Head of Fire Safety

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Your new company
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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