Senior Fire Safety Engineer

RPS Group Plc; Lowton Common; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK is looking for a Senior Fire Safety Engineer to contribute to technical fire engineering and safety projects across high-risk industries. The suitable candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Fire Engineering and a proven track record in fire safety strategies. The role offers the flexibility of a home-based position, with opportunities for professional development and chartership support.

Benefits

Disability Confident employer

Support for professional training

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Proven track record for technical delivery of fire engineering reports.
• Experience in a consultancy setting is preferred.
• Detailed understanding of UK regulations and standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver fire safety strategies in various sectors.
• Perform conventional fire engineering assessments.
• Mentor and develop more junior staff members.

Skills

Fire engineering assessments

High hazard scenario analysis

Client engagement

Fire modeling

Mentoring junior staff

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Fire Engineering or related discipline

Job description

RPS Risk have an opportunity for a Senior Fire Safety Engineer to join our Health, Safety & Risk team. You could be either an experienced Senior or a Fire Safety Engineer looking to take their next step. RPS Risk are based in Warrington and West Cumbria, but this role can be nationally / home based.

About The Team:

The fire safety team are a thriving part of our overall RPS Risk team of 50 staff, operating with clients on projects throughout the UK.

About RPS:

We're RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource‑scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. And where you'll be supported every step of the way. Here is where you come to build a career.

About The Role:

Contributing to the delivery of technical fire engineering and safety projects in a range of high risk industries. RPS support major clients in the development of complex and bespoke fire engineering strategies where simple compliance with guidance is not always an option. This role provides the opportunity to utilise your fire engineering skillset to guide the design of high hazard buildings with a national and strategic importance.

Responsibilities:

• Conventional fire engineering assessments / fire safety strategies
• High hazard fire scenario analysis
• Delivering fire safety strategies in a wide range of sectors, including industrial, residential and 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 and maintenance requirements for fire detection, suppression and control philosophies
• Being part of a fire engineering project team or technical lead as the project requires
• Engaging with relevant stakeholders and regulators
• Travelling to client sites throughout the UK and occasionally overseas to ensure 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
• Mentoring and developing more junior staff members

Qualifications:

• Proven track record for the technical delivery of fire engineering reports
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Fire Engineering or another Engineering discipline
• Experience working in an organisation delivering fire engineering projects, preferably in a consultancy setting
• Detailed understanding 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
• High attention to detail
• Excellent customer service manner, with strong listening and interpersonal skills

What’s in it for you?

Disability Confident – A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. For more details please go to .

We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone. A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

We support Chartership and pay annual fees for membership of the IFE.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

What happens next?

The selection process is likely to be a two‑stage interview process. Each stage may be undertaken via MS Teams or in an RPS office. All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within seven working days.

RPS, A Tetra Tech company – Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market‑leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.