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Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D Insurance, including FREE Employee Only premium for SIMNSA and Kaiser Permanente Bronze Base medical plans.
Vacation, Paid Holidays, Birthday Holiday, and Sick Pay
FREE Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
FREE Onsite Gym
FREE premium coffee and snacks
Company Celebrations (i.e., summer picnic, holiday event)
Employee Referral Program
Leadership: Oversees departmental operational budgets, software licensing configurations (Autosprink, NFPA, Autodesk, Bluebeam, HydraCAD), and long-term department expansion.
Financial Accountability: Monitors project burn rates, estimate design hours for multi-million dollar contracts, and safeguard the department's gross profit margins.
Audits the highest-risk projects (e.g., high-rise, high-piled storage, or hazardous industrial spaces) and serve as the final escalation point for complex plan-check disputes.
Talent Management: Owns the ultimate authority to hire, fire, discipline, and promote department personnel in alignment with company growth objectives and policies.
Leadership Development & Mentorship: Coaches, mentors, and develops team, preparing them for advanced management paths.
People Management: Conducts career-pathing sessions, establish succession planning matrices, resolve high-level interpersonal conflicts, and actively work to reduce employee burnout.
Performance Monitoring: Establishes key performance indicators (KPIs) for the department, conducting formal performance reviews and implementing corrective action plans when necessary.
Culture: Cultivates a psychologically safe work environment where team members feel empowered to collaborate, voice technical concerns, innovate, and report errors without fear of negative repercussions.
Other management duties as assigned.
Productivity Expectations
Department Utilization: Targets an overall department billable utilization rate of 85%.
First-Pass Success: Maintains a department-wide first-pass plan check approval rate of 90%+ across all Southern California municipalities.
Backlog Stability: Ensure design department capacity matches project backlog schedules up to 90 days out.
At least 8 years of progressive engineering and design experience, including a minimum of 5 years of direct leadership experience overseeing a team of 10+ design professionals.
Certification: NICET Level III in Water-Based Systems Layout.
Software Mastery: Expert in Autocad, Autosprink, Hydracad, NFPA and Bluebeam Revu (Studio, Sets, Quantity Link) for department-wide standardization and macro executive review.
Core Competency: Expert command of local Fire Code amendments, and WUI (Wildland-Urban Interface) regulations.
Other
Symons Fire Protection, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, genetic info, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, we consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application or any part of the hiring process, please let us know.
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| Company | |
| Location | San Diego, California |
| Type | FULL TIME |
| Niche | Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations |