Rail Fire Engineer

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YOUR NEW ROLE, WHAT'S INVOLVED?

Our projects include small-scale projects to very large-scale projects. WSP have been and are involved with several high-profile projects including High Speed 2 (HS2) stations; Old Oak Common, Curzon Street and Euston, HS2 Tunnels, Crossrail stations, numerous London Underground (LU) and Network Rail (NR) refurbishment projects. We are also involved in number of Road Tunnels projects in the UK and the Middle East.

YOUR TEAM

Fire Engineering is an integral part of developing all Infrastructure designs. At WSP we are looking for people to join our high performing, dynamic and enthusiastic Railways Fire Engineering Team.

The WSP Rail Fire Engineering Team; with a supportive leadership, is made up of individuals with all levels of experience and are based in multiple locations. As a very collaborative, cooperative one team approach we collectively have extensive knowledge in fire safety engineering in Railways and Road infrastructure and all other associated ancillary buildings. We develop fire engineering design for Rail and Road infrastructure from concept design stage through to construction, assurance and commissioning as well as carrying out fire risk assessments and finding solutions for retrofitting within existing and challenging infrastructures. We strive to build the unthinkable with a can do, solution conscious, positive attitude towards work.

To meet the ever-growing demand, we are looking for individuals to work on Railways and Road Tunnels Fire Engineering, both in the area of design and development of Fire Safety Design as well as Fire Systems Engineering (specifically, fire detection, alarm, fire suppression and fire hydrant design).

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE

• The following presents a keynote summary of knowledge, abilities, experience, transferrable skills and qualities for the individuals to bring to our broad inhouse capabilities;
• Process of Fire safety design and planning;
• Use of the Technical Guidance and Standards in the field of Fire Engineering;
• Assisting with development of fire strategies from concept stage to construction;
• Assisting with developing Static Evacuation Analysis for surface stations. deep underground stations and tunnel environments;
• To be able to assist with carrying out Fire Risk Assessments for Compliance with relevant fire safety codes;
• Assisting with fire safety systems designs such as fire alarm and detection, fire suppression systems and facilities for fire fighter intervention (fire hydrant designs);
• Technical knowledge and abilities in subjects such as heat transfer, fluid dynamics and fire performance of materials
• Knowledge sharing and willing to learn from others
• Excellent technical knowledge inFire Engineering or another applicable engineering discipline (e.g. mechanical engineering, chemical engineering or structural fire engineering)
• Professional qualification - Chartership preferred.
• Awareness and appreciation of interdisciplinary design through all stages of the design process
• Able to take a brief from the project lead and complete tasks within time and budget.

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