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The University of Maryland, College Park actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, gender, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, or political affiliation. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Academic Positions and Fellowship Opportunities -

 
Company Title Location Posted
Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor of Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Stillwater, OK 10/2018
Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor Stillwater, OK 10/2018

Internships and Co-op -

 
Company Title Location Posted
Architect of the Capitol Engineering Aide Washington, DC 11/2018
ARUP Internship - Summer 2019 multiple locations 09/2018
Bechtel Fire Protection Internship Summer 2019 Reston, VA
Houston, TX		 10/2018
Burns & McDonnell Fire Protection Internship Arlington, VA
Denver, CO
Minneapolis, MN		 10/2018
Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc. Fire Protection Co-op/Intern Spring-Summer 2019 Columbia, MD 10/2018
Dominion Energy Fire Protection Engineering Internship Richmond, VA 11/2018
Jacobs Fire Protection Internship Arlington, VA 09/2018
Jacobs Fire Protection Internship Summer 2019 Dallas, TX 09/2018
JENSEN HUGHES Fire Protection Internship multiple locations 10/2018
Stanton Engineering Fire Protection Internship Columbia, MD 10/2018
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Undergraduate or Postdoctoral Research Associaste Washington, DC 09/2018
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Research Associate Washington, DC 09/2018
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Intern - Cone Calorimetry and Foam Research Washington, DC 09/2018

Post-Graduate Opportunities -

 
Company Title Location Posted
AECOM Fire Protection Engineer Boston, MA 09/2018
ARUP Graduate Fire Engineer - 2019 multiple locations 09/2018
Arup Fire Protection Engineer Washington, DC 08/2018
ARUP Graduate Fire Engineer UK wide 10/2018
Bechtel Fire Protection Engineer Reston, VA 10/2018
Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Protection Engineer Upton, NY 11/2018
Burns & McDonnell Fire Protection Engineer Arlington, VA
Minneapolis, MN		 10/2018
China Lake FSL Fire Protection Engineer China Lake, CA 09/2018
Consolidated Nuclear Security, Inc. Fire Protection Engineer Oak Ridge, TN 11/2018
Consolidated Nuclear Security, Inc. Fire Protection Engineer Oak Ridge, TN 11/2018
DOE - National Nuclear Security Administration Fire Protection Engineer Livermore, CA 10/2018
Edgewater Technical Associates Fire Protection Engineer Hanford,WA 09/2018
Fairfax County Engineer IV - Fire Prevention Fairfax. VA 11/12/2018
Gilbert Consulting Services, Inc. Fire Protection Engineer Arroyo Grande, CA 10/2018
Haines Fire and Risk Consulting Fire Protection Professionals Southampton, NJ 10/2018
Holmes Fire Fire Protection Engineer Australia, New Zealand
L.A. or San Fran,CA		 10/2018
Jacobs Fire Protection EIT Arlington, VA 09/2018
JENSEN HUGHES Fire Protection Engineer multiple locations 10/2018
Los Alamos National Laboratory Fire Protection Engineer 1/2 Los Alamos, NM 09/2018
Mission Support Alliance Senior Fire Protection Engineer Hanford,WA 11/2018
Nana WorleyParsons Fire Engineer multiple locations 08/2018
Nana WorleyParsons Fire Protection Designer multiple locations 08/2018
Nana WorleyParsons Fire Protection Engineer multiple locations 08/2018
Nana WorleyParsons Fire Proteciton Specialist multiple locations 08/2018
Nana WorleyParsons Fire Proteciton Specialist multiple locations 08/2018
Nana WorleyParsons Senior Fire Protection Designer multiple locations 08/2018
Nana WorleyParsons Fire Alarm Engineer multiple locations 08/2018
Naval Sea Systems Command Fire Protection Engineer multiple locations 10/2018
NAWAH Energy Company Senior Fire Safety Specialist Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates 08/2018
Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC Fire Protection Engineer Carlsbad, NM 10/2018
Oregon Health & Science University Fire/Life Safety Officer Portland, OR 09/2018
Richmond Group USA Fire Protection Engineer Mid-Atlantic Region 10/2018
RS&H Fire Protection Engineer Jacksonville, FL 04/2018
SEA Fire Protection Engineer Houston, TX 10/2018
SNC-Lavalin Fire Protection Engineer Ottawa, Canada 09/2018
TESLA Fire Protection Engineer Sparks, NV 10/2018
TG Gallagher Fire Sprinkler Estimator Cambridge, MA 11/2018
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2018-U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers-Sept..pdf Alexandria, VA 09/2018
Universtity of Maryland Fire Protection Engineer College Park, MD 10/2018
USAJobs - Federal Government Fire Protection Engineer multiple locations 08/2017

West Coast Code Consultants, Inc

 Fire Protection Engineer/Fire and Life Safety Plans Examiner Salt Lake City, UT
San Francisco, CA		 10/2018
WFT Engineering Fire Protection Engineer Rockville, MD 12/2018

Travelers

 Travelers Lab Fire Investigative Intern Hartford, CT 09/2018
       
       
       
       

 

      

 

There are several resources for employment on campus as well as external fire protection jobs:

Staff Positions:

No openings at this time.


Faculty Positions:

No openings at this time.


Employment Positions for Engineers:

  • Engineering Career Services (for internships and post-graduation opportunities for all engineering majors)
  • Job Listings (a job board specifically for fire protection majors)

Academic Positions and Fellowship Opportunities
There are the following Ph.D. possible openings in FireSERT in the area of Fire Dynamics and Materials laboratory:

  • Soot, Carbon Monoxide and Radiation in Pool Fires: experiments and modeling
  • Fire dynamics of large scale enclosure and corridor or tunnel fires
  • Chemistry and physics of material flammability properties including extinction and ignition
  • Fire suppression using liquid nitrogen
  • Fire Risk assessment using Agent Based Modeling

For more information see:
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research

Employment Posting Guidelines

The Department of Fire Protection Engineering welcomes job listings for internships and paid employment for positions in fire protection and related fields.  Please forward the position description, including all pertinent contact and application information, to enfp@umd.edu.

Kindly forward the advertisement as an e-mail attachment in PDF format.  Please be sure that your copy is “ready to post” as we are not available to edit it.

Thank you for your interest in sharing employment opportunities with our students and alumni who represent the very best in fire protection engineering.

Questions? Please call 301-405-3992.

The Engineering Career Services helps students find co-op, internship, and summer engineering positions. Students participating in these programs gain professional work experience, earn a competitive salary, make invaluable networking contacts, integrate classroom theory into practice, and confirm their career choices. In conjunction with the campus Career Center, we also assist students in finding post-graduate positions. 

Engineering Co-op & Career Services Office
1137 Glenn L. Martin Hall
301-405-3863
co-op@eng.umd.edu
Hours:  8:30am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday


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