Pre-Construction Fire Safety Manager

Description

• Stakeholder Engagement: Attend design team meetings and safety forums, providing expert input and technical presentations to align fire strategies with project goals.
• Project Management: Oversee multiple fire engineering projects from concept through pre-construction delivery, preparing detailed scopes, tracking progress, and ensuring quality documentation.
• Design Risk Mitigation: Identify and design out fire safety risks early in planning and design phases, integrating constructability, maintainability, and operability considerations.
• Compliance & Assurance: Ensure all fire safety strategies meet UK fire safety legislation and compliance frameworks, including the Building Safety Act 2022.
• Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Support team development through training, succession planning, and continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging lessons learned from major projects like Hinkley Point C.
• Develop Fire Safety Strategies: Create and review fire engineering strategies and reports to ensure compliance with UK legislation, Sizewell C requirements, and nuclear licence conditions.

Requirements

• Comprehensive understanding of UK fire safety legislation and compliance frameworks, including the Building Safety Act 2022.
• Ability to specify construction sequences to improve fire safety and facilitate safe evacuation and operational response.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills across multidisciplinary teams.
• Expertise in risk identification and mitigation during pre-construction phases.
• Ability to influence a positive fire safety culture across diverse teams.
• Experience in engineering design and risk-based planning.
• Demonstrated project management and organisational capabilities, managing multiple deliverables under tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to develop and implement fire strategies that proactively design out fire and life safety risks during early project stages.
• Experience in nuclear energy or similarly regulated, high-risk environments.
• Strong IT and communication skills.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills for decision-making and risk management.
• Degree in Fire Engineering or a related discipline (BSc, BEng)

Benefits

• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays.
• Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution.
• Bonus: Up to 5% annual bonus.
• Flexible Benefits: Additional allowance for a variety of benefits including.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

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