do, to positively impact our clients, people, communities and the environments where we live and work. NDY are driving social impact through NDY Charitable Trust workplace giving, volunteering with Engineers Without Borders and supporting Indigenous success to help create stronger communities.
– as an employee of NDY you will enjoy the following benefits:
- Healthcare benefits with Manulife, NDY provide flex credits to contribute to your chosen plan
- Retirement Plan with Manulife, contributions matched by NDY up to 4%
- Flexible work options
- Paid parental leave
- Professional membership reimbursement
- Tetra Tech Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The expected salary range for this role is $100,000 - $125,000. Our salary ranges are determined by job family and level. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including, but not limited to, education and training, years of relevant experience, and internal equity.
Please note : NDY does not engage with unsolicited recruitment, employment agencies, or recruiters. Any unsolicited resumes received will become the property of NDY, and we reserve the right to pursue employment without any fee liability.
About NDY
Our people are key to our success.
They are experts on understanding the specific requirements of diverse industries and project types. This depth of talent and experience across our international footprint allows NDY to undertake the most challenging projects, and to deliver successful commercial, environmental and technical outcomes.
We foster collaborative and long-term relationships with clients, and recognise that the foundation of these relationships is trust. We earn this client trust by being reliable, responsive and commercially astute with our advice.
Our successful approach is based on listening to our clients and understanding their business. We look to embrace client requirements by understanding how our advice and designs will provide best value to their projects.
Whilst our technical, documentation and consulting abilities are first class, we embrace our role as an innovator, and not a follower, of trends. We fund research and development activities in all key NDY services and support our people on the journey of continual professional development.
Our people embody the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct and look to implement best practice solutions in sustainable design, for the long-term resilience of projects.
Talented individuals look to join the NDY group because they want to be a part of a highly regarded brand, and because they want to work with the best clients on meaningful projects across international locations.
The prospect of working alongside industry thought leaders, our technical excellence, and our industry-leading approach to corporate social responsibility, makes NDY a beacon for top tier talent.