Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

As our Associate Fire Safety Engineer - Transport Systems, you will have the opportunity to not only further enhance your own fire engineering capabilities but also to build on the success of WSP’s National Tunnel and Transport Systems team.

Based in our Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane CBD offices, you are fast becoming an industry leader who strives to use their knowledge and passion in the successful delivery and outcomes that benefit both clients and communities.

You will be part of a renowned Geotechnical and National Tunnels team, delivering fire engineering services for landmark projects including High Speed Rail, Suburban Rail Loop IV, Melbourne Underground Rail Loop Upgrade Project, Pumped Hydro projects, T4 Eastern Suburbs Fire Safety Upgrade.

At WSP you’ll find the scale and reach you need to do the kind of work the world needs – and the culture and people that make it the best work of your life collaborating with talented professionals daily, whilst working on iconic projects to drive Future ReadyTM outcomes.

Geotechnical & Tunnels

Our Geotechnical and Tunnels team is driven by a passion for technical excellence and innovation. Our specialised, forward-looking expertise addresses the evolving challenges that earth, environment, and energy present to our clients and communities.

What you’ll do

As a WSP Senior Associate / Principal Fire Safety Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in driving technical excellence and successful project delivery across a variety of impactful and innovative projects.

You will also be involved with designing and supporting mechanical and life safety system installation, testing and commissioning on large scale construction projects.

A typical day would look like (but not be limited to):

• Helping our clients deliver some of the most technically interesting and challenging fire engineering projects in Australia.
• Working collaboratively with our technically excellent and collaborative national fire engineering and tunnel systems team.
• Project work on underground infrastructure, including in road, rail and pumped hydro tunnel projects.
• Supporting other transportation-related fire-life safety matters on emerging technologies, such as, battery electric bus technology adoption.
• Be part of infrastructure builds and rehabilitations across the life cycle including tender design, detail design, and construction phases.
• Supporting and developing WSP’s national tunnel systems business, staff supervision, proposal writing, and occasional travel for client presentations, meetings, site works, and commissioning as project needs arise.

About You

You have demonstrated years of extensive experience in fire engineering at Senior Engineer level as a minimum, and are now ready to take a more leading role.

You will lead by example by demonstrating a strong safety, technical and quality culture and excellent collaboration with clients and team members.

Influential and with exceptional people skills, you will also have genuine market and industry presence with your peers.

To be successful in this role, you must also have/be:

• A Graduate and/or have a Masters in Fire Safety Engineering
• Proven ability in providing key technical expertise across a broad range of high-profile projects.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing and reviewing high quality complex technical information in a variety of formats.
• Competent in monitoring and managing the scope (including variations) of multiple projects of varying complexity and size and guiding the work of others.
• Demonstrated multiple instances of delivering best client outcomes/options which have saved the client costs/time and addressed their requirements.
• Extensive experience in client relationships. Ability to communicate complex technical issues to clients and guide the client through regulatory processes
• Experience in supervising graduates and managing professionals, seniors, and associates in hybrid environments

In addition, you will bring the following skills and attributes:

• Problem solver with a powerful team spirit
• Curious
• Adaptable
• Someone ready to do the kind of work the world needs

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 73,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

An employee Share Purchase Plan is available to all our permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in WSP’s collective success. To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Employee Benefits page.

With us, you can. Apply today.