Fire Safety Engineering Lead

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description:

As the Fire Safety Engineering Lead you will be at the forefront of delivering strategic fire safety and engineering solutions for high-profile projects. Your expertise will guide the development and implementation of fire safety strategies ensuring compliance with industry standards and enhancing safety measures across complex infrastructure and building projects. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams manage client relationships and drive innovation in fire systems design and safety have substantial experience in designing complex projects including mobility building and infrastructure projects across various regions. Your role involves conducting risk assessments managing projects and teams interfacing with other disciplines and clients and providing solutions for complex issues. Additionally you will be involved in bid support and reviewing estimates produced by pursuit teams as well as training guiding and

Principal Duties & Key Responsibilitiesof this role include but are not limited to:

Reporting to the Team Technical Director you will providetechnical leadershipfor assigned projects to ensure successful delivery. As we operate in a diverse marketplace this role offers a unique opportunity to work on a wide and varied portfolio of projects further enhancing your skills and technical expertise.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead by example to promotecontinual improvement in safety health and environmental (SHE) performanceacross the business.
• Provide technical leadership inFire Systems and Safety Engineering including designs feasibility studies onsite surveys snagging assessments and validation of project assurance documentation.
• Evaluate thetechnical competenceof staff proposed for projects and identify specific training and mentoring needs.
• Manage the development and performance of team members supporting the delivery of Arcadis strategic business goals.
• Lead the technical delivery of complex projects ensuringclient satisfaction effective project management and seamless collaboration between Arcadis teams.
• Drive efficiency throughstandardization and automationof key service offerings ensuring consistency and quality across projects.
• Develop and maintain strongtechnical client relationships while playing a key role in business development and securing new work.
• Conductdesign checks and reviewsto ensure the highest quality deliverables before project submission.
• Providemanagement leadership planning resource requirements and delivery strategies for assigned projects.
• Identify new business opportunities and contribute tobids and tenders.
• Maintain excellent relationships with clients key representatives and lead themarketing and networkingof Arcadis services.
• Champion team development by contributing toskill-building mentoring and talent acquisitionstrategies.
• Raise the level oftechnical excellencewithin the fire engineering discipline and ensure consistent delivery of high-quality designs.
• Actively contribute tosustainable development initiatives ensuring projects align with NetZero and environmental goals.
• Help generate repeat business from internal and external clients and promote the full suite of Arcadis capabilities.

Qualifications & Experience:

• BEng/BScDegree in Safety and Fire Engineering;MEng/MScpreferred.
• 20 yearsof design experience across a variety of mobility building and infrastructure projects
• Proven experience in independently leading and managing complex design projects
• Membership with the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
• Recognized technical authority inFire Systems and Safety Engineering with the ability to lead as the technical expert on large-scale and complex projects.
• Demonstrable experience delivering technically excellent solutions for clients such asLondon Underground Network Rail D&B Contractors and other high-profile stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge offire systems engineering including installations commissioning and validation of safety-critical designs.
• Strong understanding of relevant fire safety codes standards and regulations.
• Proven stakeholder management skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships at the highest level.
• A proactive problem-solver who demonstrates initiative and can make decisions independently.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously often under pressure and within multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to consider the broader project and business context beyond your own discipline.
• Significant commercial experience including preparing proposals tenders and business strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and concisely.
• Strong leadership capabilities with the ability to inspire and manage geographically dispersed teams.
• Experience in delivering projects in3D BIM environments including familiarity with common data environments such as ProjectWise.
• Flexibility to travel within the UK and abroad for project-related work when required.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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