Remote Fire Sprinkler Designer Jobs
Remote fire sprinkler designer jobs are open across the U.S. in commercial construction, engineering consulting, and fire protection contracting, from early-career drafters to senior designers leading project sets on distributed teams. Companies hiring remotely right now include EMCOR, Westbridge, and ORR Protection. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Speedy Fire Protection is hiring a Lead Fire Sprinkler Estimator to own estimating end to end, price retrofit, relocation, and service work, and build the estimating function as the company scales. The role is remote, with site visits across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. About Speedy Fire Protection We are a commercial fire sprinkler contractor based in Doral, serving Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties since 2005. We handle inspection, testing, and maintenance, service and repair, retrofits, relocations, and tenant improvement work for property managers, condominium associations, general contractors, and building owners. We are a small, hands-on team, not a national rollup. Estimating today runs through ownership, and it has become the constraint on growth. We are hiring the person who takes it over and builds it into a real department: a repeatable pricing process, a labor and material database that reflects what jobs actually cost us, and eventually estimators reporting to you. This role reports directly to the owner. You will have real authority over how we price work, and your numbers will drive what we bid and what we walk away from. What you will own Estimating and takeoff - Produce complete fire sprinkler takeoffs and priced estimates for retrofits, fire sprinkler head relocations, tenant improvements, fire pump and backflow work, deficiency repairs, and inspection, testing, and maintenance contracts. - Read architectural, structural, and MEP plan sets, specifications, and bid documents, and identify what is in scope, what is excluded, and what is missing. - Price labor, material, equipment, subcontracted scopes, permit fees, and engineering, and build in the right markup for the risk the job carries. - Write the proposal: scope, inclusions, exclusions, assumptions, clarifications, and schedule, in language a property manager or a general contractor can act on. - Solicit and level supplier and subcontractor quotes, and keep material pricing current. - Make the bid or no-bid call on incoming opportunities, and say no to work that does not fit. - Price change orders during construction, and defend them with the original scope documents. Site visits and field verification - Walk existing buildings to verify conditions before pricing: available water supply, existing fire sprinkler piping and head layout, ceiling and access conditions, fire pump and riser rooms, and anything the plans do not show. - Document findings with photographs, measurements, and notes that become part of the estimate file. - Attend pre-bid meetings and job walks with general contractors, owners, and property managers. Building the department - Build and maintain our labor unit and material cost database, and tune it against actual job costs rather than published tables. - Create the estimating templates, proposal formats, and bid checklists the company runs on, and document the process so it survives you. - Run the handoff to operations: turnover meetings, scope briefings for the field foreman, and the budget the project is held to. - Track hit rate, margin at bid versus margin at close, and where our estimates are consistently wrong, and report it to ownership. - Hire, train, and manage estimators as volume grows, and set the standard they work to. What you need - Five or more years estimating water-based fire sprinkler systems, with full responsibility for both takeoff and pricing. - Demonstrated ability to complete a commercial fire sprinkler takeoff from a plan set start to finish, unassisted. - Working knowledge of NFPA 13, 13R, 14, 20, and 25, and how authorities having jurisdiction apply them in practice. - Proficiency with fire sprinkler estimating or layout software such as AutoSPRINK, HydraCAD, SprinkCAD, or comparable. - Strong Bluebeam Revu or comparable digital takeoff skills, and genuine Excel ability. - Experience pricing work in existing, occupied buildings: retrofits, fire sprinkler head relocations, deficiency repairs, and fire pump and backflow replacement. New construction experience alone is not enough for this role. - Clear written English. You will write proposals that go to clients without being rewritten. - Valid driver's license, a reliable vehicle, and the physical ability to walk active job sites, climb ladders, and access riser and fire pump rooms. - A dedicated home workspace and reliable high-speed internet. - Authorization to work in the United States. What moves you to the top of the pile - Florida Contractor I or Contractor II certification under Chapter 633, which would let us lay out limited-scope work in-house instead of sending it out. - NICET Water-Based Systems Layout certification, Level II or higher. - Hands-on familiarity with Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach permitting, and with how the individual city and county fire departments review fire sprinkler submittals. - Condominium and homeowners association experience, including fire pump replacement, milestone inspection driven repairs, and presenting pricing to a board. - Fire alarm estimating exposure, for jobs where we bid both scopes. - Experience building an estimating function from scratch, or managing other estimators. - Field background as a fire sprinkler fitter or foreman before moving to the desk. - Spanish. Where you work This is a remote role. You will not sit in our Doral office, and we are not going to invent reasons to make you. We care about accurate numbers submitted on time, not hours logged at a desk. We will say the obvious thing out loud: every other fire sprinkler contractor in South Florida hiring an estimator right now wants you in their building five days a week. We do not. If you have been doing takeoffs in a cubicle in Hialeah or Medley with an hour of traffic on either end, that is the part of this job worth reading twice. Site visits are the exception, and they are a real part of the job rather than an occasional errand. Expect one to three job walks a week across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. For that reason we strongly prefer candidates already living in the tri-county area. If you are elsewhere in the United States and your fire sprinkler estimating experience is strong, apply anyway. Tell us in your cover note how you would handle field verification, and whether relocating to South Florida is on the table. We will read it seriously. Mileage is reimbursed. No travel outside South Florida is expected. Compensation Base salary: $40,000 to $82,000 per year. Where you land in that range depends on your experience, your certifications, and where you live. Performance incentive on top of base, tied to the margin your booked work actually delivers rather than to how much you bid. A strong year should add $8,000 to $12,000. We will put the formula in writing before you accept. Base moves up as the department does. When you are supervising other estimators, you are being paid as a manager. Your first 90 days We would rather tell you now than have you guess. 1. Weeks 1 to 3. Shadow current pricing, walk four or five active and recently closed jobs with the field team, and read our last year of estimates against what those jobs actually cost. Tell us where we were wrong. 2. Weeks 4 to 8. Take over incoming estimates. Rebuild our labor units and material pricing from real job cost data. Standardize the proposal format. 3. Weeks 9 to 13. Own the pipeline end to end. Put a written bid or no-bid standard in place, start reporting hit rate and margin to ownership monthly, and tell us what the first estimating hire under you should look like. How to apply Apply through this posting with your resume and a short note covering three things: 1. The largest fire sprinkler job you have estimated start to finish, and what it came in at. 2. The software you take off and price in. 3. Whether you are in South Florida, and if not, how you would handle site visits. Shortlisted candidates complete a paid takeoff exercise on a real plan set, roughly two hours. We pay for your time whether or not we hire you, and we will talk through your numbers with you either way. Speedy Fire Protection is an equal opportunity employer. Offers are contingent on a background check and a motor vehicle record check.
Pay: $40,000.00 - $82,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- Do you currently live in Miami-Dade, Broward, or Palm Beach County?
- Can you complete a full commercial fire sprinkler takeoff from a plan set without assistance?
- Which fire sprinkler estimating or layout software do you use?
- Do you hold a Florida Contractor I or Contractor II certification under Chapter 633?
- Do you hold NICET Water-Based Systems Layout certification, and at what level?
Experience:
- fire sprinkler estimating: 5 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- driver's license and a reliable vehicle (Preferred)
Work Location: Remote
Speedy Fire Protection is hiring a Lead Fire Sprinkler Estimator to own estimating end to end, price retrofit, relocation, and service work, and build the estimating function as the company scales. The role is remote, with site visits across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. About Speedy Fire Protection We are a commercial fire sprinkler contractor based in Doral, serving Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties since 2005. We handle inspection, testing, and maintenance, service and repair, retrofits, relocations, and tenant improvement work for property managers, condominium associations, general contractors, and building owners. We are a small, hands-on team, not a national rollup. Estimating today runs through ownership, and it has become the constraint on growth. We are hiring the person who takes it over and builds it into a real department: a repeatable pricing process, a labor and material database that reflects what jobs actually cost us, and eventually estimators reporting to you. This role reports directly to the owner. You will have real authority over how we price work, and your numbers will drive what we bid and what we walk away from. What you will own Estimating and takeoff - Produce complete fire sprinkler takeoffs and priced estimates for retrofits, fire sprinkler head relocations, tenant improvements, fire pump and backflow work, deficiency repairs, and inspection, testing, and maintenance contracts. - Read architectural, structural, and MEP plan sets, specifications, and bid documents, and identify what is in scope, what is excluded, and what is missing. - Price labor, material, equipment, subcontracted scopes, permit fees, and engineering, and build in the right markup for the risk the job carries. - Write the proposal: scope, inclusions, exclusions, assumptions, clarifications, and schedule, in language a property manager or a general contractor can act on. - Solicit and level supplier and subcontractor quotes, and keep material pricing current. - Make the bid or no-bid call on incoming opportunities, and say no to work that does not fit. - Price change orders during construction, and defend them with the original scope documents. Site visits and field verification - Walk existing buildings to verify conditions before pricing: available water supply, existing fire sprinkler piping and head layout, ceiling and access conditions, fire pump and riser rooms, and anything the plans do not show. - Document findings with photographs, measurements, and notes that become part of the estimate file. - Attend pre-bid meetings and job walks with general contractors, owners, and property managers. Building the department - Build and maintain our labor unit and material cost database, and tune it against actual job costs rather than published tables. - Create the estimating templates, proposal formats, and bid checklists the company runs on, and document the process so it survives you. - Run the handoff to operations: turnover meetings, scope briefings for the field foreman, and the budget the project is held to. - Track hit rate, margin at bid versus margin at close, and where our estimates are consistently wrong, and report it to ownership. - Hire, train, and manage estimators as volume grows, and set the standard they work to. What you need - Five or more years estimating water-based fire sprinkler systems, with full responsibility for both takeoff and pricing. - Demonstrated ability to complete a commercial fire sprinkler takeoff from a plan set start to finish, unassisted. - Working knowledge of NFPA 13, 13R, 14, 20, and 25, and how authorities having jurisdiction apply them in practice. - Proficiency with fire sprinkler estimating or layout software such as AutoSPRINK, HydraCAD, SprinkCAD, or comparable. - Strong Bluebeam Revu or comparable digital takeoff skills, and genuine Excel ability. - Experience pricing work in existing, occupied buildings: retrofits, fire sprinkler head relocations, deficiency repairs, and fire pump and backflow replacement. New construction experience alone is not enough for this role. - Clear written English. You will write proposals that go to clients without being rewritten. - Valid driver's license, a reliable vehicle, and the physical ability to walk active job sites, climb ladders, and access riser and fire pump rooms. - A dedicated home workspace and reliable high-speed internet. - Authorization to work in the United States. What moves you to the top of the pile - Florida Contractor I or Contractor II certification under Chapter 633, which would let us lay out limited-scope work in-house instead of sending it out. - NICET Water-Based Systems Layout certification, Level II or higher. - Hands-on familiarity with Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach permitting, and with how the individual city and county fire departments review fire sprinkler submittals. - Condominium and homeowners association experience, including fire pump replacement, milestone inspection driven repairs, and presenting pricing to a board. - Fire alarm estimating exposure, for jobs where we bid both scopes. - Experience building an estimating function from scratch, or managing other estimators. - Field background as a fire sprinkler fitter or foreman before moving to the desk. - Spanish. Where you work This is a remote role. You will not sit in our Doral office, and we are not going to invent reasons to make you. We care about accurate numbers submitted on time, not hours logged at a desk. We will say the obvious thing out loud: every other fire sprinkler contractor in South Florida hiring an estimator right now wants you in their building five days a week. We do not. If you have been doing takeoffs in a cubicle in Hialeah or Medley with an hour of traffic on either end, that is the part of this job worth reading twice. Site visits are the exception, and they are a real part of the job rather than an occasional errand. Expect one to three job walks a week across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. For that reason we strongly prefer candidates already living in the tri-county area. If you are elsewhere in the United States and your fire sprinkler estimating experience is strong, apply anyway. Tell us in your cover note how you would handle field verification, and whether relocating to South Florida is on the table. We will read it seriously. Mileage is reimbursed. No travel outside South Florida is expected. Compensation Base salary: $40,000 to $82,000 per year. Where you land in that range depends on your experience, your certifications, and where you live. Performance incentive on top of base, tied to the margin your booked work actually delivers rather than to how much you bid. A strong year should add $8,000 to $12,000. We will put the formula in writing before you accept. Base moves up as the department does. When you are supervising other estimators, you are being paid as a manager. Your first 90 days We would rather tell you now than have you guess. 1. Weeks 1 to 3. Shadow current pricing, walk four or five active and recently closed jobs with the field team, and read our last year of estimates against what those jobs actually cost. Tell us where we were wrong. 2. Weeks 4 to 8. Take over incoming estimates. Rebuild our labor units and material pricing from real job cost data. Standardize the proposal format. 3. Weeks 9 to 13. Own the pipeline end to end. Put a written bid or no-bid standard in place, start reporting hit rate and margin to ownership monthly, and tell us what the first estimating hire under you should look like. How to apply Apply through this posting with your resume and a short note covering three things: 1. The largest fire sprinkler job you have estimated start to finish, and what it came in at. 2. The software you take off and price in. 3. Whether you are in South Florida, and if not, how you would handle site visits. Shortlisted candidates complete a paid takeoff exercise on a real plan set, roughly two hours. We pay for your time whether or not we hire you, and we will talk through your numbers with you either way. Speedy Fire Protection is an equal opportunity employer. Offers are contingent on a background check and a motor vehicle record check.
Pay: $40,000.00 - $82,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- Do you currently live in Miami-Dade, Broward, or Palm Beach County?
- Can you complete a full commercial fire sprinkler takeoff from a plan set without assistance?
- Which fire sprinkler estimating or layout software do you use?
- Do you hold a Florida Contractor I or Contractor II certification under Chapter 633?
- Do you hold NICET Water-Based Systems Layout certification, and at what level?
Experience:
- fire sprinkler estimating: 5 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- driver's license and a reliable vehicle (Preferred)
Work Location: Remote
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote fire sprinkler designer jobs.
- NICET Water-Based Systems Layout certification at Level II or higher
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and AutoSprink or equivalent fire protection design software
- Knowledge of NFPA 13, NFPA 13R, and NFPA 13D standards
- Experience performing hydraulic calculations for wet, dry, and pre-action systems
- Ability to read and interpret architectural, structural, and mechanical drawings
- Associate or bachelor's degree in fire protection engineering technology or a related field
Tips for Your Remote Fire Sprinkler Designer Job Search
Show your remote design process upfront
Compile a digital portfolio of completed sprinkler layout drawings, hydraulic calculation sheets, and coordination drawings you can share as PDFs or a cloud folder. Remote employers want proof you can produce finished deliverables without in-person direction, so make it easy to find.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote fire sprinkler designer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your experience level and project type and apply directly without sorting through unrelated listings.
Demonstrate async communication skills clearly
Remote fire sprinkler designers coordinate with engineers, contractors, and AHJs entirely through email, markups, and project management tools like Bluebeam or Procore. Write concise, specific cover notes that show you can flag design conflicts and request information in writing without back-and-forth.
Highlight NFPA fluency and NICET credentials
Remote employers screen for NFPA 13 and NFPA 25 knowledge before they schedule interviews, since there is no senior designer down the hall to answer quick code questions. List your NICET level and any NFPA editions you have worked under prominently on your resume.
Remote Fire Sprinkler Designer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote fire sprinkler designer job?
Target engineering firms and fire protection contractors that already run distributed teams, since they have the workflows in place for remote designers to function without daily in-person oversight. Remote employers screen heavily for proficiency in AutoCAD or Revit, familiarity with NFPA 13 and 25, and the ability to coordinate with engineers and contractors entirely in writing. A portfolio of completed sprinkler layout drawings and hydraulic calculations you can share digitally gives you a clear edge over candidates who can only point to on-site experience.
Which companies hire remote fire sprinkler designers?
Companies hiring remote fire sprinkler designers right now include EMCOR, Westbridge, and ORR Protection, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These tend to be remote-first fire protection engineering firms, national contractors with distributed design teams, and multi-state MEP consultancies that handle commercial and industrial projects across several regions.
Can you get a remote fire sprinkler designer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work through design questions independently without in-person mentorship nearby. Your best path is to pursue NICET Level I certification, build sample sprinkler layout drawings using AutoCAD or Revit, and target smaller fire protection contractors that hire junior remote drafters for routine commercial projects. Demonstrating that you can read hydraulic calc reports and communicate clearly in writing closes much of the experience gap.
Do you need a degree for remote fire sprinkler designer jobs?
Not always. Remote employers weigh NICET certification, AutoCAD or Revit proficiency, and a portfolio of real sprinkler drawings heavily alongside or instead of a formal degree. An associate degree in fire protection technology or drafting helps, but candidates who hold an active NICET credential and can show completed project drawings consistently compete with four-year degree holders for remote design roles.
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