Fire Protection Engineer

3 days ago


Wellington City, New Zealand Aurecon Group Full time

Just imagine your future with us.

Aurecon is committed to creating an inclusive culture that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion - and we provide our people with flexible working opportunities.

We believe diverse teams enable us to solve our clients' and society's most complex problems in unconventional and distinctive ways. We offer flexible working as it enables all of our employees to balance work and life in way that works for them.

Aurecon is an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, as awarded by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (Australia), and are a founding member of The Diversity Agenda in New Zealand. We also have a Reconciliation Action Plan and hold Silver Employer status in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI+ inclusion. Across our company, inclusive leadership is role modelled from the top and is an expectation of all.

Our flexible way of working includes our YesFlex flexible start and finish times, work from home policy, part time and job share options. Aurecon also offers 14 weeks paid parental leave, three weeks paid partner leave, and other health services and benefits.

If you think you’d be a good fit, we’d love to hear from you. We welcome people from all background and with diverse accessibility needs. We’re curious about your career path and how we can support you to be your best.

The Role

Provide assistance in the development of performance-based and alternative Fire Engineering solutions for clients. Approach problems using advanced fire engineering principles and science to protect occupants, properties and buildings from the effects of fire and smoke instead of simply ensuring that it complies with a prescriptive design document. This role will have responsibility for supporting our local fire engineering offering as part of a nationally networked team.

What will you do:

- Be part of the national team that intimately understands Fire Engineering principles, calculation methods and advanced software modelling tools that can be applied to satisfy performance objectives
- Lead projects for the discipline
- Fire protection mentoring and training for more junior staff
- All aspects of Fire Protection including; wet fire services, dry fire services and gas suppression when required
- Act as the local Fire & Life Safety lead within large multi-disciplinary design teams primarily within the built environment market
- Develop cost effective, pragmatic fire safety engineering solutions and negotiating with the relevant authorities on behalf of our clients
- Maintain and grow relationships with key stakeholders including clients and other design consultants

What we are looking for:

- Experienced in the delivery innovative, highly efficient performance-based solutions, supporting clients from the conceptual Design phase, final Design phase to Construction
- Relevant Fire Engineering qualifications and working towards obtaining relevant registrations
- Familiarity with National Code of Construction associated Australian standards and Fire Engineering technical publications
- Adaptable and positive mentality with an ability to manage themselves and others in a fast-paced environment
- Strong understanding of building services and building regulations
- Experience working with:

- Egress modelling software, and
- Other calculation methodologies with respect to smoke development / movement, radiant heat spread, egress and the like

We value the difference each team member brings and we look for people who have had a broad range of experiences and a growth and learning mindset.


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