Fire Safety Degree Apprentice Engineer

Summary

This apprenticeship role combines study with learning practical knowledge of working for an engineering consultancy. Supporting colleagues with a range of tasks, including analysis of information, production of designs and computations, development of Fire Safety Engineering reports on simple and moderately complex projects, site visits & surveys.

Annual wage: £21,500 a year
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Training course: Fire safety engineer (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 5 years
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

The role is that of a learning role, where alongside your apprentice (Level 6) degree, you will also learn by way of hands-on experience by working on live fire engineering projects, and putting into practice the lessons you learn during your time at university. Some key areas that you will perform are:

•Developing your understanding of fire engineering and the role of the fire engineer on projects ranging from inception through to practical completion and into the buildings’ operational life
•Developing your knowledge whilst working as part of a team within OFR to both understand and apply fire safety legislation and design guidance within the UK as a part of project delivery (for both our Design and Implementation Teams)
•Developing a range of skills to enable you to carry out fire engineering calculations including smoke modelling, evacuation analysis and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modelling
• Enhance your knowledge to be able to identify the appropriate fixed fire protection systems to support fire engineering design solutions i.e. automatic fire detection, suppression systems, etc.
• Developing your communication and people skillset. This will actively support and enhance your ability to communicate with clients and internally across a range of skills, abilities and technical knowledge
• Developing an ability to influence and negotiate (this will follow on from above communication skillsets)
• Developing a practical knowledge of the construction, consultancy and property industry, including relative United Kingdom standards, guidelines and/or acceptable solutions
• Developing your knowledge of technical software (such as FDS, Brisk, Simulex etc.), and the Microsoft Office suite

Where you’ll work

3RD FLOOR

SEVENDALE HOUSE

7 DALE STREET

MANCHESTER

M1 1JA

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE

Your training course

Fire safety engineer (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Use and evaluate modelling software including smoke and evacuation models.
Develop or review, safe, technical solutions to fire safety engineering problems through the use of research techniques, current and emerging technologies, products and innovations as well as best practice. Examples include: ability to use of range of research methods to collect and analyses data to draw well-founded practical conclusions for implementation, applicable research strategy and methodology, literature searches.
Communicate and provide guidance to others using language to suit the audience through varying methods: design models, calculations, reports, drawings, specifications, presentations, digital media and discussions with those both inside and outside the industry.
Demonstrate solutions proposed are safe and the level of safety they provide. Critically analyse prescriptive recommendations and alternative solutions, the use of bench-marking, cost and or benefit and sensitivity analysis.
Present detailed fire safety engineering solutions for concept design and detailed design.
Coordinate fire safety solutions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Review and interpret fire related information such as product certification and test reports, cause and effect information and design detail drawings.
Carry out and record the continuing professional development necessary to maintain and enhance knowledge and competence as a fire safety engineer.
Interpret and apply design and quality standards including codes of practice, legal and regulatory frameworks, in the development of fire engineering solutions, Examples include: planning, designing, construction and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure in compliance with current codes, standards and legislation, industry regulations.
Evaluate the impact of fire safety engineering on society and the environment taking account of business, client and end user needs in its construction, management and use.
Monitor and manage the planning, budgeting and organisation of tasks, people and resources for projects and change management activities, working to agreed quality standards, project programme and budget, legal, contractual and statutory requirements.
Apply the principles of teamworking and developing staff across disciplines.
Develop or review fire safety solutions and be able to objectively review, identify issues, offer alternative solutions or opinions including, fire engineered analysis, means of escape calculations, smoke ventilation calculations, heat transfer calculations and hazard identification and fire risk assessments.
Use and evaluate modelling software including smoke and evacuation models.
Develop or review, safe, technical solutions to fire safety engineering problems through the use of research techniques, current and emerging technologies, products and innovations as well as best practice. Examples include: ability to use of range of research methods to collect and analyses data to draw well-founded practical conclusions for implementation, applicable research strategy and methodology, literature searches.
Communicate and provide guidance to others using language to suit the audience through varying methods: design models, calculations, reports, drawings, specifications, presentations, digital media and discussions with those both inside and outside the industry.
Demonstrate solutions proposed are safe and the level of safety they provide. Critically analyse prescriptive recommendations and alternative solutions, the use of bench-marking, cost and or benefit and sensitivity analysis.
Present detailed fire safety engineering solutions for concept design and detailed design.
Coordinate fire safety solutions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Review and interpret fire related information such as product certification and test reports, cause and effect information and design detail drawings.
Carry out and record the continuing professional development necessary to maintain and enhance knowledge and competence as a fire safety engineer.
Interpret and apply design and quality standards including codes of practice, legal and regulatory frameworks, in the development of fire engineering solutions, Examples include: planning, designing, construction and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure in compliance with current codes, standards and legislation, industry regulations.
Evaluate the impact of fire safety engineering on society and the environment taking account of business, client and end user needs in its construction, management and use.
Monitor and manage the planning, budgeting and organisation of tasks, people and resources for projects and change management activities, working to agreed quality standards, project programme and budget, legal, contractual and statutory requirements.
Apply the principles of teamworking and developing staff across disciplines.
Develop or review fire safety solutions and be able to objectively review, identify issues, offer alternative solutions or opinions including, fire engineered analysis, means of escape calculations, smoke ventilation calculations, heat transfer calculations and hazard identification and fire risk assessments.

Your training plan

University of Central Lancashire.

2 weeks block learning, every 3 months.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

We are OFR Consultants, an independent consultancy dedicated to addressing fire safety challenges. At the heart of everything we do are great people. We now employ more than 100 colleagues from over 20 countries — the brightest and best professionals in their field who help us deliver on global projects. Together we offer clients pre-eminent fire engineering expertise — protecting people, property and the environment.

https://ofrconsultants.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

A full range of benefits upon successful completion of the probation period.

After this apprenticeship

Fire safety engineer within the business.

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