Lead Fire Engineer (Tunnels)

Company Overview

At Jensen Hughes, we lead with our Purpose + Principles and value our people. Across our global partnership of experts, clients, and communities, we are recognized worldwide for our leadership in fire protection engineering, a legacy of responsibility we have advanced with pride since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related risk management fields — from accessibility consulting, risk and hazard analysis, process safety and forensic investigations to security risk consulting, emergency management and digital innovation. As we champion best practices, set industry standards and support communities with innovative solutions, we are making the world a better place.

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Job Overview

Jensen Hughes have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Lead Fire Engineer specializing in Tunnels to join our market leading team in Dubai, UAE.

Jensen Hughes is a company fiercely committed to our purpose, our clients, and each other, every single member of our team is essential to our success. These are newly created positions is are excellent career opportunities for experienced engineers.

Worldwide Jensen Hughes is recognized most widely for our leadership in fire protection engineering. Since 1939, we have been at the leading edge of safety, security and risk-based engineering and consulting, serving the most complex global projects. In addition, we pride ourselves on driving code and standard development and adoption throughout the world and across industries.

At Jensen Hughes, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work. Working with us offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage current and future projects and ensuring that financial targets of the Project are met and exceeded, develop existing relationships with key clients and deliver fire safety engineering solutions.
• Provide Technical Solutions to Clients, & oversee and peer review work of Engineering staff
• To maintain a high level of professional awareness of technical matters in the fire industry, assimilate and synthesise developing technical issues and provide updates and briefings as required.
• Guiding our fire engineering professionals, along with advising and delivering complex solutions to large construction engineering projects within leading consultancies.
• Drive behind the delivery of technical excellence, team engagement, and the go-to in developing their key clients in this discipline.
• Be the expert to our clients and that all important first point of call.
• Lead discussion with design team, Client and Civil Defence.
• Attend industry conferences to Network and embrace industry trends and best practices.
• Supervise and train junior engineers.

Requirements and Qualifications

• A background in fire engineering preferably within a consultancy environment.
• Experience in the following:
• Tunnel Fire Engineering AnalysisTunnel VentilationTunnel Structural Fire ResistanceTunnel Suppression SystemsTunnel Fuel Loading Controls StrategiesTunnel Communication SystemsTunnel Evacuation StrategiesTunnel Firefighter Intervention
• Minimum 8 years industry experience
• Working experience in the Middle East region.
• A bachelor’s degree or higher within Fire engineering.
• Ideally working towards becoming a Chartered engineer.
• The ability to undertake works independently.
• The ability and desire to mentor and manage our young professionals.

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