Senior Structural Fire Engineer
Buro Happold
Edinburgh or London
Are you a Senior Structural Fire Engineer looking for an exciting new challenge in London or Edinburgh? Buro Happold is looking for a Structural Fire Engineer with engineering consultancy experience, and the role comes with an attractive salary and benefits package plus a hybrid working pattern.
Key Duties:
- Working with structural engineers on exciting and complex buildings to ensure life safety and optimise protection
- Informing and supporting design aspirations, functionality and architectural form
- Project managing small to medium structural fire engineering projects
- Holding responsibility for the financial performance of small to medium scale projects
- Working with Associates and Associate Directors to prepare fee proposals and engage in work winning activities
- Developing, with support, towards lead structural fire engineer on small to medium scale projects
- Managing client care and general consultancy on both small- and large-scale projects
- Representing Buro Happold at design team meetings, both internally and externally
- Mentoring junior engineers on their career path
- Actively promote the department and engaging in the development of group strategy
Your Skills and Experience:
- Masters degree or higher in Structural Engineering or Structural Fire Engineering
- Being a chartered engineer or being close to achieving it
- Experience in an engineering consultancy environment
- Experience in managing small to medium scale structural or structural fire engineering projects
- Experience in writing and reviewing performance-based engineering reports
- Excellent consultancy skills, good communication abilities and the experience to deal with complex situations, negotiation and understanding the differing needs of our clients and within stakeholder groups
- Confident, proactive character, able to take the lead in challenging situations and guide less experienced engineers
Exposure to the following areas is advantageous...
- Experience in designing and assessing current and historic structures at ambient temperatures and in fire
- Experience in undertaking and supervising fire and heat transfer assessments followed by structural modelling at elevated temperatures
- Experience in using and checking of structural fire engineering FEM packages like SAFIR, VULCAN or similar
- Experience in undertaking and supervising different forms fire modelling including but not limited to natural fires, localised fires and CFD
What we offer:
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays
- International working and flexible holiday
- 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month
- Company Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Professional subscriptions
- Flexible Benefits - including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance, Corporate discounts