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Fire Protection Designer/EIT

HDR, Inc.
United States, North Carolina, Charlotte
440 S Church St Ste 1000 (Show on map)
Nov 14, 2025

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it's about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR's Building Engineering Services Group, you'll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience. We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether you're optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities, your contributions will help define the future of the built environment. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

HDR's Fire & Life Safety (FLS) team is continuing to expand our market sector expertise across HDR's client base, including Civic (high-rises, auditoriums/arenas, detention, recreational), Federal (Department of Defense (DoD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Veteran Affairs (VA), National Park Service (NPS), General Services Administration (GSA), Healthcare, Resources (hazardous materials, power, hydropower, waste, oil/gas/LNG, mining, industrial, fuels, material handling), Science/Tech/Labs, Transportation (aviation, rail, roads/bridges, marine, public transit), and Water (water/waste/storm treatment).
Primary Responsibilities
As a member of our Fire & Life Safety team, you will be tasked with executing design production, and you will also have a key role in providing and delivering our fire & life safety design services which include: active and passive fire and life safety systems, code consulting, life safety and egress evaluations, performance-based design, fire/smoke/egress modeling, inspection and plan review, hazard and risk analysis, emergency management and planning, structural fire protection, fire root cause analysis, and accessibility consulting.
In the role of Fire Protection Design Coordinator/EIT, we'll count on you to:
  • Assist on the fire protection portions of projects under the direction of a Senior Fire Protection Engineer
  • Meet with clients and contractors
  • Interpret engineering data for designers and drafters
  • Check the drawings on a continuing basis to ensure accuracy and completeness, and promote the skills of designers and drafters
  • Monitor the schedule and budgets for projects
  • Review and summarize applicable codes, and record them for inclusion in the design record
  • Coordinate work with other disciplines and consultants
  • Check contract documents and shop drawings, and answer requests for information
  • Assist in writing the specifications in conjunction with the Technical Services Department
  • Perform other duties as needed
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in a technical design or consulting role involving fire protection or other building systems
  • Good working knowledge of, and experience with, Autodesk Products such as AutoCAD, REVIT, and Navisworks
  • Engineer in Training (EIT) certificate
  • Candidates without their EIT will be placed into a Design Coordinator job code and will be expected to obtain their EIT for career progression

  • Local candidates preferred
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering
  • An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Primary Location : United States-North Carolina-Charlotte
Industry : Building Engineering
Schedule : Full-time
Employee Status : Regular
BusinessClass : Fire and Life Safety
Job Posting : Nov 13, 2025
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