Senior Fire Engineer

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Job Description

Base salary: £47,450pa to c.£59,300pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As Senior Fire Engineer you'll provide professional and technical support on fire engineering issues, supporting development of standards and technical requirements, and providing assurance regarding safety and functionality of relevant assets, in order to meet HS2's obligations as the Statutory Undertakers and the project's requirements for technical functionality.

About the role:

• Support development of strategy, requirements, specification and standards across the project for fire engineering design, including evacuation, compartmentation, detection and alarm systems, fire extinguishing devices and systems;
• Provide technical expertise and advice relating to fire engineering to both the wider organisation, and external stakeholders as required;
• Support in providing technical assurance for fire engineering discipline including safety arguments and technical files to demonstrate compliance to current fire safety legislation identified standards;
• Support management of interfaces of fire systems and other infrastructure systems;
• Support Qualitative Design Review (QDR) process, detailing specific fire prevention and protection issues and requirements;
• Development of risk assessments in accordance with the Regulatory Reform order;
• Support the delivery of effective Fire and Rescue Service liaison and engagement for all stages of the project (design, construction, operational);
• Engage and consult as appropriate with internal teams impacted by fire engineering design, particularly Infrastructure Management, Railway Systems, Technical Directorates, the asset project and contract management teams;
• Assist in preparation of Emergency Plans and planning and execution of Live Exercises;
• Maintain expert knowledge of fire engineering, fire life safety and remain abreast of legislative requirements and how standards and best practice support their application;
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work. Support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills:

• Capable of being a Standard Owner, working under the guidance of the Standard Discipline Owner.
• Able to provide specialist technical support and leadership on discipline-specific analysis, problem solving and design techniques to project development / delivery teams but knowing when to seek further guidance from other Subject Matter Expert.
• Able to provide technical, commercial management and leadership skills to support project development / delivery teams, working under supervision of line manager (or delegate).
• Ability to communicate discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues, based largely on examples of application.
• Ability to apply many principles relating to standards, safety and the environment and able to articulate the rest.
• Applies principles and methods that ensure effective information management, modelling and data security; understands the approaches and consequences to data creation, transformation and visualisation and knowing when to seek guidance from Subject Matter Expert.

Knowledge:

• Appropriate scientific, technical for fire engineering principles
• Able to review and select appropriate techniques, procedures and methods to undertake tasks.
• Understanding of measurement and research techniques used to identify the source or root cause of a problem or issue.
• Understanding of promoting quality and contributing to best practice method of continuous improvement.

Type of experience:

• Experience of applying technical standards as appropriate.
• Experience capturing business requirements and translating into data and system solutions.
• Experience of driving business benefit through improved process and use of data.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. Please attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application and include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.