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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.

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Position Openings:

To post an internship, full-time engineer, or academic position, please submit a PDF version to: enfp@umd.edu

 

Academic Positions and Fellowship Opportunities
Company Title Location Posted
Oklahoma State University PDF icon Assistant Professor of Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Stillwater, OK 09/2019
Washington & Lee University PDF icon Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering Lexington, VA 08/2019

Internships and Co-op
Company Title Location Posted
ARUP PDF icon Fire Engineering Intern - Summer 2020 Multiple Locations 09/2019
Burns & McDonnell PDF icon Fire Protection Internship Multiple Locations 07/2019
Disney PDF icon 2020 Spring Intern Fire Protection Engineering Lake Buena Vista, FL 08/2019
Dominion Energy PDF icon Intern - Auxiliary Systems Engineering Mineral, VA 10/2019
JACOBS PDF icon Intern - Fire Protection Dallas, TX 10/2019
Michael Baker International PDF icon Fire Protection Internship - Summer 2020 Moon Township, PA 11/2019
Poole Fire Protection PDF icon Summer 2020 Internship Olathe, KS 09/2019
Stanton Engineering Services, LLC PDF icon Fire Protection Internship Columbia, MD 11/2019
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory PDF icon Undergraduate or Graduate Resarch Internship Washington, DC 08/2019
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associtates, Inc. PDF icon 2020 Fire Protection and Life Safety Intern Multiple Locations 10/2019

Post-Graduate Opportunities
Company Title Location Posted
AECOM PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Carlsbad, NM 10/2019
AEGIS Engineering PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Mukilteo, WA 09/2019
American Security Programs, Inc. PDF icon WBG Deputy Fire Marshall Washington, DC 09/2019
American Security Programs, Inc. PDF icon WBG Senior Fire Marshall Washington, DC 09/2019
Arora Engineers, Inc PDF icon Fire Life Safety Designer ( Fire Protection) New York, NY 07/2019
Arora Engineers, Inc PDF icon 2019-Arora-FA- July.pdf New York, NY 07/2019
Arora Engineers, Inc PDF icon Sr. Fire Life Safety Designer/Engineer (Fire Protection) New York, NY 07/2019
ARUP PDF icon Fire Engineer Multiple Locations 09/2019
Burns & McDonnell PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Multiple Locations 07/2019
CareerTraction, LLC PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Roanoke, VA 11/2019
City of Corpus Christi, TX PDF icon Fire Prevention Engineer Corpus Christi, kTX 08/2019
Code Consultants Inc. PDF icon Fire Protection and Life Safety Consultant Los Angelas, CA 10/2019
Code Consultants, Inc. PDF icon Fire Alarm Project Designer New York, NY 10/2019
Code Consultants, Inc. PDF icon Fire Protection and Life Safety Engineer Chicago, IL 10/2019
Code Consultants, Inc. PDF icon Fire Sprinkler Project Designer Los Angeles, CA 10/2019
Code Consultants, Inc. PDF icon Fire Alarm Project Designer St. Louis, MO 10/2019
Code Consultants, Inc. PDF icon Fire Sprinkler Project Designer New York, NY - St. Louis, MO 10/2019
Code Consultants, Inc. PDF icon Fire Protection and Life Safety Consultant Los Angeles, CA - St. Louis, MO - New York, NY 10/2019
Coffman Engineers PDF icon 2019-Coffman Engineers-September.pdf Multiple Locations 09/2019
Cosentini Associates PDF icon Code Consultant and Fire Protection Engineer Boston, MA 07/2019
Gulf States Engineering PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Gulfport, MS or Mobile, AL 09/2019
Holmes Fire LP PDF icon Fire Engineer Multiple locations in New Zealand 10/2019
Incandescence Life Safety PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer/Engineer-In-Training Denver, CO 08/2019
JACOBS PDF icon Fire Protection EIT Dallas, TX 10/2019
Las Alamos National Laboratory PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer 3/4 Los Alamos, NM 09/2019
Los Alamos National Laboratory PDF icon Engineer 1 Los Alamos, NM 09/2019
Los Alamos National Laboratory PDF icon Emergency Operations Mananger 2 Los Alamos, NM 09/2019
Los Alamos National Laboratory PDF icon Cognizant System Engineer (Engineer 3/4) Los Alamos, NM 09/2019
Los Alamos National Laboratory PDF icon Cognizant System Engineer (CSE 2) Los Alamos, NM 09/2019
Louis Berger PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Indian Head, MD 04/2019
Merrick & Company PDF icon Fire Protection Design Engineer ll Multiple Locations 09/2019
Michael Baker International PDF icon Fire Protection Associate - Entry Level Moon Township, PA 11/2019
National Foam PDF icon Senior Product Engineer West Chester, PA 08/2019
NIKA PDF icon Sr. Fire Protection Engineer San Antonio, TX 08/2019
Pantex Facility Engineering PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer-Specialist-Sr. Specialist Armarillo, TX 10/2019
Pepco PDF icon Principal Engineer - Fire Protection Engineering Washington, DC 11/2019
Pepco Holdings PDF icon Associate Fire Protection Engineering Washington, DC 09/2019
Poole Fire Protection PDF icon 2019-Poole1-Sept.pdf Olathe, KS 09/2019
Smith Group PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Baltimore, MD 05/2019
Smith Group PDF icon 2019-SmithGroup-May.pdf Washington, DC 05/2019
SRG Government Services PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Kuwait 08/2019
Stanton Engineering Services, LLC PDF icon Staff Fire Protection Engineer Columbia, MD 11/2019
Telgian Engineering and Consulting PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Wilmington, DE 09/2019
The University of Maryland, Baltimore PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer l Baltimore, MD 10/2019
The University of Maryland, Baltimore PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer l Baltimore, MD 09/2019
Towson University PDF icon Towson University Towson, MD 11/2019
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Phoenix, AZ 11/2019
U.S. Army, Directorate of Public Works PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Redstone Arsenal, AL 09/2019
U.S. Fire Pump PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Holden, LA
U.S. Naval Facilites Engineering Command PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Multiple Locations 07/2019
University of Maryland, College Park PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer College Park, MD 10/2019
Vogt Sprinkler Service, Inc. PDF icon 2019-Vogt-August.pdf Kenmore, NY 08/2019
Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Baltimore, MD 08/2019
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associtates, Inc. PDF icon Fire Protection Engineering Associate San Diego, CA 10/2019
Y-12 Recruiting PDF icon Fire Protection Engineer Oak Ridge, TN 09/2019

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

FPE 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, ensuring copy is 'ready to post.'  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. The office provides resume critiques, campus interviews, career fairs, and job search workshops for students. Students participating in co-op and/or internship 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, Engineering Career Services also assist students in finding post-graduate positions. Alumni of the Fire Protection Engineering Department are encouraged to also visit the Job Listings section to find postings for 'experienced' position announcements as they move forward in their careers. 

Engineering Career Services
1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
301-405-3863
careerengr@eng.umd.edu
Hours:  8:30am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday


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