Senior Manager Fire Life Safety Planning (MAS )

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Senior Manager - Fire, Life Safety Planning (MAS291) to join 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.

Role Purpose and Context

The Senior Manager is responsible for developing and reviewing FLS strategies and performance-based fire engineering solutions. The role provides 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 issues are identified early and resolved 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 practice 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.

Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Fire Engineering is preferred. Alternatively, a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another related engineering discipline from a recognized university is acceptable.
• 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.

Application Information

Salary for this position will be disclosed during the recruitment process.