Fire Safety Engineer

RPS Risk have an opportunity for an experienced Fire Safety Engineer to join our Health, Safety & Risk team., That's why we're committed to ensuring Fairness, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to 'make complex easy' - for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We're also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That's why we've created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement. Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.,

• Leading the delivery of technical fire engineering and safety projects in a range of high risk industries, to include
• 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
• 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
  
  Proven track record for the technical delivery of fire engineering projects.
• Preferably hold a degree in Fire Engineering or equivalent (this may be as a first degree or as post grad following on from a relevant first-degree STEM)
• Detailed understanding/ knowledge of UK regulations and standards (e.g. ADB, BS9999, RRFSO, PAS 79, 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