Making Canada a safer place to live and work for over 90 years.
As Canada's trusted safety partner since 1935, we work alongside customers coast to coast to help ensure people return home safely at the end of every shift.
The Opportunity
At Levitt-Safety, we believe in choosing the safe way, always. As a Canadian leader in fire and life safety solutions, we help organizations protect their people, property and operations.
We are looking for a Solutions Design Lead - Fire Protection to support the growth of our Alberta Service business. Based in Fort McMurray, this role brings together fire protection industry knowledge, commercial expertise and strong coordination skills.
You will lead the development of service tenders, proposals and quotations, ensuring opportunities are accurately scoped, competitively priced and commercially sound. Working closely with Sales, Service leadership and field operations, you'll help turn customer requirements into practical solutions while supporting contract profitability and successful service delivery.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the preparation and coordination of tenders, RFPs, RFQs and service proposals from initial review through to submission.
- Identify and evaluate new service opportunities through customer tender portals and other channels.
- Review tender requirements, scopes of work, contract terms and potential commercial risks.
- Develop and review service quotations and pricing models, considering labour, materials, subcontractors, margins and profitability.
- Support pricing for fire protection inspections, testing, maintenance, repairs, rentals, depot services and engineered systems.
- Work with Sales and Service leadership to assess opportunities, support bid decisions and obtain approvals.
- Coordinate with Service Managers, Supervisors and Technicians to ensure proposed work is accurately scoped and operationally achievable.
- Support the transition of awarded contracts to operations, ensuring pricing, scope and customer expectations are clearly communicated.
- Maintain accurate tender, contract and opportunity information in Salesforce, IFS and related systems.
- Identify opportunities to improve quoting processes, tender performance, consistency and overall profitability.
What You'll Bring
- Significant experience in fire protection, fire and life safety or a related technical service industry.
- Strong understanding of fire protection services, including inspection, testing, maintenance and repair.
- Experience managing tenders, RFPs, RFQs, service contracts and commercial proposals.
- Strong service quoting and pricing experience, including labour costing, materials, margins and profitability.
- Excellent organizational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Confidence working with CRM, service management and business systems.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- A proactive, commercially minded and solutions-focused approach.
Education & Experience
- Ideally 10+ years of experience in a service-based environment, with substantial experience in fire protection or life safety.
- Post-secondary education in Business, Operations or a related field is preferred; equivalent industry experience will be considered.
- CFAA, Journeyman Electrician or Red Seal Sprinkler Fitter certification would be considered an asset.
Choose The Safe Way, Always
Safety is at the heart of everything we do at Levitt-Safety. It's part of our culture and guides how we work every day. We take personal responsibility, look out for one another, speak up when something isn't right and make safety part of every decision. Together, we are committed to protecting our people, our customers and the communities we serve.
Application & Hiring Process
Levitt-Safety may use AI-enabled tools to support the screening and assessment of applications. All AI-supported results are reviewed by a member of our recruitment team before any hiring decisions are made.
We are committed to employment equity and base hiring decisions on qualifications, skills, and ability. We welcome and encourage applications from persons with disabilities, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, and individuals from diverse backgrounds, and we recognize that experience comes in many forms.
If you require accommodation at any stage of the application process, please contact us at talent@levitt-safety.com. We review applications as they are received and look forward to hearing from you.
