Fire Safety Engineers in Melbourne

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We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Our global Buildings and Places business line brings together a versatile and collaborative team of urban planning, building design and engineering professionals working to create liveable, sustainable, and equitable cities. Our extensive expertise covers urbanism and planning, architecture, building and systems engineering, and cost, project, and construction management.

The Role: Due to a healthy pipeline of work, we are looking for Fire Safety Engineers to join our team based in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to work on a range of projects.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Applying and developing fire engineering expertise across large-scale projects, from concept and design development through to construction and building occupation.
• Contributing to, developing and/or leading performance-based design briefs, fire engineering assessments and technical reports across a diverse range of building and infrastructure projects.
• Undertaking fire engineering analysis and advisory services, including the application of computational modelling techniques for fluid flow, fire dynamics and evacuation, as appropriate to project requirements and experience.
• Contributing to the successful delivery of projects and client outcomes across a variety of markets, with opportunities to take on increasing levels of technical, project and client responsibility.
• Working collaboratively with senior team members and supporting project management and delivery, while contributing to the development and mentoring of junior team members where appropriate.

Qualifications: The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role.

• Experience delivering projects in Fire Safety within a consulting environment.
• A relevant Engineering qualification (preferably in Fire Engineering) alongside a thorough understanding of the Building Code of Australia.
• Experience in the preparation of Performance Based Design Briefs, Fire Engineering Reports and Fire Engineering Strategies.
• A strong background in the use of computer-based modelling alongside exposure to negotiating with approval authorities on performance-based designs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills when dealing with internal and external stakeholders.

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