Senior Fire Alarm Engineer

About Egis

Egis is seeking a Senior Fire Alarm Engineer to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position focused on ensuring the compliance and integrity of fire alarm and detection system designs.

Role Overview

The Senior Fire Alarm Engineer will be responsible for the technical review and compliance verification of fire alarm system designs. This includes assessing drawings, design reports, calculations, specifications, models, material submittals, and associated documentation against applicable fire codes, standards, and Saudi Civil Defence requirements at various stages of design and during construction.

Key Responsibilities

• Review fire alarm and detection system design submissions throughout design phases and during construction.
• Examine drawings, specifications, design reports, calculations, equipment schedules, models, and other technical submissions.
• Evaluate the design and application of various fire alarm systems, including addressable, automatic fire detection, smoke, heat, flame, aspirating smoke, and beam detection systems.
• Review manual fire alarm and notification systems, emergency voice/alarm communication systems, and fire alarm control and annunciation systems.
• Assess firefighter communication systems where applicable.
• Verify detector types, spacing, coverage, zoning, and device locations in accordance with code requirements.
• Review fire alarm loop configurations, system architecture, circuit arrangements, and equipment selection.
• Examine power supply, standby power, and battery calculation requirements.
• Review audibility and visual notification requirements and associated calculations, where applicable.
• Evaluate cause-and-effect matrices, input/output schedules, and fire alarm system sequences of operation.
• Verify fire alarm interfaces with relevant fire and life safety systems.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of experience in fire alarm engineering.
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing and verifying fire alarm system designs.
• Strong understanding of applicable fire codes, standards, and Saudi Civil Defence requirements.

Location and Work Type

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.