Overview of the Group Head of Fire Engineering Role
PM Group, a leading international engineering, architecture, project, and construction management firm, is seeking an experienced professional to fill the position of Group Head of Fire Engineering.
This role will report to the Group Head Design Health and Safety and will be responsible for defining strategies, interfacing with sub-consultants, insurers, design houses, and operators to ensure that fire engineering designs adhere to local and project requirements.
The ideal candidate will be self-driven, capable of managing numerous projects simultaneously, and passionate about building and driving the growth and capabilities of the overall Fire Engineering within PM Group.
Responsibilities:
* Liaise with clients, insurers, and project teams to determine fire engineering deliverables and responsibilities on a project.
* Initiate pre-consultation meetings with fire certificate permitting authorities.
* Understand building functions for compliance and additional risks associated with process activities.
* Translate this into strategy documents.
* Develop fire engineering strategies for projects using engineering principles and write technical reports.
* Use national and international standards, such as Technical Guidance Document (TGD) B (Ireland), BS, ADB (UK), NFPA, and IBC codes, to carry out work.
* Understand and implement client insurer requirements and integrate these requirements with local codes and regulations.
* Define RACI for fire compliance delivery on the project and translate this to the basis of safety for the project.
* Have oversight over compliance to building regulations/codes of the region.
* Manage and develop relationships and contracts with sub-consultants and regional bodies.
* Manage fire engineering sub-consultants and ensure they perform their scope of services.
* Liaise with and meet with Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ's) or equivalent on particular projects where applicable/as necessary.
* Lead fire reviews and project meetings and liaise with design teams to ensure a full end-to-end project lifecycle approach.
* Promote the Living Safety Culture across PM Group projects.
* Foster and develop relationships with sub-consultants and within client teams.
* Support design teams globally by ensuring that all projects have fire engineering aspects covered, including managed services projects.
* Document best practice for all regions in this discipline.
Core Competencies:
* A general knowledge of fire protection core competencies and its connection to engineering design and building compliance is expected.
* Typical fire engineering specialisms include an understanding of codes and regulations, compartmentation, fire resistance, flame spread, fire fighting requirements, clean agent suppression, egress, explosion protection, fire alarm detection and signaling, passive fire protection, performance-based design and analysis, process fire safety, smoke control systems, structural protection, and sprinkler systems.
Requirements:
* Hold a Level 8 qualification in engineering, fire engineering, or architecture.
* 10+ years of experience in a lead role in one of these areas.
* Chartered status preferred but not essential.
* Be able to multitask and work on several projects simultaneously.
* Have proposal/commercial management experience (advantageous).
* Be able to work on/manage resources for multiple projects on the go at the same time.
* Have good communication, management, and people skills.
* Be a self-starter and decision maker with a strong work ethic.
* Be a good time manager with the ability to balance multiple priorities.
* Proficiency in Microsoft suite of software (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, etc.).
PM Group is an inclusive, committed, and driven company that values corporate responsibility and sustainability. We are committed to ensuring our hiring process is fair and accessible to all and will provide candidates with disabilities with reasonable accommodations required to participate in the recruitment process.
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