Individual can be based out of Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Anchorage, AK OR Cypress, CA (Los Angeles Area). 

What you will do for Siemens Smart Infrastructure: 

Our Smart Buildings help to create efficient, safe, responsive, and responsible environments. Our aim isn’t just about improving buildings; it’s about creating perfect places that improve peoples’ lives. This position creates unique design solutions to meet specific customer requirements for commercial building fire alarm systems in new and existing facilities. The right candidate will make recommendations for productivity improvements and cost reductions to increase customer satisfaction and job profitability.

Responsibilities:

• Choose the appropriate mix of products and installation methods to provide the most cost-effective solution.
• Prepare submittals and schedules; order required products and equipment.
• Participate in sales-to-operations turnover meetings to evaluate accuracy of the sales estimate and job layout.
• Design fire alarm systems for buildings, including floorplan drawings with system device locations, riser diagrams, device wiring details, panel mounting and wiring details, bills of materials, and sequences of operations to meet the intent of the project plans, specifications, and contract documents.
• Provide general electrical calculations, including battery calculations, voltage drop calculations, conduit fills, power supply sizing, etc.
• Prepare engineering re-estimates and follow up with appropriate sales and management to ensure understanding of and satisfaction with job scope.
• Follow up with sales and management to ensure job scope, specifications, and schematics will meet customer needs.
• Provide start-up and checkout documentation to the Project Manager for use in commissioning and validation.
• Perform quality assurance; peer-review engineering documents.
• Mentor, train, and direct design activities of the engineering team.