Principal Fire Protection Engineer
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AECOM is seeking a Principal Fire Protection Engineer for a technical and project leadership role across major building and infrastructure projects.
The role spans defence, education, health, commercial, aviation, and other project sectors.
The position combines hands-on technical delivery with client engagement and discipline development responsibilities.
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Role overview
AECOM is seeking a Principal Fire Protection Engineer for a technical and project leadership role across major building and infrastructure projects.
The role spans defence, education, health, commercial, aviation, and other project sectors.
The position combines hands-on technical delivery with client engagement and discipline development responsibilities.
Key responsibilities
- Lead fire protection design and delivery from early concept and detailed design through construction support and commissioning.
- Provide technical input across hydrants, hose reels, sprinklers, alternative suppression, gas suppression, detection, and EWIS systems.
- Oversee design compliance with the NCC, Australian Standards, and relevant authorities.
- Build client relationships, support project acquisition, and contribute to business development.
- Mentor engineers and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated building solutions.
- Contribute to national discipline strategy, technical standards, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications and experience
- Ideally, 9+ years of fire protection or services engineering experience in consultancy, government, or contracting environments.
- Experience leading medium to large multidisciplinary projects and coordinating project teams.
- Strong capability across fire suppression, fire water infrastructure, fire detection, alarm, and EWIS systems.
- Ability to manage client relationships, contribute to bids, and lead project outcomes.
- Relevant engineering degree with NER, RPEQ, or FPAS Fire Systems Design accreditation, or eligibility to obtain.
- Experience with Hyena, Revizto, Revit, or AutoCAD.
- Australian Citizenship is highly preferred due to project requirements.
Work arrangements
- Flexible work arrangements include alternative start and finish times, job sharing, and hybrid work options.
- Newly hired employees must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location.
Benefits and development
- Employees may purchase up to six weeks of additional annual leave per year.
- Flexible public holidays allow employees to exchange Easter or other holidays.
- Learning support includes lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, and paid study leave.
- Global career opportunities and flexible work arrangements are available.
About AECOM
AECOM is an infrastructure consulting firm delivering advisory, planning, design, engineering, program, and construction management services.
The company works across transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and environmental projects for public and private sector clients.
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