Job summary
Eram Talent seeks a Fire Safety Engineering Lead in Riyadh to lead fire and life safety engineering for KAUST. The role provides technical leadership across design reviews, risk assessments, inspections, investigations, and team development.
Key responsibilities
- Lead delivery of fire and life safety engineering activities
- Supervise, mentor, and develop a team of Fire Safety Engineers
- Perform technical design reviews and compliance validation
- Conduct fire risk assessments and propose mitigation strategies
- Oversee inspections, field assessments, system verifications, and investigations
- Provide technical assurance for ITM of fire protection systems
- Develop fire engineering standards, procedures, and training
- Establish and monitor fire safety objectives, metrics, and KPIs
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in fire, fire protection, mechanical engineering, or related field
- Minimum 8+ years’ professional experience in fire protection or related engineering
- Strong knowledge of SBC, NFPA, and IFC
- Experience in fire engineering design reviews and compliance validation
- Experience performing fire risk assessments and mitigation planning
- Experience with inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire systems
- Experience leading or mentoring technical engineering staff
- Chartered/Professional engineer or fire protection certifications preferred
Skills
Fire risk assessmentFire engineering designNFPASaudi Building Code (SBC)International Fire Code (IFC)Inspection, Testing & Maintenance (ITM)Incident investigationTeam leadershipTechnical writingKPI development
Source: Workable. Last checked as open: 14 Nov 2026. You apply directly with the employer.
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