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Fire and Life Safety Support Specialist

Location Richmond, Virginia Category Engineering, Technology, & Science Job Type Full time Job Id R2105891 Posted Date 05/05/2025
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Fire and Life Safety Support Specialist

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

KBR is looking for a Fire & Life Safety Specialist to ensure the site can maintain its ongoing fire suppression, fire life safety, and future systems project needs. This position is a full-time on-site position.

Functional job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

  • Approve all site fire protection & life safety Management Of Change (MOC) documents.

  • Site MOC Team representative for the Site Fire Safety Leadership Team

  • Coordinate all design/installation/pre-commissioning/Commissioning/County Permitting.

  • Write all fire protection & life safety MOC Requests, Start-ups & Closures for the entire site.

  • Coordinate, review & approve all data input to Documentum for fire protection documents and BPF’s.

  • Liaison between the site and Chesterfield County Fire Bureau for all fire building permits, inspections, and fire safety issues.

  • Coordinate and assist the site fire inspector and vendors with monthly & annually scheduled testing with all fire suppression, alarm, and detection systems located throughout the Spruance DuPont site, to ensure reliability of equipment in an emergency situation and to meet NFPA, state, local regulatory guidelines, and standards.

  • Participate on site cost and capital improvement project teams with specific responsibility to define all fire protection and life safety requirements.

  • Represent Fire and Life Safety on all project Process Hazard Reviews (PHR’s), technical, aspects, and operational.

  • Responsible for management of all design implementation, and procedural documentation of all fire life safety equipment

  • Member of Site Fire Safety Leadership Team and Responsible Care Core Team.

  • Assist site fire protection maintenance in code interpretation and trouble shooting.

  • Assist, review, and approve all site fire safety and EH&S manual fire and life safety procedures.

  • Participate in all site 1st Party fire protection and life safety auditing.

  • Participate and or conducted with 1st and 2nd Party Fire and Life Safety Audits throughout the corporation.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

  • 3-5 years’ experience with interpretation, knowledge and application of state, federal, and local codes and requirements pertaining to commonwealth of Virginia Fire Code, NFPA-National Fire Protection Association, OSHA-Occupational Safety and Health Administration, ANSI-American National Standards Institute, IBC-International Building Code, guidelines, and additional pertinent government and local codes.

  • Minimum 3-5 years’ experience as a fire safety specialist or equivalent.

  • Minimum 3-5 years’ experience of fire and life safety inspections, testing & maintenance of fire suppression systems, alarm systems and detection systems.

  • Complete DuPont Stage I & II Fire Safety Resources course within one year of employment

  • NFPA Certified Fire & Life Safety Specialist (CFLSS) or must complete within two years of employment.

  • NICET Level I or II Fire Alarm Certification or must complete certification testing within two years of employment.

  • This role may require up to 10% travel as part of the job responsibilities

  • A relocation allowance may be offered.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

  • Minimum 3-5 years’ experience as either VDFP 1031 Fire Inspector I/II or NFPA Certified Fire Inspector (CFI I/II). (Only one is required).

  • Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in the fire protection field.

  • Minimum 3-5 years’ experience of fire plans review or equivalent.

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Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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