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.
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.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or science based role is ideal.
- Recent Graduate or a minimum of 1-3 years of experience in fire life safety.
- Prior experience of preparing or contributing to Fire Strategy and carrying out fire engineering calculations is desirable.
- 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 programs 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.
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