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Fire Protection Engineer
Smithsonian Institution · Posted 120 days ago
On-site Full-time Washington, DC $85K – $158K Apply by Jun 25, 2026 Fire Protection Engineering ENTJENTPINTJINTP Engineering
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The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. The responsibility of the Fire Protection Division (FPD), Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management (OSHEM) is to develop and coordinate a comprehensive Smithsonian (SI) Fire Protection Program, which includes fire engineering and fire prevention.
What You'll Do
- →The Fire Protection Engineer will operate and maintain all buildings and spaces to protect Smithsonian employees, property, and mission from losses that may be incurred in the event of a fire.
- →In this position, you will: Review design and construction project drawings and specifications to evaluate adequacy of both fire protection and life safety to a wide variety of building and occupancy types.
- →Apply current national building and fire codes in developing prescriptive and performance-based approaches to solving various fire protection and life safety issues.
- →Develop fire protection and life safety policies and programs based on established standards and tailored to the needs of an organization or jurisdiction.
- →Provide fire protection/life safety training and presentations to diverse groups, both large and small.
- →Prepare reports using proper grammar and context.
- →Prepare technical reports at the conclusion of inspections of SI facilities.
Requirements
- ✓Conditions of Employment Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions on OPM website.
- ✓Basic Education Requirement Degree: Engineering.
- ✓OR Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.
- ✓Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation May need to complete a Probationary Period Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.
Benefits
- ★The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, vacation and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options.
- ★Please see Benefits at https://www.si.edu/OHR/benefits for a complete description.
- ★Flexible Spending Accounts - https://www.fsafeds.com/ Health Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp Leave - http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp Life Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp Long Term Care Insurance - http://www.ltcfeds.com Retirement Program - https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/
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