Company Overview

At Jensen Hughes, we lead with our Purpose + Principles and value our people. Across our global partnership of experts, clients, and communities, we are recognized worldwide for our leadership in fire protection engineering, a legacy of responsibility we have advanced with pride since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related risk management fields — from accessibility consulting, risk and hazard analysis, process safety and forensic investigations to security risk consulting, emergency management and digital innovation. As we champion best practices, set industry standards and support communities with innovative solutions, we are making the world a better place.

We believe that creating and sustaining a culture of trust, integrity and professional growth fundamentally includes a sustained commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

At Jensen Hughes, diversity is ingrained in our culture -- we accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Our differences and uniqueness are celebrated and reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks.

Job Overview

Jensen Hughes is seeking a Hazardous Materials Code Consultant to join our Mid-Atlantic Team with offices in Maryland and Virginia. We are open to other locations and remote work for candidates having demonstrated experience and capability. A successful candidate will demonstrate ability to perform or direct engineering consulting services pertaining to hazardous materials use and storage. We are seeking applications from candidates at the mid-level or senior-level career stage. This market segment is a key growth area for our company and offers opportunities for increasing industry engagement, business development and mentorship of emerging professionals.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering work associated with storage and use of flammable and combustible liquids, flammable gases, oxidizers, toxics, corrosives and other hazardous materials

• Serve as a technical project management contact with clients regarding requests for proposals, contracting, deliverables, invoicing, etc.

• Conduct site inspections to observe existing operations at client facilities, perform fire and life safety code compliance reviews, provide engineering equivalency evaluations for a variety of occupancies and recommend additions/revisions to client plans and procedures

• Apply engineering judgment to consider solutions not addressed by codes and standards and prepare technical justification for code variance requests

• Conduct fire hazard analyses (FHAs) for unique, high-hazard and high-value industrial and manufacturing facilities

• Identify opportunities for performance-based design and develop design basis documents and operational specifications to mitigate hazards

• Prepare written reports for hazardous material code compliance work and provide QA/QC for similar reports prepared by colleagues

• Support negotiation and implementation of insurance loss control recommendations

• Develop research proposals to investigate safety hazards associated with storage and use of hazardous materials in arrangements not addressed by existing codes and regulations

• Prepare hazardous materials inventory statements, hazardous materials management plans and similar documentation to fulfill requirements of codes, regulations or insurance carriers

• Develop and execute business development plans for clients, markets and sectors related to hazardous material code consulting

Requirements and Qualifications

• All candidates should possess the following qualifications.

• High-level written and oral communication skills to write reports, business correspondence, presentations, etc.

• Bachelor’s Degree from four-year college and 5+ years of related experience

• Ability to travel up to 30% for project work

• Ability to support multiple projects and effectively share workload with colleagues across regional and service line boundaries to fulfill client expectations

• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering practices, fire and building codes and industry standards applying to hazardous materials use and storage, including:

• International Building Code

• International Fire Code and NFPA 1

• NFPA codes/standards pertaining to occupancies involving hazardous materials facility design, commissioning and operations, including but not limited to NFPA 30 and 400

• Insurer guidelines such as FM Global DatasheetsWe are especially interested in candidates with the following additional qualifications.

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in the fields of chemical engineering, fire protection engineering or mechanical engineering

• Professional Engineer (PE/P.Eng.), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Institute of Safety and Health Management (ISHM) or comparable certification

• Knowledge of U.S. federal regulations and standards pertaining to hazardous materials, including DOT, OSHA, EPA, etc.

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Jensen Hughes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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*Policy on use of 3rd party recruiting agency for direct placements

Jensen Hughes will occasionally augment a recruiting search through agencies for certain positions when business conditions warrant. Jensen Hughes will not accept resumes, inquiries or proposals from recruiting agencies as an acceptable method to consider a candidate. 3rd party recruiting agencies must sign a standard Jensen Hughes agreement after being evaluated and accepted by a Human Resources or Talent Acquisition manager, or member of the talent acquisition team. Hiring managers and employees of Jensen Hughes are not authorized to accept resumes, engage in fee-based searches through recruiting firms or sign a search agreement. Please note this policy does not apply to “staffing firms” or firms that are involved with hiring temporary staff. Any recruiting agency interested in being considered may contact our recruiting team at jensenhughesrecruiting.com.