Senior Fire Engineer

• Senior-level opportunity with scope to grow into leadership roles
• Diverse projects across multiple sectors
• Flexible working environment

Holmes is an engineering consultancy known for intelligent, pragmatic engineering and collaborative design. Our performance-based fire safety solutions deliver cost-efficient, innovative outcomes, giving clients confidence and certainty throughout the lifecycle of their buildings and infrastructure. Founded in New Zealand more than 70 years ago, Holmes now has over 500 people across New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the USA.

About the role We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Fire Engineer to join our growing Auckland team. You’ll work alongside experienced Fire Engineers on a wide range of projects across multiple industries, contributing your expertise to detailed design and construction monitoring. You’ll also build and maintain positive client relationships and provide technical support to the team, including coaching and mentoring. As the team grows, there will be opportunities to take on greater responsibility and potentially step into leadership roles. If you enjoy leading and supporting the development of others, this could be the opportunity for you.

In this role, you’ll:

• Undertake detailed fire engineering design and prepare accurate calculations in line with quality standards.
• Develop an understanding of critical construction elements.
• Prepare clear project proposals in collaboration with project directors.
• Monitor construction, respond to queries and help minimise redesign.
• Identify and communicate risks so they can be resolved promptly.
• Monitor project time to support accurate completion estimates.
• Recognise and communicate professional indemnity risks.
• Prepare correspondence for your projects.
• Liaise with authorities, fire services and other stakeholders on compliance.

About you You’re an experienced Fire Engineer with a degree or master’s qualification, ideally in Fire Engineering. An undergraduate degree in Mechanical, Structural or Civil Engineering may also be suitable. You’ll have at least 7 years’ experience, including performance-based design and have worked on large, complex projects. Alongside strong technical skills, you’ll be confident at building client relationships and communicating with a range of people. You’ll also be keen to support colleagues and contribute at every level. Working with Holmes

• Join an experienced team delivering a diverse and challenging fire engineering portfolio.
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership, project support and guidance.
• Coach and mentor engineers to develop their skills and deliver excellent work.
• Take on increasing leadership responsibility as your career and the team grow.
• Benefit from ongoing professional development, performance and career conversations.

We’re a friendly, relaxed team that enjoys getting stuck into great projects, with plenty of fun along the way. We celebrate and reward success, support ongoing career development, and look for ways to make our work environment motivating and inspiring. Our people have the freedom to do great work, backed by the infrastructure and resources needed to consistently deliver high-quality solutions.

If you’re ready for a new challenge and keen to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today.

For more information or to apply, please contact Louise Hooper Smith at louiseh@holmesgroup.com.