Associate, Fire Engineering

Our Senior Fire Engineers lead the delivery of fire engineering projects working directly with clients and design teams to develop practical, compliant and buildable solutions. We are recruiting an Associate who has extensive experience to be part of the design team from day one. You'll work across a genuinely varied portfolio from Formula 1 facilities and heritage museums projects, to university frameworks and complex historic residential buildings. It's the type of work that calls for sound judgement, close collaboration and practical fire strategies. This role can be based in any of our offices. This is a role for someone who has extensive relevant experience of working at a senior level, confident taking ownership: leading fire strategies, managing delivery, and shaping outcomes across projects. You will help developing solutions that go beyond compliance and support real-world design. What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Leading the development and delivery of fire strategies from concept through to completion
• Acting as a key point of contact for clients and project teams
• Managing project delivery, including programme, scope and quality
• Producing and reviewing technical reports, calculations and analysis
• Engaging with stakeholders including architects, contractors and approving authorities
• Mentoring and supporting junior engineers
• Contributing to the ongoing development of the fire engineering team
The skills and experience you need to have for this role You'll already be operating at a senior level as an Associate, with experience delivering fire engineering projects within a consultancy environment. We're looking for someone who:
• Can take ownership of projects and see them through to completion
• Is confident working directly with clients and leading discussions
• Applies sound technical judgement and produces high-quality outputs
• Supports and develops others within the team
  
  Ridge is a Built Environment Consultancy. We provide our clients with access to a wide range of integrated expertise and professional disciplines to help them transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.
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