Senior/Principal CFD Engineer

at  Sweco UK

ABOUT US

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.
Sweco Building Standards offers clients a class-leading regulatory & consultancy Building Standards service that is specifically co-ordinated to meet the responsibilities being imposed through the Building Safety Act and BCAR processes.
We pride ourselves on our quality and technical expertise that underpins our full suite of services, our approach is to listen and engage with our clients to anticipate the regulatory issues that will need resolving and work in partnership to deliver a successful project.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY?

We are currently looking for a talented and motivated Senior/Principal CFD Engineer to join our innovative Fire Engineering team.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE INVOLVE?

As a Senior/Principal CFD Engineer, you will lead the CFD input on projects as CFD project manager, working in conjunction with the overall fire engineering team for each project to validate the fire strategy concepts through CFD and advise on suitable, appropriate inputs and acceptance criteria.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU’LL POSSESS:

A fire engineering or similar engineering-based degree that is accredited by the Engineering Council, with an excellent, comprehensive knowledge of current computational modelling techniques and best practice. Experience with Pyrosim is essential. You will also have a basic knowledge of Part B of the Building Regulations 2010 and associated guidance documents such as Approved Document B (Volumes 1 and 2), BS 9991 and BS 9999. You will have experience and confidence to know the limits of CFD in supporting fire engineering approaches, where it is reasonable to use CFD in a fire engineering context and be able to articulate this to the other members of the fire engineering team and/or clients.