SENIOR FIRE SAFETY ENGINEER

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.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Proven track record for the technical delivery of fire engineering reports
• Minimum of a Bachelors degree in Fire Engineering or other Engineering discipline
• Experience of working in an organisation delivering fire engineering projects, preferably in a consultancy setting
• Detailed understanding/ knowledge 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

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.

• Conventional fire engineering assessments/ fire safety strategies
• High hazard fire scenario analysis
• Delivering fire safety strategies in a wide range of other sectors, including industrial, residential and other 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, 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 stakeholder and regulators
• Travelling to client sites throughout the UK and sometimes overseas to ensure the 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