Senior Engineer: Fire & Life Safety (Saudi National)📣 إعلان

About the Role

Parsons Corporation is seeking a Senior Engineer: Fire & Life Safety (Saudi National) to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is critical for ensuring fire and life safety across a client’s diverse portfolio of city assets. The role involves applying international fire engineering practices, SBC 201 and SBC 801 (2024), Saudi Civil Defense requirements, and relevant NFPA standards to safeguard guests, employees, contractors, infrastructure, and business continuity throughout the asset lifecycle, from design and construction to commissioning and operational use.

Core Responsibilities

• Plan, conduct, and document fire risk assessments across various premises, identifying hazards, assigning risk ratings, and defining control measures.
• Deliver a planned, risk-based program of fire and life safety inspections and technical audits for assets in all lifecycle stages.
• Act as a rostered tactical (Silver) commander for fire, evacuation, and life safety incidents, directing operational resources and coordinating with the City Command Unit (CCU) and Saudi Civil Defense.
• Review fire strategies, performance-based designs, fire engineering reports, and construction documentation, providing technical comments and operational input.
• Witness and verify commissioning and integrated system testing of fire detection, alarm, suppression, and smoke control systems.
• Investigate fire incidents, near misses, and system failures to establish root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Support the technical interface with Saudi Civil Defense on inspections, approvals, permitting, and compliance matters.
• Support the delivery of fire safety training, competence development, and awareness campaigns, fostering a proactive life safety culture.

Candidate Profile and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Fire Safety Engineering, Fire Engineering, Building Engineering, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Leadership and Sustainability, or a related discipline.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in fire and life safety, fire engineering, fire safety inspection, or fire and emergency response operations, including significant experience in a senior technical role.
• Demonstrable experience completing and signing off fire risk assessments for complex, high-occupancy, or high-consequence premises.
• Proven experience delivering fire and life safety inspection and audit programs, and driving deficiency close-out.
• Practical operational response experience with assessed competence at tactical or Silver command level, including live incidents, exercises, or drills.
• Experience across the asset lifecycle, including design review, construction assurance, commissioning witnessing, and operational readiness.
• Background in a fire and rescue service, industrial or aviation fire service, fire safety regulator, or enforcing authority, combined with consultancy or client-side experience.

Required Technical Competencies

• Strong knowledge of SBC 201 and SBC 801 (2024), Saudi Civil Defense requirements, and NFPA standards (*, NFPA 1, 101, 72, 13, 20, 25, 1660, 1750).
• Competence in fire risk assessment methodology, risk rating, control selection, and significant findings reporting.
• Experience in fire and life safety inspection, audit, deficiency management, impairment control, and permit-to-work regimes.
• Strong understanding of fire strategies, compartmentation, means of escape, smoke control, suppression, detection, alarm, and fire water systems.
• Competence in incident command at tactical or Silver level, analytical risk assessment, sectorization, evacuation management, and multi-agency liaison.
• Clear technical report writing skills, evidence management, dashboard reporting, and use of digital inspection tools, CAFM, and document-management systems.

Certifications and Preferred Attributes

• Required: NEBOSH Certificate or Diploma in Fire Safety, or equivalent recognized international fire safety qualification.
• Preferred: Recognized fire risk assessor certification or listing on a third-party register.
• Preferred: Incident command qualification at tactical or Silver level, or equivalent operational command training and assessed competence.
• Preferred: Experience within large-scale mixed-use developments, theme parks, stadia, entertainment destinations, or giga-projects.
• Preferred: Experience in Saudi Arabia or the wider GCC, including interface with Saudi Civil Defense.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in Fire Safety Engineering or a relevant discipline.
• Preferred: Professional membership of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) at Member grade, or working towards it.

Role Context and Impact

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is designated for a Saudi National. The Senior Engineer will also contribute to the Saudization initiative for City Operations by acting as a mentor, providing technical coaching and guidance to fire and life safety engineers, inspectors, and operational personnel. This role is integral to maintaining high standards of fire and life safety and supporting continuous improvement within the client's city operations.