Senior Fire Engineer
Amentum
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Development of fire safety strategies to support compliance with the Building Regulations and relevant fire safety legislation.
- Development of design solutions encompassing provisions for means and escape, detection and alarm, structural fire protection, suppression, and firefighting access/facilities for the fire and rescue service.
- Undertaking conventional fire assessments / fire risk assessments to support compliance with fire safety legislation and/or the development of fire safety strategies.
- Undertaking fire modelling with the use of empirical hand calculations and software packages such as CFAST and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics in support of fire safety strategies.
Requirements
- STEM degree qualified (Desirable not essential)
- Membership with a recognised institution (Institution of fire engineers – Desirable not essential)
- Fire safety engineering experience, ideally covering most of the key responsibilities listed above
- Experience of application and use of relevant prescriptive codes (e.g. ADB, BS 9999 etc)
- Experience of undertaking fire modelling in support of the provision of performance based fire safety engineered solutions (Desirable not essential).
Benefits
- Free single medical cover and digital GP service
- Family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay
- Free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes
- Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
- Collectively program: matched-funding, paid volunteering time, and charitable donations.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
fire safety strategiesfire risk assessmentsfire modellingempirical hand calculationsCFASTComputational Fluid Dynamicsdesign solutionsstructural fire protectionsuppression systemsfirefighting access
Certifications
STEM degreemembership with a recognised institutionInstitution of Fire Engineers