Senior Engineer: Fire & Life Safety

Job Summary

Parsons seeks a Senior Engineer for Fire & Life Safety to ensure fire and life safety assurance across a client’s portfolio of city assets. The role applies international fire engineering practice, SBC 201 and SBC 801 (2024), Saudi Civil Defense requirements and NFPA standards across the full asset lifecycle—design, construction, commissioning, handover and buildings in use.

Responsibilities

• Plan, conduct and document fire risk assessments across operational, back-of-house, event, temporary and construction-phase premises using recognized methodologies; identify hazards, assign risk ratings and produce prioritized action plans.
• Deliver a planned, risk-based programme of fire and life safety inspections and technical audits across assets in use, under construction and approaching handover, verifying compliance against NFPA 25, NFPA 72 and manufacturer requirements.
• Act as a rostered tactical (Silver) commander for fire, evacuation and life safety incidents, assuming command of tactical response, directing operational resources and interfacing with Saudi Civil Defense.
• Review fire strategies, performance-based designs and fire engineering reports at masterplan, concept, detailed design and construction stages; assess departures, waivers and alternative solutions.
• Witness and verify commissioning and integrated system testing of detection, alarm, voice alarm, suppression, smoke control, fire pumps and fire water systems prior to handover.
• Investigate fire incidents, near misses, system failures and evacuation performance; produce evidence-based investigation reports with corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain the City Fire Risk Register, tracking residual risk, overdue actions and risk acceptance decisions for reporting to Fire & Life Safety leadership.
• Support delivery of fire safety training, fire warden and marshal competence, evacuation drills and awareness campaigns for staff, tenants and response teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Fire Safety Engineering, Fire Engineering, Building Engineering, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Leadership and Sustainability, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in fire and life safety, fire engineering, fire safety inspection or fire and emergency response operations, including significant experience in a senior technical role.
• NEBOSH Certificate or Diploma in Fire Safety, or equivalent recognized international fire safety qualification.
• Demonstrable experience completing and signing off fire risk assessments for complex, high-occupancy or high-consequence premises.
• Proven experience delivering fire and life safety inspection and audit programs and driving deficiency close-out to completion.
• Practical operational response experience with assessed competence at tactical or Silver command level, including live incidents, exercises or drills.
• Experience across the asset lifecycle including design review, construction assurance, commissioning witnessing and operational readiness.
• Background in a fire and rescue service, industrial or aviation fire service, fire safety regulator or enforcing authority, combined with consultancy or client-side experience.
• Exposure to major event fire safety, temporary demountable structures, pyrotechnics, special effects and crowd safety.
• Experience with performance-based design, fire and evacuation modelling.

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