Senior Fire & Life Safety Engineer – International Projects

Mott MacDonald; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 1,658,000 - 2,321,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Critical illness & compassionate leave

Paternity leave

Group life insurance

Group medical insurance

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Fire Engineer with transportation and commercial building experience to deliver technical guidance in fire modelling, code reviews, and performance-based design. You will ensure life safety, architectural flexibility, and safe, cost-effective solutions while complying with international standards.

The role involves developing fire strategies, coordinating with authorities, and training peers, with a focus on CFD and 1D modelling integration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–4 years of experience developing fire risk assessment analysis for international projects.
• Minimum 8–10 years of experience developing comprehensive fire engineering solutions.
• Experience of developing fire design submissions for international fire authorities and licensee regulators approval.
• Skilled in developing modelling strategies, interpreting results, and delivering actionable insights.
• Strong communicator with clear technical writing and presentation abilities.
• Experience of developing risk assessment and fire strategy report for overall projects.
• Hands on experience with computational modelling software and fire and smoke analysis methods e.g. FDS/Ansys Fluent.
• Basic understanding of 1D simulations, knowledge of boundary conditions, and application of 1D results in CFD analysis to provide meaningful results.
• Working knowledge of Python, C++, VBA etc, for integration with Mott MacDonald’s digital solutions and coding requirement of simulation projects.

Responsibilities

• Support developing overall project fire strategy.
• Fire safety planning for flammable products handling facilities.
• Design fire protection systems, including fire sprinkler systems, fire alarms, and smoke control systems.
• Perform hydraulic calculations and prepare system layouts.
• Should be well versed with relevant NFPA and BS-EN standards e.g. NFPA 130/502//92/204, BS-EN 476/12101/7974/45545/1366/1363, CIBSE TM-19 etc.
• Should be well versed with latest fire protection technologies and international market practice.
• Ability to guide CFD fire modellers.
• Should have experience of supporting interfacing with approving authorities and licensee regulators internationally.
• You will be participating in project technical meetings involving internal clients/stakeholders, supporting the requirements of different projects.
• Develop team skill set by providing required training and guidance to peers and reportees.
• Collaboration/ coordination with other discipline’s counterparts.
• Reporting to Technical Principal/ Principal Engineer.

Skills

Fire risk assessment

Fire engineering

CFD modelling

FDS

ANSYS Fluent

NFPA standards

BS-EN standards

Python

C++

VBA

1D simulations

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Master's in Fire & Safety

Tools

FDS

ANSYS Fluent

Python

C++

VBA

Job description

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Fire Engineer with transportation and commercial building experience to deliver technical guidance in fire modelling, code reviews, and performance-based design. You will ensure life safety, architectural flexibility, and safe, cost-effective solutions while complying with international standards.

The role involves developing fire strategies, coordinating with authorities, and training peers, with a focus on CFD and 1D modelling integration.