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Buro Happold is recruiting for a Fire Safety Degree Apprentice to join our friendly and innovative Fire Engineering team, who are involved in a wide variety of challenging and exciting projects. Within the fire team you will be guided by your line manager and colleagues (including other apprentices) within a strong collaborative ethos that will enable you to develop your engineering understanding, knowledge and skills by working on a broad range of projects.
Job Responsibility:
Work with other members of the team to understand and apply fire safety legislation and design guidance in the UK and internationally as part of global project delivery
Carry out and review fire engineering calculations including smoke modelling and evacuation analysis from simple hand calculations to complex 3D computational modelling
Build knowledge to be able to identify appropriate fixed fire protection systems, i.e. automatic fire detection and/or suppression to support fire engineering design solutions
Communicate and present technical solutions to a variety of clients and stakeholders
Ensure team members are kept informed of important and relevant service/design decisions
Liaise with approval authorities on fire safety designs
Demonstrate excellent consultancy skills
Good communication and experience in dealing with difficult situations, negotiation and understanding the differing needs of our clients and within stakeholder groups
Visit sites to see how our fire strategies are implemented
Represent the company as part of a team by attending design team meetings or meetings with clients and architects
Requirements:
UCAS: 104 points at A2 (at least a B in Maths)
BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM (at least Distinction in Maths)
BTEC Diploma: D*D in Engineering (at least a Distinction in Maths)
Pass Access Course: 64 points
International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 64 points from Higher Level subjects
T Level: M including Maths and Physics
IELTS: grade 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
GCSEs: 5 at Grade B/6 including Maths and English or equivalent
A Confident, enthusiastic, proactive and 'can do' attitude
A positive and inquisitive approach and the confidence to ask and respond to challenging questions
What we offer:
Successful apprentices will graduate with a degree in Fire Safety Engineering (Level 6)
Mentoring and support to achieve professional status and further industry accreditation
Support throughout your apprenticeship: apprentices buddy network, mentoring, young employees forum, structured on-the-job learning plan
Understanding and hands on experience of work in the built environment