About the Role
The Senior Fire & Life Safety Project Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end management and delivery of Fire & Life Safety projects, with overall accountability for technical quality, commercial performance, programme, resources, client management, and successful project completion. This role requires strong technical knowledge across Fire & Life Safety disciplines, coupled with proven project and commercial management capabilities. The Project Manager will lead multidisciplinary Fire & Life Safety (FLS) teams, manage project risks and resources, control scope and budget, coordinate with clients and stakeholders, and ensure deliverables comply with applicable codes, standards, authority requirements, and contractual obligations.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall technical leadership for Fire & Life Safety projects.
- Manage and coordinate technical inputs across:
- Fire and Life Safety strategies.
- Fire protection and firefighting systems.
- Fire alarm and detection systems.
- Passive fire protection.
- Smoke control and smoke management systems.
- Means of egress and evacuation.
- Fire and smoke compartmentation.
- Alternative and special fire suppression systems.
- Fire service access and firefighting provisions.
- Performance-based fire engineering solutions, where applicable.
- Ensure FLS designs and deliverables comply with applicable local codes, Civil Defence requirements, adopted international standards, and project requirements.
- Review critical technical deliverables and ensure appropriate technical review and quality-control processes are completed before submission.
- Provide technical direction to project engineers, specialists, and design-review teams.
- Lead resolution of complex technical issues and multidisciplinary interface matters.
- Ensure that technical decisions, assumptions, deviations, and agreed design solutions are appropriately documented.
- Coordinate technical submissions and responses to Civil Defence and other relevant authorities.
- Lead technical workshops and meetings with clients, designers, contractors, and approving authorities as required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Fire Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 15 years of relevant Fire & Life Safety / Fire Engineering experience, with significant experience managing complex multidisciplinary projects.
- Strong experience managing FLS projects covering technical delivery, commercial management, programme, resources, and client coordination.
- Strong working knowledge of applicable NFPA standards, local building/fire codes, and Civil Defence requirements.
- Relevant professional certification or professional engineering registration is preferred.
- PMP or equivalent project-management qualification would be advantageous.
- Demonstrated experience managing consultants, specialist engineers, and multidisciplinary design interfaces.
- Experience with Civil Defence / authority approval processes is highly desirable.
Additional Information
The ideal candidate will be a senior Fire & Life Safety professional with strong technical, commercial, and project management capabilities, capable of taking full ownership of complex FLS projects. The individual will be expected to manage projects as a business as well as a technical assignment, balancing technical quality, client requirements, programme, resources, commercial performance, risk, and authority approvals.
Business Line: Energy and Sustainable Cities
Type of Contract: Permanent contract
Service Line: Buildings
Region: Middle East and South Asia
Job Family: Technical Engineering
