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**Position**: Senior/Associate Fire Engineer**Location**: Gold Coast**Employment Type**: 9-day, 76 hour fortnight.
Work from home 1 day per week to schedule agreed with management**Provisional Start Date**: March 2025**Package**: Flexible starting salary, commensurate with experience + performance-based bonuses**Role Overview**:Our client in Gold Coast is looking for a driven and self-sufficient Senior/Associate Fire Engineer to join their expanding team.
If you are already present in Gold Coast, you must be aware of its incredible lifestyle.For those considering a move, Gold Coast stands as one of Australia's fastest-growing regions, drawing new businesses and development, and is just over an hour from Queensland's capital, Brisbane.
It will also host the 2032 Olympics and offers a remarkably stable climate.Our client is a small-medium sized fire consulting firm that has been around for over 20 years, providing a broad array of project opportunities across various building types and sizes.With deep expertise in fire code reform and a solid track record of gaining regulatory acceptance from both state and national bodies, this firm is well-positioned to secure approval for innovative and safe solutions.The company's goal is to deliver cost-effective, reliable solutions through a highly skilled team.
It prioritizes creating a positive work environment with high job satisfaction, work-life balance, professional growth, and a strong quality assurance framework.Effective advocacy skills are key to navigating Australia's dual regulatory framework, which includes both prescriptive "deemed-to-satisfy" codes and alternative performance requirements.
Strong communication and a mature, solution-oriented approach are essential for working collaboratively with building professionals and fire brigades.
**Key Responsibilities**:As a Senior level Fire Engineer, you'll lead a small team of engineers, overseeing projects, and ensuring profitability.
Your core duties include:- Producing well-structured, concise reports that clearly outline proposed solutions with low liability risk, supporting straightforward project approvals.
Reports must be timely; - Liaising with other consultants e.G architects, certifiers and services engineers; - Supervision and mentoring of junior engineers; - Develop fee proposals & build strong client relationships; - Meeting with the fire brigade and advocating performance solutions; - Using and sensibility checking computer program use including FDS, CFAST and Firewind; - Reviewing reports to company quality standards; - Completing at least 50hours of continuing professional development annually, including attending seminars, mentoring engineers etc.- Addressing administrative tasks and contributing to the team and company's goals by proactively solving challenges