Fire Engineer - Central Government

Role: Fire Engineer REF 92827
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Remote – currently not much travel intended for this role
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £450 - £500 per day
Security Clearance: BPSS

Spinwell is recruiting for a Fire Engineer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FIRE ENGINEER

• Provide support to building control colleagues on complicated cases which relate to complex and high risk buildings. This could involve writing specialist reports and undertaking expert witness work.
• Act as principal advisor to caseworkers to support them to manage, evaluate and discharge duties and responsibilities for Gateway 2 applications, including complex buildings and developments that are in scope of the BSR.
• Act as a specialist Fire Engineer expert, providing competent advice to BSR and MDTs whilst adhering to the regulators code and within their level of competence.
• Maintain an expert understanding of the fire safety requirements of the Building Safety Act 2022 and associated legislation, including Approved documents, key British Standards and technical codes and guidance.

  SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRE ENGINEER

• Demonstrable experience in fire safety design and assessment for complex and higher-risk buildings (HRBs) including the application of Approved Document B, BS999, BS7974 or equiva-lent fire engineering standards. (Lead Criteria)
• Experience and specialist knowledge of a range of building types including non-standard buildings and HRBs.
• Demonstrable experience of building control processes with specific reference to a range of building types including non-standard and complex buildings and HRBs.
• Knowledge and experience of relevant legislation with specific reference to a range of building types including complex buildings and HRBs.
• Knowledge and experience of approved documents, best practice and guidance to a range building types.
• Demonstrable experience of Fire Safety, Structural Safety, Construction Safety, building systems, health & safety and design & construction.
• Experience of assessing compliance against Building Act 1984 (as amended), Building Regulations 2010 (as amended) and other applicable legislation, standards and guidance in relation to complex, non-standard buildings and HRBs.
• Experience of carrying out site inspections, plans assessments and developing and implementing inspection schedules for a range of building types including complex buildings and HRBs.

• Experience of assessing safety and risk and acting to secure compliance, including enforcement action
• Level 6 (Degree) qualified in building studies, construction, civil engineering, surveying or other equivalent and relevant subject area.
• Professionally qualified Fire Engineer – e.g. Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Institution of Fire engineers (IFE) or an equivalent recognised fire safety engineering qualification.

If you are a Fire Engineer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

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Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.