What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fire Protection Engineer position at Savannah River National Laboratory?
Job Description
Savannah River National Laboratory is seeking an experienced Fire Protection Engineer to serve as a technical authority for fire protection engineering in support of nuclear facilities, high hazard operations, and national security missions. This role provides advanced technical leadership to ensure rigorous compliance with DOE O 420.1C and related DOE safety directives. The successful candidate will influence facility design, safety basis development, and strategic fire protection program direction across SRNL.
Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications:
"We put science to work!"
Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program laboratory applying state of the art science and practical, high-value, cost-effective solutions to complex technical problems to protect the nation. Located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken SC, the laboratory develops and deploys innovative technologies to address some of the nation’s environmental, energy, and national security challenges.
Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA) is constantly assessing trends to provide the best possible benefits to our workforce. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce.
Some of the *Benefits offered to employees include:
BSRA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. BSRA is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. Please email us at SRNLRecruiting@srnl.doe.gov with any questions regarding the hiring process or to request an accommodation.
About The Team
The Operations & Facilities (O&F) Division of SRNL provides a team focused infrastructure upgrades for nuclear and industrial facilities supporting SRNL. O&F Engineering is looking for people who can use their talents and experience to help build state of the art business programs as SRNL continues to use it diverse creative staff to deliver the highest quality programs to its customer.
Savannah River National Laboratory is seeking an experienced Fire Protection Engineer to serve as a technical authority for fire protection engineering in support of nuclear facilities, high hazard operations, and national security missions. This role provides advanced technical leadership to ensure rigorous compliance with DOE O 420.1C and related DOE safety directives. The successful candidate will influence facility design, safety basis development, and strategic fire protection program direction across SRNL.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support and oversight to ensure compliance with DOE O 420.1C and related DOE directives governing fire protection for nuclear and high‑hazard facilities.
- Develop and review Fire Hazard Analyses (FHAs) consistent with DOE O 420.1C requirements, including identification of credited fire protection features and safety controls.
- Support Safety Basis development by identifying fire-related hazards, evaluating potential accident scenarios, and contributing to hazard analyses, DSA updates, and TSR development.
- Evaluate facility fire risks and determine the adequacy of the fire protection program, including detection, suppression, life safety, and passive fire protection features.
- Review and approve engineering design packages and facility modifications to ensure compliance with NFPA codes, DOE standards, and applicable building/safety codes.
- Conduct system performance assessments and engineering calculations, such as fire modeling, hydraulic calculations for suppression systems, and evaluations of fire barriers and structural integrity under fire conditions.
- Participate in documented safety analysis reviews, unreviewed safety question evaluations, and change control processes.
- Provide technical expertise in support of fire investigations, occurrence reporting, and corrective action implementation.
- Interface with facility operations, nuclear safety engineers, design engineers, and emergency management to ensure integrated safety approaches across SRNL operations.
- Provide a wide breadth of fire protection engineering input suitable to the ever-expanding and diverse scopes of a research laboratory.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering or another engineering discipline with relevant fire protection experience.
- Minimum 4 years of engineering practice, three of which in responsible charge of diverse fire protection engineering work.
- For ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, US Citizenship is Legally Required
- Working knowledge of DOE O 420.1C, NFPA codes, and life safety standards.
- Experience with Fire Hazard Analyses, fire protection system design, or facility safety evaluations.
- Strong technical writing ability with experience producing defensible engineering documentation.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE security clearance.
- Master’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering or related field.
- 8 years of engineering practice in responsible charge of diverse fire protection engineering work.
- Professional Engineer (PE) in Fire Protection or ability to obtain PE within a reasonable timeframe.
- Experience working within DOE nuclear facilities, commercial nuclear, or other high‑hazard regulated environments.
- Familiarity with nuclear safety concepts, including DSAs, TSRs, and hazard categorization.
- Experience with fire modeling tools, performance‑based design methods, or assessment of passive fire protection systems.
- Ability to maintain positive relationships with stakeholders when communicating and enforcing complex requirements.
"We put science to work!"
Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program laboratory applying state of the art science and practical, high-value, cost-effective solutions to complex technical problems to protect the nation. Located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken SC, the laboratory develops and deploys innovative technologies to address some of the nation’s environmental, energy, and national security challenges.
Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA) is constantly assessing trends to provide the best possible benefits to our workforce. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce.
Some of the *Benefits offered to employees include:
- Benefits vary based upon employment status
- Highly competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision options including HSA options with company provided seed
- Short- & Long-Term Disability (company paid)
- Life Insurance Non-Contributary 1X salary (company paid)
- AD&D Non-contributary 1x salary (company paid)
- Savings & Investment plan:
- Qualified Non-Elective Company Contribution of 5% each pay period with immediate vesting
- Company match 50 cents/dollar up to 8% (5 yrs. vesting in company match)
- Contributory Life Insurance up to 5x Salary with $1M Cap
- Contributory AD&D (employee, spouse and children)
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Assistance Plan
- SRNL offers a competitive relocation package to ease the transition process. Domestic and international relocation assistance is available for certain positions.
BSRA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. BSRA is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. Please email us at SRNLRecruiting@srnl.doe.gov with any questions regarding the hiring process or to request an accommodation.
About The Team
The Operations & Facilities (O&F) Division of SRNL provides a team focused infrastructure upgrades for nuclear and industrial facilities supporting SRNL. O&F Engineering is looking for people who can use their talents and experience to help build state of the art business programs as SRNL continues to use it diverse creative staff to deliver the highest quality programs to its customer.