Associate Director - Fire Engineer

Description

• Ensure the quality of the work is maintained and delivered to the client within agreed period and budget.
• Support the national team in achieving its KPIs.
• Become an AECOM Approved Lead Verifier - leads strategic direction of projects.
• Support and mentor less experienced staff on the road to Chartership.
• Provide specialised technical input to studies and designs projects across the portfolio.
• Assist in training and mentoring of staff to ensure technical development of the team in line with the PDPs.
• Lead technical client relationships and play a major role in attracting new work/ clients.
• Lead Performance & Review process for the team by setting and monitoring SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound) goals for team members.
• Provide estimates for the fire engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements on large, complex projects.
• Participate in the development of the Fire Team Business Plan and implement throughout the fire team.
• Collaborate with multi discipline team and national leadership to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget and to the highest standard of quality.
• Promote AECOM and its Fire Engineering business and bring more business (internal and external clients) to support the effective growth.
• Become an AECOM Approved Project Manager and act as project approver.
• Participate in the development of professional development plans for staff and encourage expansion of expertise on different sectors.
• Lead the project delivery on mid to large size Defence projects nationally and internationally.
• Ensure implementation of all AECOM Health & Safety policies at workplace and during out of office visits (i.e. meetings, training, site visits, etc.).
• Carry out staff appraisals of direct reports and ensure they do the same for their direct reports in line with AECOM Performance & Review process.
• Lead and manage the team in terms of Defence workload management, project delivery and performance.
• Ensure that good client working relationships are maintained.
• Develop and assist in implementing a marketing strategy with a focus on interactive and collaborative communications with clients.
• Oversee the successful delivery of large, complex Defence projects, ensuring they meet regulatory requirement and client expectations.

Requirements

• BEng/MEng or MSc in fire science, fire engineering or similar.
• Good level of security clearance, or history of clearance and ability to hold a suitable level of security clearance.
• PhD in a fire-related discipline.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Defence standards including JSP 80 and DIFS.
• Extensive knowledge of common fire engineering tools, including FDS, evacuation modelling, and structural fire safety engineering.
• International experience with standards such as IBC, SFPE and NFPA.
• Membership in relevant professional institutions, such as MIFireE and/or certifications from NFPA, such as CFPE.
• Extensive experience working in a large, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Proficiency in using common fire engineering tools such as FDS, SFE, and evacuation modelling software.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Institution of Fire Engineering.
• Comprehensive knowledge of UK standards and guidance documents, including but not limited to ADB, BS 9991, BS 9999, BS 9992, HTM 05-02 and BB100.
• UK national.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance