Associate Director of Fire Safety Engineering
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Job Summary
Kiwa Fire Safety Compliance is looking for an Associate Director of Fire Safety Engineering to lead, manage, and develop a team of fire engineers within our FSE team. In this pivotal role, you will be accountable for project delivery, team performance, and driving excellence across all aspects of fire engineering. This is a fantastic role for an experienced fire engineer looking to take the next step in their career. You will be part of a supportive and diverse consultancy team, working on a wide range of projects across sectors. We offer excellent prospects for career progression, mentoring opportunities, and collaboration across Kiwa departments and specialists.
Responsibilities
* Lead, mentor, and manage a high performing engineering team.
* Identify training needs, develop professional development plans, and support team members in achieving their goals.
* Oversee larger, complex projects as a Project Director, ensuring high quality delivery, risk mitigation and alignment with client and business objectives.
* Manage workload distribution and pipeline for your team in collaboration with other directors in the FSE team to achieve team objectives.
* Ensure that engineers deliver projects on time and within budget, while actively developing their skills, contributing fairly to the team's workload, and maintaining a proactive approach to work.
* Build and maintain good relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
* Provide support to the Sales / Estimating team with producing fees / scope of service, as and when required.
* Maintain a positive culture within the team.
Qualifications
* Chartered Fire Engineer or significantly working towards Chartership with IFE or equivalent.
* Proficient knowledge of relevant fire safety standards, legislation, and fire engineering knowledge and understanding to apply technical and practical skills.
* Strong leadership and team management skills, experience in building, mentoring and leading high performing teams.
* Ability to inspire and motivate team members to achieve goals.
* Ability to manage numerous challenges in a busy environment.
* Excellent project management, communication, and report writing skills.
* Relevant experience of balancing the needs of Customers, Shareholders and Employees.
* Dynamism, aptitude for problem solving and teamwork, accuracy, reliability and results oriented.
* Willingness to travel as and when required.
* Trusted to deal with confidential information.
Benefits
* £75,000 - £94,000 per annum.
* Generous Annual Leave starting at 25 days plus Bank Holidays, with the option to buy additional leave and increased entitlement with length of service.
* 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday, hybrid role with 1 day in the office per week.
* Private Medical Insurance.
* Enhanced Family Leave – enhanced maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave with 6 months full pay, plus 2 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
* Milestone Rewards paid and unpaid sabbaticals, charity donations, personal gifts, and retail vouchers.
* Salary Reviews.
* Company Bonus Scheme.
* Pension Contributions.
* Life Assurance 4x your annual salary.
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – Confidential support, advice, and counselling available 24/7, 365 days a year.
* 24/7 GP Service – Access to medical advice anytime.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Eye Care Vouchers – Supporting your health and well-being.
* Welcome Pack – Filled with company-branded goodies to kickstart your journey with us.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Kiwa is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to building an inclusive, supportive workplace. We embrace flexibility in hiring talented individuals from all backgrounds globally, ensuring a work environment free from prejudice, discrimination, and intimidation. Inclusivity and equality are core to who we are, and we uphold these values without exception.
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