City : Toronto

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Industry : Materials & Construction

Employer : Stantec

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.

Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.

Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity

The built environment shapes how communities live, work, and interact. Our Buildings practice brings together multidisciplinary expertise to design safe, resilient, and high-performance environments across Canada and internationally.

We are seeking a Fire Protection Engineer to join our national fire protection engineering team. In this role, you will plan, design, and deliver complex fire protection systems for institutional, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects, working closely with multidisciplinary teams across Canada.

This position may be based in either of our Toronto, Ottawa or Markham offices and offers a hybrid work environment combining office collaboration, remote work, and site visits.

Your Key Responsibilities

Engineering and Technical Design

• Contribute to the design and development of fire protection systems for building projects, ensuring safety, code compliance, and system performance.
• Perform hydraulic calculations, fire hydrant flow analysis, and system sizing in accordance with NFPA standards and Canadian codes.
• Prepare and review engineering drawings, specifications, technical reports, and presentations using BIM, CAD, and related design tools.
• Conduct fire and life safety code analyses and provide technical guidance to project teams and clients.
• Apply engineering judgment to resolve complex technical challenges where precedent is limited.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of fire protection engineering standards, design guidelines, and technical practices.
• Conduct field investigations, construction site visits, inspections, and data collection to verify installation quality and design compliance.

Project Delivery (depending on the candidates interest)

• Participate in all phases of project delivery, including concept development, detailed design, construction documentation, and construction administration.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary project teams, including mechanical, electrical, structural, and architectural professionals.
• Participate in project coordination meetings with internal teams, clients, contractors, consultants, and sub-contractors.
• Ensure project deliverables meet scope, schedule, budget, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Additional responsibilities may be part of the role depending on the candidate’s interests and expertise. These may include:

• Participate in all phases of project delivery, including concept development, detailed design, construction documentation, and construction administration.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary project teams and participate in project coordination meetings with internal teams, clients, contractors, consultants, and sub‑contractors.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Solid knowledge of fire protection engineering principles, mechanical systems, and building fire safety strategies.Working knowledge of NFPA codes and standards, the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC), and the National Fire Code of Canada (NFCC).

Familiarity with provincial building codes and regulatory requirements across Canada is considered an asset

Experience performing sprinkler system hydraulic calculations using tools such as HydraCAD, HydraCalc, or AutoSprink.

Good understanding of the relationship between engineering drawings, technical specifications, and project documentation.

Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams throughout project development and construction phases.

Well-developed analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.

Ability to review project deliverables for accuracy and completeness under senior guidance, while supporting adherence to project budgets and schedules.

Experience using Revit, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office; exposure to additional building performance tools is considered an asset.

Ability to work effectively with project teams across multiple regions and time zones.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Canada and member in good standing with a provincial or territorial engineering regulatory authority, with the ability to obtain licensure in additional jurisdictions as required.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in fire protection engineering.
• Experience delivering projects in institutional, commercial, industrial, or infrastructure environments is preferred.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may require travel and include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Range:

• Lower Mainland - Colombie-Britannique-$94,600.00 - $137,100.00 Annuel

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Emplacement principal: Canada | ON | Ottawa

Organisation: 1586 Buildings-CA Quebec BSS-Ottawa ON

Statut de l'employé: Permanent

Business Justification: Nouveau poste

Déplacements: Non

Horaire: Temps plein

Affichage: 04/05/2026 08:05:28

Req: 1005740

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