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 programs, 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.
Some example duties and responsibilities:
- Delivering significant fire engineering projects nationally and internationally
- Hiring team members as necessary (alongside UK Fire Engineering Lead)
- Leading and mentoring other members of the team
- Developing and owning client relationships
- Raising and owning the London fire team’s profile internally and externally
- Leading bid work and allocating work to grow the team’s multi-sector experience
You will be responsible for developing and owning a Fire Safety CoE in London encompassing all aspects of project management from assisting with preparation of quotations, through to management of the delivery of the technical expertise, analyses and reports, drawings, specifications and documentation as necessary.
- This role will be based on a Hybrid basis from our office in London Bridge
- Full time employment with Jacobs is @ 40 hours per week
- A Masters or Ph.D in Fire Engineering or equivalent and proven experience
- Ideally be a Chartered or Incorporated Fire Engineer through the IFE
- Considerable experience working on large, complex projects requiring fire engineering solutions across The UK, Ireland and the Middle-East
- Experience of leading project teams & good negotiation and mentoring skills
- Strong technical knowledge with a corresponding track record of gaining agreement for prescriptive and performance based design solutions from approving authorities and other key stakeholders - quality work delivered to time and on budget consistently
- Organisation, team leadership and execution of site inspections, audits and fire risk assessments preferred, with a good working knowledge of UK, ROI, NFPA, IBC / IFC Codes.
- Interactive and collaborative mindset / emotional intelligence for working with fire engineers and multi-disciplinary teams across the UK and abroad
- Leading computational modelling of evacuation, fire growth and smoke movement would be highly beneficial, including CFD modelling
- Structural fire engineering highly beneficial
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