Senior Fire Life Safety Engineer

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 57th largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2023 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards, mentoring and coaching programs and extensive in-house on demand learning courses.

Responsibilities

1. Interface and coordinate with Civil Defence or Local Authority, Contractors, and Clients to obtain all required certificates for occupancy with regard to Fire Protection and Fire Life Safety.
2. Manage Testing and Commissioning Program for this discipline.
3. Apply the company commissioning approach and philosophy to on-going projects.
4. Be cognizant of business opportunities with current clients both in terms of new work and current contract changes in scope.
5. Understand and apply the project contract to the execution of the work.
6. Utilize the master commissioning document library for creation of project specific inspection checklists and test forms under the guidance of a Commissioning Manager.
7. Understand and apply the project Commissioning Plan in the execution of the work.
8. Independently conduct commissionability reviews of project documents.
9. Independently conduct construction progress inspections.
10. Independently conduct commissioning inspections and execute commissioning tests based on documented procedures.
11. Identify system conditions that are abnormal, determine their cause, and recommend corrective actions.
12. Execute work in a manner compliant with the project budget and schedule.
13. Perform all other activities as required of a Commissioning Engineer.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 7 years work experience partnered with a Diploma in Safety or Bachelor degree in Safety or Engineering. Chartered status with Nebosh Certificate (or equivalent) is highly regarded.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.