Senior Fire Protection Engineer

AESG is an international specialist consultancy, engineering, and advisory firm, with offices across the UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Australia, South Africa, Egypt and Singapore dedicated to help solve our clients greatest challenges, through collaboration, innovation, and advanced technical solutions. With unparalleled experience, gained from working on hundreds of projects, our multi-disciplinary team of Architects, Planners, Engineers, Scientists, Modelers and Project Managers work alongside our clients to deliver effective solutions that stand the test of time.

Job Description

Due to the continuing success and growth of our Middle East team, this fantastic opportunity has opened up at our award-winning specialist consultancy, engineering and advisory firm.

At AESG we are looking for a Senior Fire Protection Engineer to join our Fire & Life Safety team and work alongside our other specialist disciplines based in our Riyadh office.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated Senior Fire Protection Engineer seeking a leading role within a growing and ambitious company with a unique service offering.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead tasks on projects and shall report to managers and directors
• Lead the successful delivery of projects to a high standard
• Maintain high quality of all deliverables with efficient time delivery
• Act as main point of contact for efficient project delivery
• Fire protection systems (firefighting, fire alarm, smoke control, emergency lighting, LPG) drawings preparation and review for authority submission and approval
• Fire protection reports writing as well as QAQC other reports acting as deliverable approver
• Produce accurate and timely submittals to agreed deadlines
• Prepare and issuance of final FLS Strategy reports and studies when assigned by managers and directors
• Lead the continues development of FP design deliverables and FP team members
• Manage project resourcing as well as FP team members with lower grades
• Act as PM and PD for FLS and multidisciplinary projects as per AESG project management standards
• Meet the time-line set for the generation of all fire and life safety designs, reports and related submission tasks such as client meetings and workshops
• Keep traceability and version control for all generated design and technical submittal
• Contribute to the successful delivery of projects
• Actively pursue continued professional development through the completion of training modules
• Engaging in the implementation and maintenance of the IMS and its processes and in achieving expected outputs
• Conducting all FLS activities in a quality, healthy and safe manner and reporting any observed problems/risks to the concerned head or personnel

The ideal candidate fits the below profile:

• Motivated and Self-driven (Entrepreneurial Outlook)
• Committed to Technical Excellence
• Good relationship builders (internal and external)

Must have/be:

• A BSc (BEng) or MSc (MEng) in Fire Safety/Protection or Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent
• A minimum of 5 years experience practicing fire protection engineering / consultancy
• IFE Member
• CFPS and PMP Certification
• Sound technical knowledge in Fire Safety/Engineering within Residential, Commercial and Hotels sectors

Why join AESG?

AESG is a multidisciplinary specialist consultancy, offering a consultancy service and work environment like no other.

Through our world-class reputation for innovative thinking, pushing projects to outperform expectations through smart application of planning, engineering and architectural solutions, our project portfolio includes some of the worlds most forward-thinking and exciting new developments.

The success of our company is built on the success of individuals. Our ability to achieve what we have is because our staff are driven, passionate and love what they do.

As an employee of AESG you can expect:

• A huge amount of freedom for our high-performing employees
• Great career opportunities as the company continues to grow, with access to huge variety of projects and incredible clients
• Working on some of the worlds leading developments and tackling our clients greatest challenges
• Commitment in building on your areas of specialism and focal interest points, supporting your professional development through a structured training and mentorship program
• Highly collaborative approach across the different technical service offerings
• Promotion of the importance of health and well-being of the team, including team building fitness activities, social events and the provision of a healthy work environment
• To be part of a dynamic and motivated team with an amazing team culture