Fire & Life Safety Manager-Rail & Transit

Sener en Ingeniería; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An engineering and construction firm in Toronto is seeking a Fire & Life Safety Manager to define safety strategies for infrastructure design projects. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 8-12 years of experience, and knowledge of fire safety standards. This role involves reviewing designs for safety compliance and effectively managing fire protection strategies. Join a team dedicated to delivering advanced engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience in a related role.
• Knowledge of fire safety standards and regulations.
• Professional certification such as CFPS or CSP is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define safety and fire protection strategy in infrastructure design.
• Review design to identify fire safety hazards.
• Ensure compliance with applicable rules and regulations.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Leadership skills

Ability to work in high-pressure situations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Post-graduate degree in Safety, Fire Engineering, or related field

Job description

SENER is an independent engineering & construction firm. Established in 1956, today SENER employs 4000 people globally. Our mission is to serve our clients and the society by providing advanced, accurate and effective engineering solutions that improve our clients’ businesses and facilitate society’s access to competitive, safe, sustainable, and state-of-the-art services, equipment and utilities.

Expanding our presence in Toronto and the Canada SENER aspires to incorporate people with the greatest talent and vocation, guiding their human and professional development through growing responsibilities and challenges. We believe in our professionals and support their performance, offering an environment with sufficient freedom to motivate individual initiatives that add value to our operations and improve SENER. We trust the best to lead, avoiding any discrimination and demanding not only professional aptitude and results but also exemplary conduct, teamwork, dedication, and commitment.

At SENER we know that, with the right people on board, everything is possible.

Our office in Toronto is seeking a Fire & life safety Manager to join our Toronto team.

This is a position to work on projects in the rail (High Speed, Metro, LRT, streetcars) industry in the Toronto office.

Responsibilities

The Fire & Life Safety Manager in an infrastructure design project has the function of defining the safety and fire protection strategy, as well as ensuring that the design being carried out is sufficiently safe and that all the disciplines involved are doing their part to follow the defined strategy in such a way as to guarantee compliance with the applicable rules and regulations.

This rolewill review the design to identify and correct potential fire safety and life safety hazards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and post-graduate degree in Safety, Fire Engineering, Emergency Management, Mechanical engineering or a related field
• It is desirable that you have a professional certification such as CFPS (Certified Fire Protection Specialist) or CSP (Certified Safety Professional) certification
• At least 8-12 years of experience in a related role
• Knowledge of fire safety standards and regulations (such as NFPA) as well as others related to life safety (such as OSHA) applicable to infrastructure design projects.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Ability to work in high-pressure and emergency situations in a construction environment
• Rail project experience is an asset