Fire Alarm Designer – Midwest

🕒 June 11

🌽 Illinois, Ohio, +2 more states – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote 🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

💵 $76.1k - $104k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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Johnson Controls

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1885

🏗️ Construction

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Construction • Healthcare • Logistics

Johnson Controls is a global leader in creating smart building technologies, software, and services. With over 100,000 employees across 150 countries, the company offers the world's largest portfolio in HVAC equipment, building automation, and control systems. Their innovative solutions include industrial refrigeration, fire detection, and security systems, enhancing efficiency and sustainability. Johnson Controls is committed to helping customers achieve their sustainability goals with technologies like OpenBlue, which provides real-time data visibility and management systems for optimizing building performance. Their services span from digital solutions for energy management to advanced security and fire safety systems.

📋 Description

• The primary role of the Fire Alarm Designer is to design fire alarm systems for Johnson Controls projects. • Acting as a design lead on large complex multi-faceted projects and directing other members of the design team supporting these projects • Organizes and plans own workload, helps to direct workload of less experienced design team members, and additionally works with other design teams when required. • Facilitates reviews of initial designs of medium complexity to provide value engineered/code compliant solutions where required. • Coordinates with CAD Support Technicians 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 medium complexity systems including: system operation, drawings, and calculations. • Completes detailed calculations to verify system design meets code and standard requirements. • Participates in pre/post project design meeting and attends customer/site coordination meetings, as applicable. • Develops bill of materials to facilitate construction. • Examines completed submissions in conjunction with CAD Support Technician for equipment application, equipment compatibility, and compliance with specifications and scope. • Provides support to Project Managers when orders have been received to assist in maintaining and/or improving project margins.

🎯 Requirements

• A Minimum of 5 years’ experience in design of Fire and Security systems. • NICET Certification Level II, or Level I with Level II attainability • Experienced with NFPA 72 (National Fire Alarm Code) • Experience in Fire Alarm, Security, Nurse Call, CCTV and/or Construction Industry. • High school degree or equivalent required. • Demonstrated ability in drafting/CAD, computer skills estimating/pricing, and project management. • Proficient in reading and understanding architectural and electrical diagrams • Knowledge of multiple electronic building systems. • Advanced understanding of mechanical systems and their interface to fire alarm systems. • Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Office Suite including, Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, Adobe • Effective written and oral communications • Ability to obtain appropriate licenses required by national, state and local codes. • Ability to work a full-time schedule • Available for local travel

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Bonus plan • Competitive benefits package