Graduate / Junior Fire Safety Engineering Consultant - Newcastle

Your Future Career

Do you have an interest in the built environment, the science of fire and combustion or the psychology of human behaviour?

If so, then a career in Fire Safety Engineering could be the perfect fit for you. Fire safety engineering is an ever-growing discipline and shapes the way all infrastructure is designed and managed, and due to Affinity's substantial and consistent growth within the Australian market Affinity is seeking motivated engineers to fulfil a graduate or junior fire engineer position. With Fire Safety Engineering, you'll have the opportunity to use your knowledge and skills in creative ways.

As a Graduate or Junior Fire Safety Engineering Consultant, you will proactively support senior engineers with the preparation of fire engineered performance solutions for a range of building types including residential, commercial, retail, aged care, hospitals, theatres, galleries, and industrial developments. You will learn fire engineering principles and science to evaluate compliance with the National Construction Code through means of mathematical calculations, computational modelling, and literature reviews.

Your Typical Day

• Be part of the Newcastle team reviewing plans, researching literature on fire science, and drafting reports with the assistance of senior engineers.
• Assist with internal reviews of Building Code of Australia, passive fire protection and dangerous good reports.
• Develop computational fluid dynamic smoke movement and occupant evacuation models using bespoke fire engineering software.
• Attend site inspections with senior engineers to document the fire engineered controls specified for projects.
• Collaborate on team meetings, continual development points opportunities and be part of a cohesive working environment.

Attributes We Are Looking For

We seek skills and experiences of all walks of life; we are looking for those that are keen to begin or continue a career in fire engineering:

• A bachelor's degree in engineering (aeronautical, chemical, civil, Electrical, mechanical, structural, etc.).
• A strong work ethic and attention to detail.
• Be self-motivated, able to work autonomously and within a team environment.
• An ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written forms.
• A high degree of professionalism.
• A desire to undertake training and develop a career in fire safety engineering.
• An ability and willingness to embrace new technologies and learn computational fire engineering software.
• Must have a NSW Class C Drivers Licence.

Desired Characteristics (Not Essential)

• Completion or currently enrolled in post graduate studies in fire safety engineering at UQ or WSU.
• Experience in fire safety engineering programs and calculations (e.g., FDS, Pyrosim, Pathfinder, etc.).
• Understanding of the National Construction Code, NSW Legislation and Fire Rescue NSW operations.
• Exposure to on-site operations procedures and inspections.

About Your Next Company

Affinity Fire Engineering is an international fire safety engineering consultancy firm with offices across eastern Australia, throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. Affinity have built a positive reputation within the construction industry for thorough, reliable, and effective engineering yet also developing strong relationships with our valued clients.

Affinity promotes a culture of mutual respect, a passion for nurturing intellectual development, and ensuring a healthy work-life balance. Our collaborative and agile ways of working mean you will develop versatile skills and be exposed to new and exciting thinking. Combine that with a pioneering spirit aimed at making a positive impact in the fire engineering industry, you will soon realise why Affinity are entrusted with some of Australia's most impressive developments.

Benefits

Our Newcastle office is located within Carrington (5-minute drive from the CBD), ample free parking and public transport options, providing a coffee machine, flexible workspace, ping pong table, a laid-back yet professional culture, and flexible working hours. We offer the opportunity to work from home (when required) and in the office.

Also, we offer the opportunity to progress your career in fire engineering through continual learning and development opportunities, professional memberships, working from different locations and team bonding experiences. We encourage open thinking from all employees for their thoughts on the company direction and opportunities as each employee forms the future of our team.

Salary Range

We value the skills and expertise of our employees and look to remunerate them appropriately. Salary packages are always negotiable and competitive.

Contact

If you are interested in joining our team, please email your CV and a brief cover letter to Shane Edmonds.  - or

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