Fire Safety Engineer

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future.

We are a team of over 20,000 experts working across the world in more than 50 countries.
We are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It’s our people who power that performance. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support.

1. Developing fire safety strategies: notably for all sectors of the buildings and infrastructure.
2. Reviewing designs against current codes of practice, analysing and designing solutions including bespoke performance-based fire engineering solutions.
3. Undertaking formal peer reviews of fire engineering work.
4. Working alongside other internal/external technical disciplines to provide advice best suited to the project and the Client.
5. Ensuring work is delivered to programme and budget.
6. Ensuring work is delivered to the necessary level of quality.

1. Have a degree in a relevant engineering/science discipline.
2. Should have 5+ of fire/smoke modelling tools such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD), zone models and evacuation models an advantage.
3. Must have experience of developing fire strategies to UK and international codes of practice.
4. Have working knowledge of and experience of performance-based fire engineering codes of practice in the UK and internationally (such as BS 7974, NFPA 101).
5. Experience of working with international codes such as British Standards, NFPA, IBC, etc.
6. Ability to communicate effectively in English with clients, colleagues and other members of the project team.
7. Must have excellent skills for report writing in English.