Fire Engineer

Job description

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity:

We are seeking a Fire Engineer to join our team based in our London office to undertake fire engineering design work for a range of interesting projects throughout the world. Our team focuses on fire engineering design inputs for a range of small to large scale infrastructure projects and specifically writing fire strategies, undertaking evacuation calculations and carrying out fire dynamics, smoke control and heat transfer studies using a multitude of tools. The successful candidate would also can gain an insight into designing fire protection systems as part of their wider development.

We specialise in large scale transportation projects, particularly road and rail. We develop fire strategies and carry out fire engineering analysis using various prescriptive and analytical methods. The successful candidate would be involved and gain an insight into various types of projects in the UK and throughout the world as part of their career development. There will be opportunities to work in local, national, and international projects as part of our work portfolio and in sectors such as road, rail and cable tunnels, rail stations, nuclear sites and transportation hubs. Equally, we encourage our colleagues to get involved in research, write conference papers including presenting in conferences and provide support to achieve such personal and company goals as needed.

Duties;

• Develop Fire Strategies using engineering principles and write technical reports.
• Use national and international standards, BS 9999, BS 9991, BS 9992, ADB, NFPA and IBC codes to carry out work.
• Carry out engineering calculations or perform fire engineering analysis if needed.
• Assisting in the bidding process of future work and developing networking channels.
• Visit and work from client or project offices and travel as and when required, locally and internationally.
• Participate in site inspections of tunnels and related infrastructure facilities as and when required.

You'll have the opportunity to learn how to design fire protection systems, learn CFD and evacuation modelling and become a well round design professional within the team with growth opportunities in multiple sectors. This can be catered to depending on your interests.

Here's What You'll Need:

• Bachelor or master's degree in engineering or science is preferred.
• A minimum of 1-2 years of experience in fire life safety and fire protection systems design.
• Prior experience of preparing or contributing in Fire Life Safety Strategy and carrying out fire engineering calculations is desirable will be helpful. CFD or evacuation modelling knowledge is a bonus.
• Some knowledge of international fire standards such as NFPA, UAE FLS Code, Saudi Fire Code (SBC 801), IBC/IFC Codes is useful.
• Experience in computational modelling of fire growth, smoke movement and evacuation would be beneficial but not mandatory.
• Good written and verbal communication skills (clear and concise report writing will be expected).
• Basic knowledge of CAD Software using AutoCAD / Revit or other program can be a bonus. Computer literate in:
  • MS Office package (or similar)
  • Ability or desire to learn scripting languages (such as python) to automate tasks will be beneficial
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• A team player who enjoys working with colleagues in other disciplines and sectors of the construction and other industries.

Why Jacobs?

We clear the way for inventive thinking so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.

We clear the way for inventive thinking, so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

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