Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Fire Engineer
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Fire Engineer
Salary range: £35,000 to £50,000 per annum depending on experience
Location: Glasgow or Leatherhead
Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office and working from home. Closing date is 7th August but we may close sooner if we receive sufficient applications.
We are searching for engineers with qualifications and/or experience in fire engineering or related field. You will join a team of experienced engineering consultants who specialise in a broad range of safety, simulation and modelling disciplines. Whilst this opportunity is focused on nuclear fire engineering, there are opportunities to work in other sectors (e.g. high-risk buildings, rail, defence) and in new markets relating to clean energy systems and renewables (e.g. hydrogen, and lithium-ion battery energy storage).
If you are excited about the prospects of working on high-profile infrastructure projects in nuclear fire engineering and across other sectors, please apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide a high-quality fire engineering service to our clients.
- Interact directly with a variety of clients across several highly regulated sectors (e.g. nuclear energy, defence, rail).
- Plan and deliver work, including attending client sites across the UK where required.
- Provide technical input into many areas of fire engineering e.g. fire modelling and simulation, fire strategy, fire testing, fire system design, fire safety case.
- Project manage a variety of projects with accountability for resource and budgets.
- Contribute to business development and manage enquiries with both new and existing clients.
Requirements:
Successful applicants will meet the following minimum requirements:
- PhD, Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in fire engineering, or a demonstrable interest in fire engineering.
- Fire engineering experience (desired in high-hazard or highly regulated industries e.g. nuclear, petrochemicals, chemicals, defence and/or rail).
Your experience might include fire safety case, fire strategy, or fire modelling and simulation.
It is to your advantage if you meet any of the following additional requirements:
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- PhD, MSc or BEng Fire Engineering (or equivalence by experience).
- Experience of fire modelling, such as NIST CFAST or FDS.
- Experience of undertaking DSEAR assessments.
- Working towards Chartership, ideally through the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE).
- Experience of working on multi-disciplinary projects.
Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertakes, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.
BENEFITS
We provide our people with an excellent benefit and offering package that comprises:
- Competitive salary with yearly reviews.
- 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
- A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.
- Happy to talk flexible working.
- Enhanced parental benefits.
- Company pension scheme.
- Targeted professional development.
- Life assurance.
- Private healthcare membership.
- Bonus scheme linked into company performance.
- Paid membership fees to a professional institution.
- Support in attaining professional membership.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Season rail ticket loan.
And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements.
Frazer-Nash is a leading systems, engineering and technology company. We help organisations deliver innovative engineering and technology solutions to make lives safe, secure, sustainable, and affordable.
With over 1000 employees, we work from a network of nine UK and four Australian locations. Our people apply their expertise to develop, enhance and protect our clients' critical assets, systems and processes. We use our skills and talents to ensure a sustainable future for society.
Our work helps deliver a safe and secure world, where natural resources are conserved, and clean energy is available to all. And we focus on actions to reduce climate change; supporting rapid and far-reaching transformations in the delivery of energy, security, industry, and transport.
At the heart of our business are a set of self-defined core values. These are part of our DNA and we’re committed to upholding them – internally as part of our Frazer-Nash family; in the way we work with our customers; and when we engage with the wider world.
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At Frazer-Nash, we care about each other; always looking to collaborate and see things from the other person’s point of view.
- We offer mutual support, learn from one another, and work as a team to deliver the best results.
- Everyone has a voice, and we all make the time to listen.
- We will work with openness and collaborate effectively – thinking about our clients and our people, and responding to their needs.
- We care about the difference we make to the wider world.
We are trusted
Effective collaboration is founded upon trust. We earn the trust of our customers and colleagues by delivering on the commitments we have made to them.
We deliver success
We deliver value and success to our customers and to our business. We continually strive to be the best at what we do.
We want to do things that matter
We seek out interesting and satisfying work that helps makes a difference in society.
We use our expertise to provide trusted, impartial professional advice to our clients.
By making a difference to today, we benefit the world of tomorrow – so we can all go home each day knowing that we’ve done something that really mattered.
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