Senior Fire Engineer

Due to the continuing success and growth of our AESG team, a fantastic opportunity has opened up at our award-winning Specialist Consultancy, Engineering and Advisory Firm.

We are headquartered in London, Riyadh, Singapore and Dubai, Cape Town, Cairo & Sydney working throughout the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Our areas of expertise are represented in four core verticals: Building Engineering, Planning and Infrastructure, Strategy and Advisory and Commissioning, Handover and Asset Management.

We pride ourselves in being leaders in the industry in each of the services that we offer. We have one of the largest dedicated team with decades of cumulative experience in sustainable design, fire and life safety, cost management, façade engineering, commissioning, building performance, waste management, environmental consultancy, carbon management and acoustics.

Job Purpose

• Deliver consultancy and design services to AESG’s clients.
• Execution of projects.
• Assist in business development activities related to consultancy services.

Qualification / Experience

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Engineering or equivalent. (Preferable: MSc Degree level with relevant academic or with post academic professional qualifications to carry out the role)
• Required minimum experience: 4-8 years.
• Preferable experience with Fire modelling such as Pyrosim/FDS or equivalent & Evacuation modelling

Responsibilities

• Independently manage, lead and undertake the delivery of projects and resolve project issues in a client facing role.
• Inspection, design and plan review for all fire protection systems and life safety as per relevant fire codes.
• Preparing and implementing fire and life safety strategy report and fire and life safety designs.
• Assist the division’s senior leadership, including overseeing and reviewing the work of junior employees, assisting them in dealing with complex situations where required.
• Demonstrate expertise in discipline with a proven track record of success.
• Delivery of consultancy projects to high levels of quality within projects deadlines.
• Assist FLS Director in commercial management of projects and their delivery.
• Protect AESG liability exposure across projects and manage technical risk.
• Maintain an up to date understanding and strong knowledge of the regulatory requirements/guidance in regard to fire safety, fire design and its implementation.
• Support development of procedures to improve division function and efficiency.
• Supporting training and development of junior employees with mentoring as required.
• Assist in preparing proposals when required.
• Maintain high level of customer satisfaction.
• Actively pursue continued professional development through completion of training modules.
• Engaging in the implementation and maintenance of the IMS and its processes and in achieving expected outputs.
• Conducting all their activities in quality, healthy and safe manner and reporting any observed problems/risks to the concerned head or personnel.