Associate Fire Protection Engineer - Building Services

Jacobs; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Wellbeing resources

Industry leading benefits

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Associate Fire Protection Engineer to join the ANZ team in Melbourne. You will lead fire protection design for data centres and mission-critical facilities, interfacing with clients and multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality outcomes.

You will guide design, reviews and assurance activities, develop client relationships, and contribute to business growth across Australia and the broader region, with flexible hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Significant experience delivering fire protection solutions in consulting.
• Strong technical capability across fire protection systems and project delivery.
• Experience on complex building projects, data centres or mission-critical facilities.
• Experience leading design, review and assurance on major projects.
• Strong understanding of Australian standards and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead fire protection design and consultancy for complex projects.
• Act as Fire Protection Lead on major projects with technical oversight.
• Perform design reviews and assurance activities for quality outcomes.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including GID collaborators.
• Engage with clients, contractors and authorities throughout project delivery.
• Support approvals, compliance, and project sign-off activities.

Skills

Fire protection design

Project leadership

Client engagement

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor of Engineering

Professional engineer status (e.g., CPEng)

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

At Jacobs, we're helping clients deliver some of the region's most complex and critical facilities through innovative engineering and integrated design solutions. As our Buildings and Places business continues to grow across Australia, New Zealand and the wider region, we're seeking an experienced Associate Fire Protection Engineer to join our ANZ team.

This is a strategic opportunity for a senior fire protection engineering professional to play a key role in the delivery of major Data Centre and mission-critical facilities projects across the ANZ region. Working closely with clients, project stakeholders and multidisciplinary engineering teams, you'll provide technical leadership on complex projects while supporting the continued growth of Jacobs' Fire Protection capability and Data Centre portfolio.

Suited to an experienced engineer who enjoys combining technical excellence with client engagement, project leadership and business development, this role offers the opportunity to act as a trusted advisor to clients, lead large and geographically diverse project teams, and contribute to some of the most technically demanding building projects currently underway in the market.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of fire protection engineering design and consultancy services across complex building, Data Centre and mission-critical facilities projects
• Act as the Fire Protection Lead on major projects, providing technical leadership and oversight throughout the project lifecycle
• Undertake independent design, review and assurance activities, ensuring high-quality technical outcomes are achieved
• Coordinate and lead multidisciplinary project teams, including collaboration with Jacobs' Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teams across the region
• Interface directly with clients, contractors, authorities and project stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor throughout project delivery
• Provide local engineering leadership and support statutory approvals, compliance requirements and project sign-off activities where required
• Manage project delivery outcomes, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to a high standard of quality
• Collaborate closely with client account teams to identify emerging opportunities and strengthen strategic client relationships
• Represent Jacobs at client meetings, industry forums and technical events, helping enhance our market profile and reputation
• Maintain compliance with Jacobs' quality assurance processes and project delivery standards

Here's what you'll need

• Degree qualification in Engineering or a related discipline
• Significant experience delivering fire protection engineering solutions within a consulting environment
• Strong technical capability across fire protection systems design, fire engineering principles and project delivery
• Experience delivering complex building projects, ideally within Data Centres, mission-critical facilities, commercial developments, healthcare, defence or other technically demanding environments
• Demonstrated experience independently leading design, review and assurance activities on major projects
• Strong understanding of relevant Australian standards, codes and regulatory requirements relating to fire protection engineering
• Proven ability to build and maintain trusted client relationships and engage effectively with senior stakeholders
• Commercial awareness and experience managing project delivery outcomes, budgets and schedules
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and leadership skills
• A collaborative mindset, strong problem-solving abilities and a passion for delivering innovative client-focused solutions

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team supporting a significant pipeline of Data Centre and mission-critical projects across Australia and the broader region. You'll play an important role in shaping technical outcomes, strengthening client relationships and supporting the continued expansion of Jacobs' Fire Protection and Buildings business.

To be considered for this opportunity, applicants must have current Australian working rights. Applications will only be considered from candidates who hold unrestricted work rights in Australia, including Australian Citizens, Permanent Residents and New Zealand Citizens with the right to work in Australia.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs here.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of diverse perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about ourJacobs Employee Networks here.

• Our meticulously curated employee benefits support ALL employees throughout every stage of life. From paid parental leave to a lifetime financial allowance for you and your partner to access family forming Fertility & IVF treatment, adoption and surrogacy assistance along with menopause and Low T treatment.
• We are steadfast in our commitment to the wellbeing of you and your loved ones with a comprehensive suite of wellbeing resources supporting you physically, emotionally and financially. This is demonstrated in our company being recognised by WGEA for 12 consecutive years as an employer of choice for gender equality along with our industry leading GOLD employer status by the Australian Workplace Equality Index.
• Hybrid working policy allowing employees to split their working week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Cultural Support

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are invited to nominate a cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application. No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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