Engineer

Qualifications, memberships and registration

Essential:

• Engineering or science-based Bachelor’s degree.
• Membership 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 2 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.

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 core technical knowledge and consultancy skills to support your application to become professionally registered with the Engineering Council.

Technical

• Independent application of Core Technical Knowledge e.g. core fire engineering principles, regulatory framework, codes and standards) on simple fire safety design projects.
• Develop peripheral Core Technical Knowledge e.g. product knowledge and testing standards through observation, shadowing of more senior engineers and self-development.
• Attend as an individual or accompany 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.
• Suggest new, and seek out opportunities on existing, Tenos research and development projects.
• Contribute to technical discussions in Tenos forums e.g. Technical Committee, Project Breakfast Review, CPD events.

Commercial

• Project manage small schemes from inception to completion (under the direction of a Project Director), including the preparation of fee proposals.
• Assist more senior engineers to develop detailed fee proposals on complex projects.
• Display an 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.
• Deliver on commitments made, prioritise daily workload and be responsible for time management.
• Competent and confident using Tenos project filing and project management systems.
• Follow Tenos’s Core Business Quality Management System (QMS). Display an awareness of other Tenos QMS.

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 an oral communication style appropriate to the audience.
• Accept critique and try to learn from it.

Teamwork

• Embrace working as part of a team. Display a willingness to take the lead to collaborate with colleagues to achieve a common goal.
• Actively participate in the Tenos Mentor Programme.
• Provides assistance to graduate engineers to assist their integration and development.
• Engage and contribute as a member 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: No reporting responsibilities.
• Mentored by: Senior Engineer (Grade 4) or above.
• Liaises with: Internal: Directors, line managers and colleagues. External: Clients, their representatives, other technical professionals, contractors, and enforcing authorities.