Job Description

FJA are recruiting on behalf of a leading service provider in the utilities industry for an experienced Principal Fire Safety Engineer to strengthen their team.
 
Location: Warrington and West Cumbria, but this role can be nationally / home based.
 
Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Career development opportunities
• Positive company culture
• Overtime opportunities
• Company vehicle provided
• Bonuses & benefits

Fire Safety Engineer responsibilities:

• Managing and executing technical fire engineering and safety projects across various high-risk industries.
• Reporting directly to the Technical Director and Fire Engineering Team Lead.
• Oversee fire engineering projects from initial concept to final delivery.
• Manage a team of fire engineers within a project to ensure satisfactory delivery
• Providing Quality Assurance and peer review of the work of others
• Conventional fire engineering assessments/ fire safety strategies
• High hazard fire scenario analysis
• Delivering fire safety strategies in a wide range of other sectors, including industrial, residential and other commercial areas.
• Facilitating fire hazard study workshops
• Performing fire modelling and/or interpreting results
• Assessing the hazards and risks of fire and its effects
• Evaluating prevention and protective measures necessary to limit the likelihood and consequences of fire
• Technically understanding the design, installation, maintenance requirements for fire detection, suppression and control philosophies
• Engaging with relevant stakeholder and regulators
• Travelling to client sites throughout the UK and sometimes overseas to ensure the client needs are met
• Developing and maintaining lasting relationships and or frameworks with clients
• Understanding the commercial impact of all decisions and recognising opportunities for business development
• Line management of more junior staff members

Fire Safety Engineer requirements:

• Proven track record for the technical delivery of medium/ large fire engineering projects.
• Proven capability to manage other fire engineers within projects.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Fire Engineering or other Engineering discipline 
• Detailed understanding/ knowledge of UK regulations and standards (e.g. Approved Document B, BS 9999, BS 9991, PD 7974, etc.)
• Knowledge of other regulatory regimes
• Confident in liaising with design teams, clients, local approving authorities, contractors, and other third parties as required
• Excellent numeracy, report writing and time management skills

If you are looking for a fantastic Fire Safety Engineer opportunity and want to work for a leading national contractor with opportunities to progress, then click on the ‘apply now’ button.
 
Due to the high volume of applications, we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised.
 
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers