Firefighting Engineer (Spain)
About the role
Role Summary
Incumbent will be the part of WSP in India – Spain Team (P&B). He/she will be responsible to carryout the firefighting engineering designs for various building projects, as on required. Work with other engineers and perform calculations in coordination with our Spain / local engineers.
Technical
• Focus on the delivery of high quality technical design drawings and specifications to the required regulations
• Contribute to technical solutions on projects
• Initiate and participate in design peer reviews
• Ensure internal quality procedures are followed
• Keep up to date with industry developments with respect to own discipline and appreciate the basic technical principles and drivers of other disciplines
• Attending project meetings with the various other teams in Bengaluru
Manage project delivery and leadership
• To act as project lead on selected projects by managing the successful delivery of high quality multi and single disciplinary projects
• Design, review and deliver high quality technical fire protection engineering designs, drawings, specifications, and reports to the required regulations.
• In conjunction with team lead in India and lead country identify, assess and manage project risks and secure the best commercial return from the project.
• To ensure statutory and regulatory requirements are met.
• Ensure project programs are met and advise on any foreseen delays
• Participate and support internal multi-discipline knowledge sharing initiatives.
Key Competencies / Skills
Mandatory skills
• Experience of delivering international projects.
• The role requires involvement in numerous projects from an early stage to providing fit for construction stage designs
• Good working knowledge of BIM/CAD software packages
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office
• Proven ability to produce detailed drawings (plans, sections & details) from engineers’ basic sketches
• Excellent working knowledge of REVIT Software (version 2021 and above ). Including fire protection modelling (Sprinkler system, Fire Hydrant system, etc.,), content creation (parametric and non-parametric families), coordination with structural and MEP elements, Revit schedules, managing work sets/ links/ visibilities, sheet setup and collaboration.
• The successful candidate will be a dynamic, self-motivated individual who will take on a key role in project work, focused on timely delivery and technical excellence.
• The role requires involvement in numerous projects from an early stage.
• The ability to create and modify fire and life safety drawings/models based on NFPA, FM-global and local Sweden standards for each stage of a project is a pre-requisite and training and guidance will be provided where necessary and also able to perform hydraulic calculations.
• Experience and knowledge in MagiCAD for AutoCAD/Revit will be value added.
• Excellent command of written and verbal English
Desired Skills
• The successful candidate will be a dynamic, self-motivated individual who will take on a key role in project work, focused on timely delivery and technical excellence.
• The ability to create and modify fire protection drawings against NFPA and international any local standards for each stage of a project is a pre-requisite and training and guidance will be provided where necessary.
• Ability to laisse with other department managers
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience
• Experience of MS Office Suite of Programs
• Comprehensive experience of technical design and associated discipline software.
BGV:
• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.