Manager - FLS Expert MEP Design
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Responsibilities
- Lead development and assurance of Fire & Life Safety design strategies across complex buildings, infrastructure, public realm, transport interfaces and large scale masterplanned developments
- Act as senior FLS engineering authority, providing direction on code compliance, design adequacy, fire strategy, life safety risk and buildability
- Review and challenge FLS design submissions, drawings, reports and calculations prepared by consultants
- Develop and assess fire engineering solutions for complex or non standard designs
- Advise on application of Saudi Building Code, Saudi Civil Defence requirements, NFPA standards and international best practice
- Coordinate with architects, MEP, infrastructure, mobility, operations and delivery teams to integrate FLS requirements
- Support authority engagement and third party FLS reviews
- Provide engineering input on fire protection systems including detection, alarm, sprinklers, suppression, smoke management, fire water infrastructure
- Identify design risks, non compliances and approval blockers, and provide mitigation measures
- Lead FLS engineering workshops, peer reviews and design coordination sessions
- Support development and improvement of FLS standards, technical guidelines, review processes and lessons learned
- Mentor junior engineers and support wider FLS team
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Fire Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline
- 10+ years experience in Fire & Life Safety engineering and design on large scale projects
- Strong expertise in means of egress, smoke management, firefighting access, fire water infrastructure, fire alarm and suppression systems, and passive fire protection
- Experience in performance based fire engineering design including alternative solutions, smoke modelling, evacuation analysis
- Strong understanding of Saudi Building Code (SBC), NFPA standards, IBC, IFC, Saudi Civil Defence requirements
- Experience coordinating with Lead Design Consultants, third party FLS consultants, contractors, authorities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- GCC and giga project experience highly desirable
- Membership of Institution of Fire Engineers (MIFireE) or equivalent professional body
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional registration
- Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS)
- NFPA Certifications
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Job Overview
- Parsons Corporation seeks a Manager FLS Expert MEP Design to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- The role supports the Master Developer Unit (MDU) Fire & Life Safety (FLS) team by leading and delivering specialist fire engineering, design review and advisory services across city wide masterplanning, infrastructure and asset development projects.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the development and assurance of Fire & Life Safety design strategies across complex buildings, infrastructure, public realm, transport interfaces and large scale masterplanned developments.
- Act as a senior FLS engineering authority, providing clear direction on code compliance, design adequacy, fire strategy, life safety risk and buildability.
- Review and challenge FLS design submissions, drawings, reports and calculations prepared by consultants, ensuring issues are identified early and resolved with robust engineering solutions.
- Develop and assess fire engineering solutions for complex or non standard designs, including alternative solutions, smoke control, evacuation, compartmentation, firefighting access and firefighting provisions.
- Advise on the application of Saudi Building Code, Saudi Civil Defence requirements, NFPA standards and relevant international best practice across planning, design and construction stages.
- Coordinate with architects, MEP, infrastructure, mobility, operations and delivery teams to ensure FLS requirements are properly integrated into the design.
- Support authority engagement and third party FLS reviews by preparing clear engineering positions, resolving comments and defending the design intent where required.
- Provide engineering input on fire protection systems including detection and alarm, sprinklers, suppression systems, smoke management, fire water infrastructure, hydrants, fire pumps and passive fire protection.
- Identify design risks, non compliances and approval blockers, and provide practical mitigation measures to protect programme, safety and regulatory compliance.
- Lead FLS engineering workshops, peer reviews and design coordination sessions, ensuring decisions are properly recorded and followed through to closure.
- Support the development and improvement of FLS standards, technical guidelines, review processes and lessons learned across the programme.
- Mentor junior engineers and support the wider FLS team with engineering judgement, quality reviews and consistent decision making.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Fire Engineering is preferred; alternatively, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or another related engineering discipline from a recognized university.
- 10+ years experience in Fire & Life Safety engineering and design across large scale mixed use, infrastructure, hospitality, entertainment, transportation or giga project developments.
- Demonstrated experience in developing, reviewing and coordinating Fire & Life Safety strategies across all project stages including masterplanning, concept, schematic, detailed design and construction support.
- Strong engineering expertise in means of egress, smoke management, firefighting access, fire water infrastructure, fire alarm and suppression systems, and passive fire protection systems.
- Experience in performance based fire engineering design including alternative solutions, smoke modelling, evacuation analysis and complex code compliance assessments.
- Strong understanding of Saudi Building Code (SBC), NFPA standards, IBC, IFC, Saudi Civil Defence requirements and relevant international fire engineering standards and best practices.
- Experience coordinating with Lead Design Consultants (LDCs), third party FLS consultants, contractors, authorities and multidisciplinary engineering teams across planning, design and construction stages.
- Demonstrated ability to review, challenge and guide complex FLS design solutions across technically challenging or high profile developments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing technical reports, presentations and engineering assessments.
- GCC and giga project experience is highly desirable.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring
- Membership of the Institution of Fire Engineers (MIFireE) or equivalent professional body
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional registration
- Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS)
- NFPA Certifications
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