Designer - Protective Design & Security
Thornton Tomasetti

Thornton Tomasetti applies engineering and scientific principles to solve the world's challenges. An independent organization of creative thinkers and innovative doers collaborating from offices worldwide, our mission is to bring our clients' ideas to life and, in the process, lay the groundwork for a better, more resilient future. We provide support and opportunities to our employees to achieve their full potential and cultivate a rewarding career.

Our Protective Design practice helps architects, owners, developers, and public agencies worldwide achieve security objectives while upholding each project's aesthetic, functional and budgetary goals. A recognized leader in security services - with more than 60 years of experience - we collaborate with clients and project teams to develop physical, technical, and operational security solutions for facilities of every type, use, and size.

The Role

Join a growing team working to keep people safe from security threats in the built environment. Our team includes people from a variety of architectural, engineering and security backgrounds who work together on a wide range of project types including education facilities, office buildings, transit infrastructure, and sports facilities. You'll join a team that is always learning and adapting as we perform risk assessments and advise architects and owners on improving the security of their designs and facilities.

Responsibilities
We will provide training to help you develop the following architectural security design skills:

• Learn to p rovide security/protective design consulting services for new and existing construction. S ecurity topics include, but are not limited to physical security, security technology and operational security.
  
• Perform risk assessments of existing or proposed facilities using industry standard threat, vulnerability, and risk assessment (TVRA) methods.
  
• Implementing crowd safety strategies based on best practice and various modelling approaches. Create drawings, sketches, markups, and renderings to convey recommendations to clients.
  
• Draft reports and memorandums to communicate risk assessments, security requirements / recommendations and other technical design information.
  
• Coordinate security requirements and design information with architects, owners, contractors, and other engineering disciplines.
  

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Civil or Structural Engineering or other building design disciplines .
  
• 0-2 years of experience in the architecture and engineering industry.
  
• Proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, InDesign, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinopreferred.
  
• A strong interest in security consulting as it relates to building and infrastructure design and construction .
  
• A desire to become familiar with the relevant standards, best practices, and metho dol ogies for protecting people in and around facilities.
  
• The position requires the candidate to gain and hold US Security clearance .
  

Benefits

Depending on your employment status, benefits may include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability and other voluntary benefits
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical & Childcare
  
• Paid Time Off, Family Leave for New Parents, Volunteer Time
  
• Tuition Reimbursement
  
• Commuter Transit (where available)
  
• 401k retirement savings with Company matching on employee contributions and/or qualified student loan repayments
  
• Fitness Reimbursement
  
• And other various wellness, diversity/inclusion and employee resource programs and initiatives
  

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