Fire Safety Engineer – Brussels

The Fire Safety Engineer will be in charge of all or some of the following activities (following his/her competences), in close relation with the Project Managers, the Fire Experts, the other Competence Centers experts (EI&C, Nuclear Safety, Mechanical etc) and the Client:

• Lead internal fire, explosion and flooding risk analysis following applicable regulations and standards or in house methodologies;
• Perform internal fire, explosion and flooding calculation and simulation studies:
o Lead analysis following applicable methods and determine suitable and pragmatic recommendations that cope with the Project and Client’s objectives/constraints.
o Realize Fire risk analysis defining scenario and assumptions, choice of the correct model, collection and implementation of the data into the model, calculations, analysis of the results, drafting the synthesis.
o Validate the coherence between the required and existing fire protection/detection means.
o Include requirements from other competence centres, project safety referential, unit safety report, insurer, codes, norms, standards and regulations.
o Check study compliance with on-site situation (walk-downs), include the Return of Experience and draft the reports (high quality level).
o Determine and recommend suitable on site adaptations (protection/detection means).
o Present and share analysis with the Client.
• Manage interfaces and ensure an efficient communication between the different stakeholders.
• Coaching of junior engineers and follow-up of sub-contracted studies/simulations.
• Ensure budget, planning and scope of the studies are compliant with the project requirements.
• Assist the Project Manager and the Client in meetings and technical discussions with the Safety Authorities