Phillip Smith
Vice President, Manager, Building Materials
FM Approvals

Phillip J. Smith, PE is Vice President and Manager of the Materials Group of FM Approvals. He holds BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University and has over 40 years experience in testing and research of building materials. He is responsible for the overall management of the Materials Group. He is a member of ASCE, NRCA, RCI, ICC and RICOWI.
He began his career at FM Approval in 1984 as an Approvals engineer. In 1989 he transferred to FM Staff Engineering working on Data Sheet development and supporting FM Loss Prevention Consultants. He moved back to FM Approvals in 1999 as a Senior Engineer. Since then, he has held positions of Technical Team Manager, Principal Engineer and his current role as Manager of the Materials Group.