Principal/Lead Fire Engineers

Job Description

<strong>Overview</strong><p><br></p>Jensen Hughes have rare and exciting opportunities for Principal and Lead Fire Engineers to join our market leading team in Dubai, UAE.<p><br></p>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.<p><br></p>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.<p><br></p>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.<p><br></p><strong>Responsibilities</strong><p><br></p><strong>Responsibilities for this role include: </strong><p><br></p><ul><li> 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. </li><li> Provide Technical Solutions to Clients, &amp; oversee and peer review work of Engineering staff </li><li> 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. </li><li> Guiding our fire engineering professionals, along with advising and delivering complex solutions to large construction engineering projects within leading consultancies. </li><li> Drive behind the delivery of technical excellence, team engagement, and the go-to in developing their key clients in this discipline. </li><li> Be the expert to our clients and that all important first point of call. </li><li> Lead discussion with design team, Client and Civil Defence. </li><li> Attend industry conferences to Network and embrace industry trends and best practices. </li><li> Supervise and train junior engineers. </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Qualifications</strong><p><br></p><strong>Here’s What You’ll Need:</strong><p><br></p>To set you up for success in this role from day one (at a minimum) the following qualifications/experience are required:<p><br></p><ul><li> A background in fire engineering preferably within a consultancy environment. </li><li> Minimum 12 years industry experience </li><li> Working experience in the Middle East region. </li><li> A bachelor’s degree or higher within Fire engineering. </li><li> Ideally working towards becoming a Chartered engineer. </li><li> The ability to undertake works independently. </li><li> The ability and desire to mentor and manage our young professionals. </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Why you should join Jensen Hughes: </strong><p><br></p><ul><li> You will work with market-leading clients </li><li> You’ll have support from the leadership team </li><li> You’ll be given flexibility to work where and when you want </li><li> You will have the backing of a leading international firm </li><li> Career advancement with an established framework is in place clearly defining expectations and outlining opportunities for promotion </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Our Culture &amp; Benefits</strong><p><br></p>People are Jensen Hughes greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the<p><br></p>best talent. The benefits within the Europe include:<p><br></p><ul><li> Free single medical cover </li><li> Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. </li><li> We also give back to our communities through a giving programme which incorporates business </li><li> funding for employee chosen charities </li><li> We express appreciation for a job well done openly and often at Jensen Hughes — through kind words or one of our formal programmes such as our Annual Excellence Awards or peer-to-peer awards — and celebrate our team efforts. </li></ul><p><br></p>These benefits represent a solid investment in Jensen Hughes and its employees. We will frequently<p><br></p>review the benefits programme and consider modifications as appropriate based on statutory<p><br></p>requirements, the needs and preferences of our people, market trends, and the Company’s aims and<p><br></p>overall performance.<p><br></p>Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and<p><br></p>flexible working hours, patterns, and locations to suit both you and our business.<p><br></p>We lead with our Purpose + Principles and value our people. We believe that creating and sustaining a<p><br></p>culture of trust, integrity and professional growth fundamentally includes a sustained and unwavering<p><br></p>commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. With offices around the globe, our workforce is made up of professionals from many different backgrounds. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. Our differences and uniqueness are celebrated and reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks