Principal/ATD Fire Engineer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We are looking for a skilled Principal or Associate Technical Director in Fire Engineering to join our Dublin or Cork office where you will form an integral part of our growing team of dynamic fire safety engineers. In this role, you will be working collaboratively with a team of highly skilled fire safety engineers to design and implement fire safety measures across a wide portfolio of projects. The candidate will have the option to work remotely with infrequent travel to the Dublin or Cork office and to site as required.

We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Role accountabilities:

Responsibilities include, developing fire engineering strategies, conducting fire risk assessments and liaising with project stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance. The position is for undertaking fire safety engineering work in Ireland but may include supporting design projects in the UK. 

The applicant will work predominantly within the building sector, although opportunities to support other sectors may arise from time-to-time, considering the multidisciplinary nature of Arcadis as well as the range of services Arcadis deliver to its clients. 

• Development of Fire Safety Strategy reports through RIBA stages of Design 
• Preparation of fire safety and disability access applications
• Means of escape Analysis (ASET) (RSET) 
• Development of Fire Safety Management Plans and Fire safety statements
• Inspection and assessment of existing buildings and infrastructure
• Assessment and understanding of Irish and UK fire safety legislation and standards applied to buildings, such as TG Document B, TG Document M, Approved Document B (AD B), BS9999, BS7974; CIBSE Guide E.

Qualifications & Experience:

• The candidate would be expected to have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Fire Engineering or related field. (Open to Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, Civil Engineering, Scientific or other numeric degree etc)
• Qualifications should be recognised by a professional engineering body
• Ideally a Chartered Engineer or working towards the Chartership.
• Proven experience (3-5 years and above) in fire engineering.
• Familiarity with relevant codes and standards (e.g., NFPA, BS, EN).

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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