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Hays has teamed up with a global studio for architecture, engineering, urban and landscape design. You will be working with a wide range of talented individuals on exciting projects across the world and are committed to developing and supporting professional growth as well as personal lives.

Responsibilities

• As leader of the Fire Safety Team, you will drive a proactive, holistic, and risk-based design methodology throughout the organisation.
• Provide support to the organisation and use creativity to assist in the development of solutions which fulfil the project fire safety objectives.
• Contribute to the identification and addressing of fire-related constraints and opportunities for projects throughout their lifecycle using evidence-based methods.
• Cultivate and propagate an awareness of the impact of the fire safety design on construction, installation, commissioning, and maintenance.
• Contribute to the growth and promotion of the Fire Safety Team.
• Remain abreast of developments in national and international fire-related legislation, fire technologies, and materials and products – and feed this back to the wider organisation.
• Take a leadership role throughout the Technical Design Group and the organisation; identify and run cross-team and cross-function projects.
• Monitor national and international fire and safety related events with the aim of increasing the expertise within the Fire Safety Team and cascading knowledge through the organisation.
• Develop and describe fire safety design options for further discussion with the team.
• Assist in providing fire safety and fire engineering advice during the undertaking of Technical Reviews and workshops and follow up on requests for further guidance, information, or advice.
• Give guidance and assistance on appropriate fire engineering approaches office-wide and, where applicable, interact with externally appointed fire engineers.
• Assist in the update and maintenance of the relevant F+P Guides.
• Maintain and provide records of advice given.
• Maintain a record and evidence of professional development and review this with the Head of Technical Design.
• Identify personal and Fire Safety Team training needs, stay up-to-date regarding training opportunities, and feed this back to the wider team.
• Review fire engineering reports/studies/strategies where provided by external consultants.
• Contribute, or otherwise assist, as required to the team and to the Senior Partner.
• Equity, diversity & inclusion (EDI) is a core priority. To support and champion the embedding of this focus as a collective workforce responsibility, EDI should be integrated, where relevant, into all workstreams.
• Thorough knowledge of and compliance with F+P procedures and standards

Qualities and Skills required

• Able to demonstrate ability to undertake the above responsibilities
• Legally able to work in the country in which the position is based
• Chartered status with a relevant Institution.
• c. 15 years’ experience in a fire engineering, fire research, or related discipline role.
• Solid proven experience of applying engineering methods to safety. For example, qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, probabilistic risk analysis, and detailed deterministic analysis.
• Evidence of management and leadership experience.
• Capable to demonstrate ability to undertake the above responsibilities.
• Evidence of a good design understanding.
• Experience with a range of international regulatory and guidance frameworks.
• Willingness to expand knowledge into other disciplines related to fire safety and fire engineering.
• Good interpersonal skills, proven ability to interact with a diverse range of people, and the ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to use a variety of media in the development and documentation of a design project.
• Evidence of the ability to understand design decisions taken by others.
• Ability to manage own time to work well under pressure and meet expected timeframes.
• Awareness of and ability to use some of the following: MicroStation, InDesign, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, FDS, CFAST, B-RISK, OZone, MACS+, and structural software packages.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Able to manage sensitive and sometimes confidential information
• Self-motivated and able to take responsibility
• Able to demonstrate initiative and a proactive approach to daily tasks, and in response to direction and instruction
• Flexible attitude
• Able to build and maintain strong relationships at all levels, internally and externally
• Resilient to cope with conflicting demands, able to prioritise duties and work effectively under pressure.
• Able to work as part of an effective team, assisting and supporting team members

Desired

• Experience in the use of advanced engineering methods. For example, CFD-based modelling, FEA analysis, quantitative probabilistic and reliability analysis.
• Experience with the use of Matlab, Python, R, or similar, to carry out data analysis, automation, and/or model development.
• Demonstrated good network with the fire science, fire engineering, and wider community.

What you'll get in return

In return, you will receive a wide range of company benefits as well as a clear progression and development plan with support from senior directors.

What you need to do now

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