Senior Fire Engineer
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Occupation Type
Fire service officers (watch manager and below)
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship
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Description
London, UK | Hybrid | Full-time
Who We Are
Ashton Fire is a dynamic and rapidly growing Fire Safety and Engineering Consultancy. Operating from an ethical platform, our social and environmental values are at the core of our organisation and service delivery. We strive to provide the highest quality, morally and ethically balanced service to our clients whilst maintaining a team-focused working environment.
Perks & Benefits
Most of our benefits are available to all employees from day one of employment.
Who We Are
Ashton Fire is a dynamic and rapidly growing Fire Safety and Engineering Consultancy. Operating from an ethical platform, our social and environmental values are at the core of our organisation and service delivery. We strive to provide the highest quality, morally and ethically balanced service to our clients whilst maintaining a team-focused working environment.
Perks & Benefits
Most of our benefits are available to all employees from day one of employment.
- Hybrid Approach: Work a blend of where you’re most productive- whether from home or the office, the choice is yours
- 9-Day Fortnight: Enjoy an extra day off every two weeks, giving you more time to focus on what matters most
- Core Hours: Shape your workweek around our flexible core hours, making it easier to balance work and life
- 25 Days Holiday: Take time to recharge with 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays), rising to 30 days at 9 years’ service
- Flexible Bank Holidays: Choose when to take your bank holidays, giving you the freedom to celebrate what matters to you
- Enhanced Pension: Enjoy peace of mind for the future with 6% employer pension contributions, rising to 8% at 5 years’ service
You will be operating in a technical capacity, providing high-quality fire safety consultancy support to our clients, along with providing technical support to the team and helping other engineers gain skills and increase their knowledge. This role will require you to develop our commercial interests through generating follow-on work from current clients and/or bringing in new clients, quoting for work accurately, and understanding the financial elements. A key element of the role will be to manage projects, clients, other consultants, invoicing effectively, and to continue to support the industry we operate in, and to develop recognition outside of our business as a leading fire safety consultant through engagement with different industry bodies or committees.
Responsibilities
- Maintain high levels of quality in all fire engineering areas.
- Help provide arbitration on issues arising in a manner likely to sustain a positive working environment.
- Keep up to date with new technologies and innovations in fire engineering and brief the team where relevant.
- Be fully conversant with all relevant legislation and recommend/ensure procedures are updated accordingly.
- Attend and make positive contribution to meetings.
- In collaboration with Directors, provide analysis of workload within Ashton Fire and allocate as appropriate.
- Give encouragement, support, supervision (as appropriate), training and guidance to the team.
- Be part of the decision-making team during interviews for new team members.
- Identify and develop business opportunities and market the service offered within the organisation.
- To assist the Directors in providing short-, medium- and long-term projections to ensure we respond to changing markets and client requirements.
- Ensure the application of all Company policies, i.e. Equal Opportunities, Grievance etc. and deal with any deviations or report to the Directors. In association with the Directors, assist with the development and implementation of policy in respect of Ashton Fire Limited.
- Upbeat personality with a high level of integrity and ethics
- Multi-tasking team player with the ability to work alone and use initiative.
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Reliable, with a friendly and helpful approach
- Strong, positive communication skills.
- Fantastic attention to detail.
- Good problem-solving abilities.
- Flexible on taking on new tasks outside the core role
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook
- Fluent English (spoken, written and comprehension).