FIRE DESIGN MANAGER

• Established and highly regarded fire protection contractor delivering projects across Sydney and NSW.


• Large, well-resourced business with dedicated teams across design, engineering, project delivery, techs and operations.


• Work across major commercial, high-rise, industrial, infrastructure and exciting built-environment projects.


• Strong in-house design capability with an established team of over 10 fire designers.


• Deliver a broad range of fire protection solutions across both wet and dry fire disciplines.


• Long-standing presence in the fire industry with an established client base, strong project pipeline and continued growth.


• Structured business offering the systems, technical resources and support expected of a larger fire engineering firm and contractor.

Position

• Take ownership of the Fire Design division, leading and managing an established team of over 10 designers.


• Oversee the delivery, quality and technical direction of fire protection designs across a diverse project portfolio.


• Manage team workflow, project allocation, design deadlines and overall design department performance.


• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and development to designers at varying levels of experience.


• Review designs, drawings and documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance and constructability.


• Work closely with engineering, estimating, project management and construction teams throughout the project lifecycle.


• Provide design input during tender, pre-construction, delivery and commissioning stages.


• Assist with complex technical issues and provide practical design solutions for project teams and clients.


• Drive consistency, quality and continuous improvement across design processes and standards.


• Maintain strong communication with clients, consultants, builders, engineers and internal stakeholders.


• Opportunity to bring additional engineering and wet fire design expertise into the leadership of the department.


• $150,000 - $200,000 salary package, depending on experience and technical capability.


• Management position leading an established 10+ person design team.


• Join a well-established and growing fire brand with a strong Sydney market presence.


• Genuine opportunity to influence technical direction and outcomes of the design dept.


• Work across major and technically interesting fire protection projects.


• Strong internal support across engineering, projects, operations and field delivery.


• Opportunity to utilise both design leadership and engineering capability rather than being limited to people management.


• Stable project pipeline and long-term career opportunity within an established fire business.

Experience needed

• Strong background in fire protection design.


• Ideally experience leading, managing or mentoring a team, or ready to step up


• If not in management now you could be senior stepping up to management for this.


• Demonstrated ability to manage design workloads, priorities, deadlines and quality across multiple projects.


• Strong technical knowledge of relevant standards and fire protection design principles.


• Advantage having experience from wet fire such as sprinklers, hydrants, hose reels and associated hydraulic systems.


• Advantage to have a fire engineering background, hydraulic engineering or broader engineering experience would be highly regarded.


• Ability to review and provide technical direction on detailed fire protection designs.


• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work with builders, consultants, engineers, project managers and clients.


• Previous experience working across commercial, high-rise, strata, industrial or other major construction projects.


• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to develop and get the best from an established technical team.

Sydney based role full time perm.