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MS592 - Fire Engineer

Salary: £40,000 - £60,000 per annum DOE 

Location: Waterloo, London

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Fire Engineer on behalf of one of our clients. The successful candidate will be involved across the entire building lifecycle—from initial design through to in-occupation services. Depending on experience, responsibilities may include contributing to building design, construction services, and/or conducting fire safety risk assessments.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Preparing fire strategy reports and working closely with stakeholders throughout the design process.
Assisting clients with meeting requirements under relevant legislation, including the Building Safety Act 2022, relevant secondary legislation, the Building Regulations 2010 and the Fire Safety Order.
Carrying out analysis of fire risk and providing guidance on suitable control measures.
Supporting internal design teams as part of multi-disciplinary projects.
Working across a range of buildings and sectors, on different fire safety challenges and issues.
Undertake regular communication with our Client’s team to co-ordinate programmes of inspections and remedial works.
Taking particulars on site, writing up schedules of works required and in association with others, prepare specifications, obtain estimates, plan programmes of work, monitor progress of works on site, checking compliance with the specification.
Provide a practical and methodical approach to solving problems, working to fixed budgets and working within tight deadlines.
Provide advice in connection with applications for Building Regulations Approval on Fire Related matters.
Skills and qualifications:

It is essential that you have completed a degree in fire safety or fire risk engineering.
You will hold membership of the Institution of Fire Engineers and will have achieved or be working towards professional registration with the Engineering Council.
We anticipate that the Fire Engineer role will grow and develop; therefore initial and on-going training in areas where knowledge may be limited will be fully supported by the Client