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Senior Fire & Risk Engineer

Madrid, es💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-05

Core

Lead fire and life safety engineering design for complex transportation, infrastructure, and building projects, developing strategies and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Role type

Senior IC fire & life safety engineer

Builds

Fire safety strategies, compliance reports, and integrated design solutions for transportation and infrastructure clients

Domain

Infrastructure + Fire Engineering (via careerplan.io/jobs/744000152945360-senior-fire-risk-engineer-at-aecom)

Required skills

Fire engineering, building regulations, fire codes and standards, activities licensing, fire protection systems, means of escape, smoke management, performance-based fire engineering

Preferred skills

Rail/metro/highway/airport infrastructure experience, tunnel fire safety, CFD fire modelling (FDS, PyroSim), evacuation modelling (Pathfinder), international standards

Technologies

FDS, PyroSim, Pathfinder

Responsibilities

Lead fire & life safety engineering design; Develop Fire Engineering Strategies and Code Compliance Assessments; Define fire protection systems and smoke control philosophies; Perform regulatory compliance reviews; Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams; Prepare technical specifications and engineering reports; Support construction phase activities and design reviews; Interface with clients and authorities having jurisdiction; Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentoring responsibilities