Fire Safety Engineer for Iconic UK Projects

Arup

Sheffield

Hybrid

GBP 55,000 - 85,000

Full time

4 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Accident insurance

Income protection cover

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Arup is seeking a Fire Engineer to join our UK team and help deliver fire safety services for clients across a diverse portfolio of projects. You will collaborate with a 400+ strong fire safety network across 20 offices, contributing to design, risk assessment and safety strategies within multidisciplinary teams.

You will be working towards Chartered Engineer status or be highly motivated to achieve it, with support from Arup to progress.

Qualifications

Qualification in a relevant subject (fire engineering, other types of engineering, or architecture related).
Experience in a fire engineering consultancy or similar environment (industry related).
Knowledge of applicable legislation and guidance used in the UK, and awareness of the new regulatory regime.
Excellent report writing and communication skills - be collaborative, be creative and engaging.
Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently, working to tight deadlines and juggling multiple demands and deliverables.
Proactivity in resolving issues, creating solutions, relying on others as required for assistance and experience.

Responsibilities

To understand and implement the principle of fire science on real projects via the engineering process (goals, objectives, building appraisal and hazards, design fire scenarios etc).
To understand the Total Fire Safety concept: from client brief, through design and construction; taking account of the socio-technical context, seeking to pre-empt fire safety issues common at different stages of a project, so that the end result delivers on the client brief.
To investigate and apply appropriate legislation and design guidance for use on your projects.
To develop and implement fire strategies in collaboration with the design team and relevant stakeholders. You’ll either be working towards Chartered Engineer status or have a real motivation to achieve this. If it’s the latter, we will support you with what you need to succeed here.