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Associate – Fire Protection Engineer

National Relocation Opportunity – Toronto, Ontario

Location: Toronto, ON
Discipline: Fire Protection Engineering / Design
Position: Senior / Associate / Future Principal

Ready to Take Your Fire Protection Career to the Next Level?
You've spent years developing your expertise in fire protection design, leading projects, solving complex technical challenges, and becoming a trusted resource for clients and project teams. Now, you may be ready for more.

We are working with a growing consulting engineering firm in Toronto looking for an experienced Fire Protection Engineer to step into an Associate-level role and play a meaningful role in the growth of the fire protection practice.

This opportunity would take on greater technical ownership, leadership, client responsibility, business development, and influence, with a long-term path toward Principal-level leadership and potential ownership. And if you're currently based elsewhere in Canada, relocation to Toronto is encouraged and relocation support may be available.

What You'll Be Doing:
As an Associate, you'll remain technically involved while taking on a much broader leadership role within the fire protection discipline.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Lead fire protection engineering and design projects from concept through completion
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to fire protection engineers and designers
• Develop fire protection strategies for complex commercial, healthcare, institutional, and mixed-use projects
• Lead and oversee fire protection system design, calculations, reports, specifications, and technical documentation
• Interpret and apply applicable Canadian building, fire, and life safety codes and standards
• Coordinate fire protection systems with architectural, mechanical, electrical, and structural disciplines
• Act as a senior technical resource for clients, architects, contractors, and project teams
• Build and maintain long-term client relationships
• Participate in proposals, presentations, project pursuits, and business development
• Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts and develop new business
• Help recruit, mentor, and develop the next generation of fire protection professionals
• Contribute to technical standards, processes, and best practices
• Help shape the continued growth and strategic direction of the fire protection practice

What We're Looking For:

• Senior Fire Protection Engineer
• Senior Fire Protection Designer
• Fire Protection Project Manager
• Fire Protection Team Lead
• Fire Protection Specialist
• Associate-level professional looking for a larger platform

We're looking for someone with:

• 8–12+ years of fire protection consulting/design experience
• Strong experience with building fire protection systems and life safety
• Experience delivering commercial, healthcare, institutional, mixed-use, or other complex building projects
• Strong knowledge of applicable Canadian fire protection and building codes and standards
• Experience with sprinkler, standpipe, fire alarm, life safety, and/or related fire protection systems
• Proven project leadership and coordination experience
• Strong client-facing and communication skills
• Experience mentoring and developing technical staff
• An interest in business development and growing client relationships
• Professional engineering/designation credentials (P.Eng or P.L Eng within the discipline)

Your Next Step Isn't Just Another Promotion. We're not looking for someone who simply wants an Associate title. We're looking for someone who wants to help build the business.

As an Associate, you'll have the opportunity to influence:

• The projects the team pursues.
• The clients the firm develops.
• The people the practice hires and mentors.
• The technical standards it operates by.
• And the future direction of the fire protection discipline.

For the right individual, this role can provide a long-term path toward Principal-level leadership and potential ownership/equity.

Why Toronto?
Toronto is one of Canada's largest and most active building markets, with significant demand across healthcare, institutional, commercial, residential, and mixed-use development.

For an experienced fire protection professional, relocating to Toronto can offer something particularly valuable - the opportunity to step into a leadership position within a major market rather than simply competing for another senior technical role.

Whether you're currently based in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, or elsewhere in Canada, this could be an opportunity to make a significant career move. You wouldn't be relocating simply for another job. You'd be relocating for the opportunity to help build and lead a practice.

Relocation Support:
Candidates currently living anywhere across Canada are encouraged to apply.

Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate, with the specific package discussed based on experience and individual circumstances.

If you've reached the point where you want more leadership, more autonomy, greater client influence, and a clear path toward Principal-level responsibility, we'd like to speak with you.

Your next move doesn't have to be sideways. It can be a step up.

If you are interested, message directly - Jennifer Ramos, jramos@talentsphere.ca | LinkedIn