Passive Fire Engineer

This key role will be responsible for working with the Project Manager to ensure the successful delivery of Passive Fire Containment projects to budget, schedule, and customer requirements. This will include scheduling and assigning the work needed for the project, working with stakeholders across the global business to ensure all projects are sufficiently resourced, working alongside the local sales team and end customer to manage their expectations and dependencies, tracking, and mitigating risks, regular reporting on the project progress.

Responsibilities -

• Provision of Approved Design / Project Engineering duties, liaising with both the Client and Design Team’s representatives
• Liaise with the Services Design Team members to ensure due consideration is made of spatial requirements around design services penetrating Fire Walls to ensure capability of installation of suitable Passive Fire Tested details.
• Manage and co-ordinate project matters, ensuring all Contracts are resourced and progressed in accordance with Client’s requirements.
• Actively participate in monthly management reviews and ensure any agreed actions are implemented as required.
• Assisting the estimating department with the planning / estimation of new tender enquiries where required.
• Review / agree project objectives from the outset.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project(s).
• Manage and co-ordinate project matters, ensuring all contracts are resourced and progressed in accordance with the client’s requirements.
• Create and deliver project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored.
• Establishes and maintains all job specific documentation, incl’ Method Statements, Risk Assessments, COSHH Data sheets, Cost Plan etc.
• Ensuring that the necessary quality and health and safety standards are met and maintained.
• Works closely with the Client’s team to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project(s).
• Update and agree if necessary monthly progress reports together with the percentages of installation work completed for incorporation within Applications for Payment.
• Assist the Procurement Department in choosing materials and selection of any specialists and sub-contractors as required.
• Monitoring sub-contractors to ensure guidelines are maintained.
• Identify project Labour resources and assign responsibilities.
• Undertake such duties as the Head of Fire might reasonably request from time to time.
• Always adhere to the VVB SSW health and safety policies and procedures and portray the company’s CORE values in representing the business.
• The position will administer to projects within the Fire Division and will be required to be flexible in the mix of other business unit activities as required. This role will include the Design, Estimating, Planning, and successful Delivery of projects.

Requirements -

• Fire Industry recognised FIRAS Supervisory qualification or equivalent is preferred.
• CSCS/ECS management card
• Very strong understanding of all types of Passive Fire containment solutions including, Timber Doors, Penetration Sealing, Cavity Barriers, Partition Systems, Dry Lining, Sprays, and Intumescent Paint applications.
• Competent in the use and understanding of the various Manufacturers Design solutions.
• Knowledge of the proprietary Fire Stopping recording software One Trace.
• Fire Industry recognised FIRAS Supervisory qualification or equivalent is preferred.
• CSCS/ECS management card
• Full Driving License