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As the Interim Fire Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for the fire discipline for a prestigious project. This includes the life cycle planning along with other associated projects, design and fire related solutions.
Client Details
My client are a large public sector entity. It is renowned for its commitment to preserving and enhancing heritage sites, while ensuring they meet modern safety and accessibility standards.
Description
As the Interim Fire Engineering Lead, you will:
- Lead the in-house Fire Team, integrating the fire discipline with other design disciplines, and demonstrate leadership for the subject area both inside the Authority and outwardly.
- Drive and own the strategic direction of fire related activities, including scoping of design activities and assurance of fire related design solutions.
- Responsible for the authorship and ownership of standards for design, implementation, and operation, as well as inter-disciplinary co-ordination with multi-disciplines design partners.
- Strategic ownership of the fire discipline vision and direction across the Programme, including agreement of the fire safety design proposals until Programme completion.
- Champion best-in-class delivery of fire safety across the various supply chain partners to ensure a consistently high standard for design, construction, commissioning, and handover activities.
- Management of supply chain, including leading, scoping, and developing fire related procurement activities, especially focused on technical evaluation.
- Provide assurance of the fire safety design, and be the key interface point for fire safety within the Authority.
- Act as the lead for fire safety matters.
- Production and upkeep of fire safety standards.
- Ensure the delivery of the Programme remains at the forefront of current good practice developments for safety cases, both compulsory and voluntary input into organisational compliance.
Profile
A successful Interim Fire Engineering Lead should have:
- Chartered Fire Engineer qualification with demonstrable experience within the field
- Proven track history of being an industry leader
- Safety case experience and application of ALARP
- Experience in the production and peer review of fire engineering reports and documentation
- Excellent communication and Interpersonal skills, with a proven track record of successful team leadership and progressively building consensus for a complex building design
- Proven experience of building effective relationships with external stakeholders
- Knowledge of Building Safety Act developments
- Production of standards
- Assurance experience
- The ability to get to London regularly for site visits and collaboration
Job Offer
For the successful Interim Fire Engineering Lead, you will receive:
- A competitive daily rate
- Opportunity to work in a prestigious public sector property institution
- Be part of a dedicated and professional team
- Work with heritage sites in London
- Longer term opportunities within the organisation
