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Senior Fire Safety EngineerCreativity, collaboration, and excellence are at the heart of KBR’s vision. Does this resonate with you?
We value an inclusive and diverse work environment and are working together to build a culture that embraces each other’s unique strengths and experiences.
Our people are important to us, and we are looking for a Senior Fire Safety Engineer who will play a key role in contributing to the success of our business. We believe in empowering our employees, nurturing development within a culture of trust. We are looking for someone that is willing to step up and build upon opportunities. We will encourage and empower you to work in a way that suits your style and look forward to discussing the ways in which we can build success.
The Opportunity
To support our existing portfolio of national projects, we are looking for a Senior Fire Safety Engineer to join our Infrastructure Buildings and Defence team.
In this position you will be responsible for assisting and developing fire safety engineering design solutions across buildings, defence, and transport infra projects. You will lead projects and work directly with major clients. This role will have the opportunity to grow our presence in the NSW and lead projects from a fire safety perspective across NSW and QLD.
Who are you?
As a function of the work that we do, it is a key requirement that you are an Australian citizen and either hold or are eligible for, security clearance with the Australian Defence.
The key technical expectations for this role include:
- Working knowledge of the BCA and fire safety engineering processes in Australia.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse and manage design work and engineering tasks
- Plans, schedules, and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria.
- Ability to prepare and verify design calculations in fire engineering and modelling.
- Competence in preparing and reviewing reports and technical specifications.
- High level competence in the practice of fire engineering within a consulting and project environment
KBR’s Infrastructure Solutions Australia business offers a wide range of professional services to private and public sector clients delivering projects in both urban and remote environments across transport, water, environment, buildings and Defence.
We are committed to social and environmental sustainability and delivering projects with a digital mindset that drives innovation within our business, for our customers and stakeholders. Our continued growth allows us to offer unrivalled opportunities to our staff in terms of career paths, career development and project exposure.
At KBR, we value you – here’s how.
While our people are busy delivering leading science, technology, and engineering solutions, we’re committed to providing them with a supportive, trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best. Benefits include:
- Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.
- 20 Days of annual leave per year + an additional day off every 4 weeks (33 days in total)
- Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times, WFH, Flex time)
- Salary packaging and novated leases
- Paid professional membership fees
- Life/Health insurance discounts
- Employee stock purchase plans
- Paid parental leave
- Personal career development plans
- Growth and promotion opportunities
Help shape tomorrow by applying today!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to leave your impact on our society with one of Australia’s leading infrastructure businesses. Apply now and follow us on LinkedIn to stay up to date with all the latest news and job opportunities.
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