Graduate Fire Safety Engineer
Roles and Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for providing our clients operational teams with specialist knowledge and support relating to fire and explosion safety in line with conventional and nuclear safety requirements. With a growing demand for the discipline, we are looking for individuals to support our clients’ growing requirements to meet their statutory obligations for current and future technological and operational capabilities.
As a Graduate Fire Safety Engineer at NESC, responsibilities include:
- Involved in the delivery of fire and explosion hazard assessments
- Providing specialist fire and explosion knowledge and support to NESC’s nuclear safety team, in support of producing nuclear safety assessments to nuclear clients
- Ensure compliance with statutory legislation and the terms of the site licences
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Fire Engineering, Fire Engineering Science, Fire Safety Engineering, Fire Risk Engineering, Fire and Explosion Engineering or Explosives Ordnance Engineering.
- We will consider other relevant degrees including Safety Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Physics with relevant fire and explosion engineering/science modules.
- Eligible to gain security clearance.
- Excellent written English, and able to provide evidence/example of own work, if requested.
- Strong numerical skills.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.
- Strong ability to communicate in all situations and at different professional levels.
- Excellent leadership and decision-making skills.
- Willingness to learn and ability to diversify across multiple projects and domains.
- Flexible to the needs of the business, and changes to project plans.
Desirable skills:
- Experience with fire modelling software.
- Experience with explosion and/or dispersion modelling software.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Private medical insurance
- Gym membership
- Company pension
- Company events
- Free, on-site parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
