Regional Director - Fire Engineering

ICE Recruit; St Albans; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Career development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Regional Director - Fire Engineering in the UK to lead and grow a team of fire engineers within a multi-disciplinary design consultancy. You will steer large, complex projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and client satisfaction while developing staff and pursuing chartership.

The role requires extensive UK fire engineering experience, leadership skills and proficiency with FDS/SFE and evacuation tools. Hybrid working is offered with a focus on growth and client impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in fire engineering projects in the UK.
• Extensive experience in large multi-disciplinary environments.
• Proficiency with FDS, SFE and evacuation modelling software.
• Membership in professional institutions such as MIFireE and NFPA CFPE.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the team in workload, delivery and performance.
• Oversee delivery of large, complex projects meeting regs and client expectations.
• Collaborate with multi-discipline team and national leadership for on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Drive SMART goals and perform staff appraisals per PDPs and reviews.
• Mentor staff toward Chartership and professional development.
• Provide technical input to studies and designs across the portfolio.
• Support and mentor less experienced staff to grow expertise.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Fire engineering expertise

Client relations

Education

CEng Chartered Engineer

MSc in Fire Engineering or related discipline

Tools

FDS

SFE

Evacuation modelling software

Job description

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

AECOM is currently seeking an Regional Director - Fire Engineering. This is a consultancy-based position so demonstrable experience in a range of sectors and technical fire engineering applications within a client focused environment is required.

You will be responsible for overseeing and developing a team of fire engineers within the UK. Performance at this level requires developmental experience in a professional position.

This position will be well suited to an established consultant looking to take the next step or someone with a desire to work in multi-disciplinary design consultancy and wants to join a well-respected and established fire safety consultancy.

What you’ll do!

People

• Lead and manage the team in terms of workload management, project delivery and performance.
• Oversee the successful delivery of large, complex projects, ensuring they meet regulatory requirement and client expectations.
• Collaborate with multi discipline team and national leadership to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget and to the highest standard of quality.
• Lead Performance & Review process for the team by setting and monitoring SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound) goals for team members.
• Carry out staff appraisals of direct reports and ensure they do the same for their direct reports in line with AECOM Performance & Review process.
• Participate in the development of professional development plans for staff and encourage expansion of expertise on different sectors.
• Assist in training and mentoring of staff to ensure technical development of the team in line with the PDPs.
• Provide specialised technical input to studies and designs projects across the portfolio.
• Support and mentors less experienced staff on the road to Chartership.

Projects

• Provide estimates for the fire engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements on large, complex projects.
• Lead the project delivery on mid to large size projects nationally and internationally.
• Become an AECOM Approved Lead Verifier - leads strategic direction of projects.
• Become an AECOM Approved Project Manager and act as project approver.
• Lead technical client relationships and play a major role in attracting new work/ clients.
• Ensure the quality of the work is maintained and delivered to the client within agreed period and budget.

Business

• Ensure implementation of all AECOM Health & Safety policies in the workplace and during out of office visits (i.e. meetings, training, site visits, etc.).
• Ensure that good client working relationships are maintained.
• Promote AECOM and its Fire Engineering business and bring in more business (internal and external clients) to support effective growth.
• Support the national team in achieving its KPIs.
• Develop and support a recruitment strategy and business plan (for recruitment into the national fire teams).
• Develop and assist in implementing a marketing strategy with a focus on interactive and collaborative communications with clients.
• Participate in the development of the Fire Team Business Plan and implement throughout the fire team.

Come grow with us

And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

• core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle
• career development opportunities
• our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle
• technical practice networks
• AECOM University
• volunteering days

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Requirements:

• Experience in working on fire engineering projects in the UK.
• Extensive experience working in a large, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of UK guidance documents and standards, including but not limited to ADB, BS 9991, BS 9999, BS 9992, HTM 05-02 and BB100.
• Proficiency in using common fire engineering tools such as FDS, SFE, and evacuation modelling software.
• Membership in relevant professional institutions, such as MIFireE and/or certifications from NFPA, such as CFPE.

Preferred requirements:

• UK or other nationalities considered.
• Security clearance.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Institution of Fire Engineering.
• Extensive knowledge of common fire engineering tools, including FDS, evacuation modelling, and structural fire safety engineering.
• MSc or PhD in a fire-related discipline.
• International experience with standards such as IBC, SFPE and NFPA.

Additional Information

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About AECOM

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Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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