Senior Fire Engineer

Qualifications, memberships and registration

Essential:

• Engineering or science-based Bachelor’s degree.
• Member Grade of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE).
• Professional registration with the Engineering Council through the IFE (or with another relevant Professional Engineering Institution) as an Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer, or similar registration in another discipline consistent with a IEng or CEng.

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 5 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.
• Enthusiasm to become part of an Employee-Owned Company.
• Project management, budget control and reporting experience.
• Team management experience.
• Experience of client management and managing client expectations.

As a Senior Engineer (Grade 5) you will primarily be responsible for the technical delivery, the financial and project management of a variety of fire engineering design schemes.

You will develop fee proposal and scope of service documents and look to establish, build and maintain client relationships. You will be required to attend site visits; client / project team meetings and engage with enforcing authorities.

You will review technical documents and simple fee proposals as part of Tenos’ Quality Assurance procedures. You will adhere to, uphold and train other engineers in the Quality Management System.

Our development programme will help advance your core technical knowledge and consultancy skills to support your application to become professionally registered with the Engineering Council.

Technical

• Independent application of detailed technical knowledge on a broad range of fire safety design projects.
• 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.
• Lead Project Kick Off and Close Out meetings.
• 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, manage resources, present and report 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 reviews of Graduate Engineer, Engineer and Senior Engineer (Grade 4) technical deliverables and fee proposals.

Commercial

• Project delivery, project team and financial management of complex fire engineering design schemes.
• Assist more junior engineers to develop detailed fee proposals on projects. Preparation and review of fee proposals.
• Establish, build and maintain client relationships. Gains a thorough understanding of client needs
• through discussion, understanding and research.
• 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, invoicing, PIM project finances, workload forecasting tools, debt management.
• 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. Contributes to the continuous improvement of these systems by making
• suggestions on how they may be improved.
• 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 and able to advise others.

Professional

• Comply with the IFE Code of Professional Conduct.

Communication

• Demonstrate clarity and precision in communication. Able to give clear direction on what needs to be done, by whom and by when.
• Listen to others and adopt a communication style appropriate to the audience. Spots problems with communication between others and positively intercepts to resolve.
• 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.
• Displays commercial, technical and professional leadership to more junior engineers.
• 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: Principal Engineer or above.
• Responsible for: Graduate Engineer, Engineer, Senior Engineer (Grade 4) roles.
• Mentored by: Principal Engineer or above.
• Liaises with: Internal: Directors, line managers and colleagues. External: Clients, their representatives, other technical professionals, contractors, and enforcing authorities.