Fire Safety Engineer and Consultant

Jensen Hughes is seeking talented Fire safety engineers and consultants at various career levels and throughout many Finland locations including Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Kuopio and new possible cities Oulu and Vaasa.

In Finland, we have immediate roles for highly motivated, experienced individuals to work in all aspects of fire protection engineering, including building code consulting, performance based design and fire protection strategies.

The successful applicant will have a well-rounded background in fire protection and code consulting and possess strong analytical and creative thinking skills. The role will involve many aspects of fire protection engineering with a focus on Building Code and Fire Code consulting. The position will coordinate and conduct building plan reviews, interpret the building codes, develop alternative solutions, prepare building design reports and coordinate with fire protection engineering design teams. The candidate will be responsible for the review and implementation of fire protection strategies and will coordinate on all matters with design teams and authorities having jurisdiction.
Management and implementation of a wide variety of engineering design and consulting projects.
What you will work on:
-Satisfy client needs and expectations by completing assigned tasks on schedule and within budget.
-Coordinate and conduct building and fire code reviews and analyses, including plan reviews and site visits.
-Preparation and peer review of project-related technical reports.
-Develop fire protection strategies, performance-based design approaches, and alternative solutions to resolve client design issues.
-Effectively communicate with project team members, clients, and others.
-Assist with developing new business.

Requirements:
-5+ years of experience in Building Code and Fire Protection Consulting.
-Bachelors Degree or higher in Engineering, Civil, Mechanical or related field.
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
-Proven project management experience.
-Experience in developing building code concepts and equivalencies, conducting building plan reviews, and conducting field reviews/inspections.
-Ability to present clear and technically sound fire protection engineering strategies.
-Ability to work well independently and to interact with other industry professionals, associated trades, and jurisdictional authorities.
-Fire alarm and/or sprinkler design knowledge/experience is a plus.