Fire Protection Engineer I
​
OPEN NOW
​
FILING DEADLINE: 1/31/2018 11:59:00 PM
​
SALARY: $46,857.00 - $75,012.00/year
​
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time
​
WORK LOCATION: Wicomico
JOB DESCRIPTION
​
To apply and approve professional fire protection engineering principles and practices to ensure compliance with fire laws included in the Maryland Public Safety Article and requirements of the State Fire Prevention Code as applicable to design, construction, and use of new and existing buildings and processes from a life safety and property protection standpoint; serve as a technical code enforcement resource at the regional level to the staff of the agency; implement and coordinate code requirements with local fire and building officials and numerous state agencies; provide appropriate professional level of fire protection engineering services as directed by the Chief Fire Protection Engineer; provide code interpretation and fire protection engineering assistance to architects, engineers and other design professionals consistent with agency policies.
LOCATION OF POSITION
​
Salisbury District Court Multi-Service Center
201 Baptist Street Salisbury, MD 21801
​
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
​
Education: Possession of a bachelor’s degree in fire protection engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.
Experience: Two years of professional experience in fire protection engineering work.
OR
Education: Possession of a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.
Experience: Four years of professional experience in fire protection engineering work.
​
Note: Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Engineering classifications or Engineering specialty codes in the fire protection engineering field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
​
The online application is strongly preferred. If the online application process is not available you may submit a paper application (no resumes) by the closing date to:
Office of the State Fire Marshal
1201 Reisterstown Road
Pikesville, MD 21208
If you have any questions regarding this recruitment, please contact Pam Harvey at
As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity.
TTY users call Maryland Relay Service, 800-735-2258
We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply.
Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.