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Fire Engineer – All Grades


Role overview

As a Tenos Engineer you will be involved in a wide variety of fire engineering projects and have the opportunity to broaden your skillset and develop specialisms in line with your interests.

You will be working with experienced Engineers to generate and evaluate innovative fire solution strategies for prominent clients. You will be involved in project-delivery, liaising with clients and enforcing authorities and preparing tenders for fire consultancy. You will create programs of work, attend site visits and assist with the implementation of quality control procedures. Our mentoring and development programme will focus on developing your competencies to increase your knowledge and skills within the industry.

Reporting to:

  • Senior/Principal Engineer

Responsible for:

  • Self

Mentored by:

  • Engineer Plus/Senior Engineer

Liaises with:

  • External: Clients and client design team, enforcing authorities
  • Internal: People and Planning Manager, Directors, Managers and Technical Colleagues

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience in the fire safety engineering field or relevant engineering discipline (e.g. building services engineering or structural engineering)

Key Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate application of fire principles, regulatory and technical knowledge
  • Manage small projects from inception to completion under supervision
  • Assist colleagues in various aspects of project completion to further develop own technical skills and knowledge
  • Develop awareness of responsibilities of professional engineer
  • Demonstrate full use of Tenos Quality Assurance practices
  • Manage time responsibly
  • Adapt and be flexible to the needs of the business
  • Ensure your own well-being
  • Comply with the IFEs Code of Professional Conduct
  • Work within Tenos quality control standards and procedures

Tenos Competencies

Technical Development and Implementation

  • Understands through application key areas of Core Technical Knowledge
  • Takes ownership of own development programme
  • Knows limits of own technical competency
  • Seeks and presents solutions to problems
  • Proposes solutions based on technical knowledge and previous work/case studies
  • Gathers evidence to demonstrate a proposed solution
  • Produces clear and concise projects scope

Commercial Development and Implementation

  • Prioritises workload
  • Demonstrates understanding of Tenos’ financial procedures
  • Knows how to navigate project finances on PIM
  • Raises concerns in advance where time taken is expected to exceed budgets
  • Can carry out multiple tasks and balance demands
  • Seeks assistance as necessary to ensure projects are delivered on time
  • Takes small steps with complex tasks, even when the end result is unclear
  • Gets things right first time to avoid re-work
  • Prepares proposals under supervision

Team Development and Implementation

  • Actively seeks out support to address skills shortfall
  • Contributes to discussions about the development of solutions to project/industry issues
  • Provides assistance to graduate engineers to assist their integration and development

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Fire Engineer – All Grades


Please complete this short form and upload your CV. If you’d prefer to talk to us, please drop our HR Manager, Bebee an email or give her a call directly on 07354 902 043 | recruitment@tenos.com.


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