Fire Safety Degree Apprentice Engineer

The role is that of a learning role, where alongside your apprentice (Level 6) degree, you will also learn by way of hands-on experience by working on live fire engineering projects, and putting into practice the lessons you learn during your time at university.

Some key areas that you will perform are:

Developing your understanding of fire engineering and the role of the fire engineer on projects ranging from inception through to practical completion and into the buildings’ operational life Developing your knowledge whilst working as part of a team within OFR to both understand and apply fire safety legislation and design guidance within the UK as a part of project delivery (for both our Design and Implementation Teams) Developing a range of skills to enable you to carry out fire engineering calculations including smoke modelling, evacuation analysis and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modelling Enhance your knowledge to be able to identify the appropriate fixed fire protection systems to support fire engineering design solutions i.e. automatic fire detection, suppression systems, etc. Developing your communication and people skillset. This will actively support and enhance your ability to communicate with clients and internally across a range of skills, abilities and technical knowledge Developing an ability to influence and negotiate (this will follow on from above communication skillsets) Developing a practical knowledge of the construction, consultancy and property industry, including relative United Kingdom standards, guidelines and/or acceptable solutions Developing your knowledge of technical software (such as FDS, Brisk, Simulex etc.), and the Microsoft Office suite

Training:
University of Central Lancashire 2 weeks block learning, every 3 months

Training Outcome:
Fire safety engineer within the business.

Employer Description:
We are OFR Consultants, an independent consultancy dedicated to addressing fire safety challenges. At the heart of everything we do are great people. We now employ more than 100 colleagues from over 20 countries — the brightest and best professionals in their field who help us deliver on global projects. Together we offer clients pre-eminent fire engineering expertise — protecting people, property and the environment.

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Presentation skills,Administrative skills,Analytical skills,Team working,Initiative