Senior Fire Alarm Designer/Project Specialist - Military veterans preferred

2024-04-06
AppCast (https://www.appcast.io)
Engineering

/yr

  full-time   employee


Charlotte
North Carolina
28245
United States

Build your best future with the Johnson Controls team

As a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places, and the planet.  Join a winning team that enables you to build your best future! Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself through meaningful work projects and learning opportunities. We strive to provide our employees with an experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Become a member of the Johnson Controls family and thrive in an empowering company culture where your voice and ideas will be heard – your next great opportunity is just a few clicks away!

What we offer

  • Competitive base salary and a comprehensive bonus program.
  • Three weeks paid vacation in a calendar year/holidays/sick time/three PTO days in a calendar year.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - Available day one. 
  • Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities
  • Encouraging and collaborative team environment
  • Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy
  • Providing Scheduling and management support.
  • JCI Employee discount programs (The Loop by Perk Spot)

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What will you do

  • Provides stamped approval of drawings, if licence or certification allows.  Organizes and plans own workload, helps to direct workload of other design team members, and additionally works with other design teams when required. 
  • Acts as a design lead on large complex multi-faceted projects and directs other members of the design team supporting these projects. 
  • Facilitates reviews of initial designs of high complexity to provide value engineered/code compliant solutions where required. 
  • Coordinates with other design team members to prepare fully detailed technical submissions with complete detailed schematics and drawings to meet design criteria. 
  • Oversees CAD Support Technicians in the preparation of project submissions for high complexity systems including: system operation, drawings, and calculations. 
  • Completes detailed calculations to verify system design meets code and standard requirements. 
  • This position hybrid, supporting customers in the Charlotte, NC market, prefers a local candidate as there maybe times the individual has to go to the office or client's site.

How will you do it

  • Maximizes project load by overseeing multiple CAD Support Technicians working on projects simultaneously. 
  • Participates in pre/post project design meetings and attends customer/site coordination meetings, as applicable. 
  • Develops bill of materials to facilitate construction. 
  • Examines completed submission in conjunction with CAD Support Technicians for equipment application, equipment compatibility, and compliance with specifications and scope. 
  • Contributes project support for project managers once orders have been received to assist in maintaining and/or improving Project margins. 
  • Reviews equipment application, researches outside purchases, and ensures equipment compatibility. 
  • Provides answers to questions from customers, contractors, and authorities, having jurisdiction, as they arise.   
  • Collaborates with the Project Manager during system commissioning to verify system performance   against the design. 
  • Supports field technical staff and other design team members with technical support and design inquiries. 
  • Provides pre-sales estimate support to the sales and project management teams. 
  • Mentors and provides guidance to CAD Support Technicians in the completion of project deliverables. 
  • Performs the duties of a CAD person on assigned projects, as required, if a CAD person is not available to fulfill those duties. 
  • Directs, supports, and reviews work product provided by CAD Support Technicians. 
  • Monitors actual hours to ensure all time is properly coded to projects and are within originally estimated hours sold on the projects. 

What we look for

Required

  • Minimum NICET Level III for Fire Alarm Systems 
  • Experience 7 plus years in the Fire Alarm design
  • Project management
  • Strong Technical experience using CAD and other related tools.
  • Excellent communication skills both oral and written.

Preferred

  • Ten plus years of experience in the Fire Alarm Design industry.
  • NICET Certification.

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