Senior Engineer

Qualifications, memberships and registration

Essential:

• Engineering or science-based Bachelor’s degree.
• Member Grade of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE).

Desirable:

• Engineering Council accredited Bachelor’s degree with honours in engineering.
• Engineering Council accredited or approved Master’s degree or approved further learning to Master’s level.

Skills and experience

Essential:

• Approximately 4 years’ experience in either (1) the fire safety engineering field, or (2) an alternative engineering discipline along with relevant fire safety experience e.g. building services engineering or structural engineering.
• Share in our vision to ensure that people can live, work and sleep safe from the effects of fire.
• Self-motivation to learn and develop to become professionally registered with the Engineering Council.
• Enthusiasm to become part of an Employee-Owned Company.

As a Tenos Senior Engineer (Grade 4) you will primarily be responsible for the technical delivery and project management for a variety of fire safety design projects. You will also work alongside other experienced engineers on more complex schemes to broaden your skillset and develop specialisms in line with your interests.

You will develop fee proposal and scope of service documents and liaise with clients. You will be required to attend site visits; client / project team meetings and engage with enforcing authorities. You will adhere to and uphold Tenos Quality Assurance procedures throughout the organisation.

Our development programme will help advance your technical knowledge and understanding to enable you to solve complex engineering problems. Alongside this you will develop your people and project management skills to equip you with some of the other necessary competencies to become professionally registered with the Engineering Council.

Technical

• Independent application of Core Technical Knowledge on a broad range of fire safety design projects e.g. core fire engineering principles, BB100, Firecode, BS 9999, Safety at Sports Grounds etc.
• Develop peripheral Core Technical Knowledge e.g. testing standards, PAS 9980, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, through observation, shadowing of more senior engineers and self- development.
• Attend as an individual or accompany more junior colleagues on site visits and client/project team meetings.
• Put forward solutions based on codes, standards, technical evidence and previous work/case studies.
• Undertake self-analysis of technical development needs and actively seek out support to address knowledge shortfall.
• Maintain continued professional development (CPD) records.
• Take the lead on new and existing Tenos research and development projects.
• Contribute to technical discussions in Tenos forums e.g. Technical Committee, Project Breakfast Review, CPD events.
• Undertakes shadow reviews of Graduate Engineer and Engineer technical documents.

Commercial

• Project manage schemes from inception to completion (under the direction of a Project Director), including the preparation of fee proposals.
• Assist more junior engineers to develop detailed fee proposals on complex projects.
• Demonstrates an understanding of Tenos’ terms of business; how client’s terms of business may differ from our own and makes recommendations when asked to consider an alternative form of contract.
• Display a detailed understanding of Tenos finance procedures e.g. timesheets and invoicing and be able to navigate PIM project finances. Seeks assistance when things are going wrong.
• Know how own commercial objectives and financial targets relate to those of Tenos. Actively participates in team discussions regarding improved efficiency and profitability.
• Deliver on commitments made, prioritise daily workload and be responsible for time management.
• Competent in use of Tenos project filing and project management systems and able to instruct others in its use.
• Follow Tenos’s Core Business Quality Management System (QMS) and be able to instruct others in its use. Display an awareness of other Tenos QMSs.
• Gains a thorough understanding of client needs through discussion, understanding and research.
• Build on existing and maintain client relationships.

Professional

• Comply with the IFE Code of Professional Conduct.
• Develop an awareness of responsibilities of a professionally registered engineer.
• Record Career Episode Reports against specific Engineering Council Initial Professional Development (IPD) objectives

Communication

• Demonstrate clarity and precision in the written word.
• Listen to others and adopt a communication style appropriate to the audience.
• Accept critique and tries to learn from it.

Teamwork

• Embrace working as part of a team. Display a willingness to lead colleagues to achieve a common goal.
• Demonstrate coaching and mentoring skills, behaviours and attitudes that support and encourage progression of others.
• Actively participate in the Tenos Mentor Programme.
• Provides support and assistance to Graduate Engineers and Engineers in their development.
• Engage, contribute and encourage others to contribute as members of an Employee-Owned company.

Other

• Ensure your own well-being.
• Adapt and be flexible to the needs of the business.
• Promote dignity and respect in the workplace.
• Adhere to Tenos’ Employee Handbook and Policies.

• Reporting to: Senior Engineer (Grade 5) or above.
• Responsible for: Graduate Engineer, Engineer.
• Mentored by: Senior Engineer (Grade 5) or above.
• Liaises with: Internal: Directors, line managers and colleagues. External: Clients, their representatives, other technical professionals, contractors, and enforcing authorities.