Senior Fire Safety Engineer

Salary range: £41,526-£49,553 

Contract type: Permanent

Working arrangements: 35 hours per week

The Senior Fire Safety Engineer, will be responsible for applying fire engineering in the design of buildings, including, but not limited to: technical delivery of fire safety services; design and drawing appraisals; checking for fire design compliance with Approved Document B, BS9999 or fire engineering design; providing help, advice and assessment of individual issues, such as: fire safety management; compartmentation; passive and active fire safety building systems; occupancy levels; places of special fire risk; fire escape doors and fire escape routes; fire fighting lifts; emergency lighting; fire alarms; fire hydrants; sprinklers and fire fighting equipment; specialist fire protection systems; arrangements for disabled people; fire appliance routes; construction fire safety audits and plans; end user Fire Safety Manuals Providing Technical Guidance.

The post-holder will have extensive experience in delivering fire engineering solutions for projects and experience in all aspects of fire engineering consultancy including the principles of fire dynamics.

The post-holder will also be responsible for Fire Safety team and take the lead in developing standards and the provision of fire safety training, as well as taking responsibility for specific elements of the Health and Safety Service proactive workload.