Senior Manager Fire Life Safety Planning (MAS )

About Qiddiya Investment Company

Qiddiya City is being developed as one of the world’s largest greenfield entertainment and sports cities, covering a 366 km2 masterplan in Saudi Arabia. The project encompasses complex infrastructure, transportation systems, hospitality assets, entertainment venues, stadia, mixed-use developments, and residential districts across all stages of planning, design, and construction.

Role Overview

The Senior Manager Fire Life Safety Planning supports the Master Developer Unit (MDU) Fire & Life Safety (FLS) team. This full-time role involves leading and delivering specialist fire engineering, design review, and advisory services across city-wide masterplanning, infrastructure, and asset development projects within Riyadh Province, Riyadh. The post-holder is responsible for the development and review of FLS strategies and performance-based fire engineering solutions, providing engineering leadership and guidance to internal stakeholders, Lead Design Consultants (LDCs), third-party FLS consultants, and project delivery teams throughout all stages of design and construction.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and assurance of Fire & Life Safety design strategies across complex buildings, infrastructure, public realm, transport interfaces, and large-scale masterplanned developments.
• Act as a senior FLS engineering authority, providing clear direction on code compliance, design adequacy, fire strategy, life safety risk, and buildability.
• Review and challenge FLS design submissions, drawings, reports, and calculations prepared by consultants, ensuring early identification and resolution of issues with robust engineering solutions.
• Develop and assess fire engineering solutions for complex or non-standard designs, including alternative solutions, smoke control, evacuation, compartmentation, firefighting access, and firefighting provisions.
• Advise on the application of Saudi Building Code, Saudi Civil Defence requirements, NFPA standards, and relevant international best practices across planning, design, and construction stages.
• Coordinate with architects, MEP, infrastructure, mobility, operations, and delivery teams to ensure FLS requirements are properly integrated into the design.
• Support authority engagement and third-party FLS reviews by preparing clear engineering positions, resolving comments, and defending the design intent where required.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 8–15 years of experience in Fire & Life Safety engineering and design across large-scale mixed-use, infrastructure, hospitality, entertainment, transportation, or giga-project developments.
• Demonstrated experience in developing, reviewing, and coordinating Fire & Life Safety strategies across all project stages, including masterplanning, concept, schematic, detailed design, and construction support.
• Strong engineering expertise in means of egress, smoke management, firefighting access, fire water infrastructure, fire alarm and suppression systems, and passive fire protection systems.
• Experience in performance-based fire engineering design, including alternative solutions, smoke modeling, evacuation analysis, and complex code compliance assessments.
• Strong understanding of Saudi Building Code (SBC), NFPA standards, IBC, IFC, Saudi Civil Defence requirements, and relevant international fire engineering standards and best practices.

Depth of Expertise

Candidates should possess extensive experience in Fire & Life Safety (FLS) engineering and design across complex masterplans, infrastructure, and high-profile asset developments, with strong expertise in both prescriptive and performance-based fire engineering design. This includes demonstrated capability in developing and reviewing FLS strategies, smoke management systems, evacuation and egress strategies, firefighting access and emergency response planning, fire water infrastructure, and integrated fire protection systems for large-scale and technically complex developments. A strong understanding of Saudi Building Code (SBC), NFPA standards, IBC, IFC, Saudi Civil Defence requirements, and relevant international fire engineering standards is essential, with the ability to assess design compliance, alternative solutions, and authority requirements across all project stages.

Application Process

We invite qualified candidates to apply for this full-time position. Salary details will be disclosed during the interview process.