Fire Engineer (MCF / Data Centres) at Royal HaskoningDHV

Background

• The global digital revolution is bringing prosperity to more and more countries and regions, benefiting millions of people. Data Centres make this 21st century transformation possible and reliable systems and continuity are crucial.
• From the pioneering stage, we have been involved in the emergence and development of Data Centres and other important facilities.
• Our aim is to ensure that customer investments in Data Centres, anywhere in the world, deliver a reliable and profitable end result.
• Our Mission Critical Facilities (MCF) Data Centre team is well established and partners with some of the largest and leading Data Centre providers and users across the globe, ranging from Europe, Africa, Asia and the UK.
• We have offices and teams in The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, the UK and South Africa.

Responsibilities
What you will do as Fire Engineer (Data Centres):

• As Fire Engineer you must prove yourself to some of the most demanding customers in the world and work pro-actively with our colleagues across the globe. Beyond the standard features of a building, our MCF projects require specific and advanced knowledge and skills. What our clients have in common, is the need for a proactive Fire Engineer.
• With your technical and 3D/BIM modelling skills, you know how to efficiently engineer and model design.

Your main responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Engineering the design in project teams. Specific installations such as sprinkler, fire alarm, smoke heat extraction (SHE) or gas extinguishing installation
• Develop diagrams of the installation and coordinate with other disciplines for the initial space reservations;
• Modelling the installation in 3D Revit/BIM based on diagrams and coordinated space reservations under your supervision.
• Implement your knowledge based on functionality, mountability, accessibility and maintainability into the model to ensure that the contractor can build it according to our model without revising it.
• You will work within a multidisciplinary team where your work will be cross borders, native and home based.
• In addition to participating in projects, you naturally also contribute to the optimization of our internal business processes and to safeguarding and sharing knowledge within your field. In this way, we continue to develop ourselves continuously!

Requirements
What you bring:

You are an entrepreneurial, result oriented, proactive individual with a positive flexible and problem-solving attitude. Besides that, you have:

• B.Eng / B.Sc Mechanical Engineering degree
• Professional registration with NIMechE is advantageous
• At least 2 years relevant working experience in Data Centres
• Experience with Revit and integrated design
• Excellent communication skills at all levels
• Good understanding of the sector specific daily (operational) business of our clients
• Ability to perform in a multidisciplinary team often with international colleagues.

Where you will work:

• You will become part of our global Mission Critical Facilities (MCF) team, who provide a multidisciplinary package of consultancy services for our datacentre clients. We provide strategic, tactical, and operational advice to our clients, including colocation datacentres, internet service providers, and telecom companies.
• Our team consists of colleagues with all kinds of different expertise. For example, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, construction, civil, structure, building, architecture, fire safety, control engineering, and security technology.
• Together we use our knowledge and expertise to develop integrated designs for Data Centres. Curious about our work? 
• You will join a leading market and work with a dedicated and passionate team ranked as one of the best Data Centre design & engineering teams globally.
• The position is based in Lagos, Nigeria. As our clients are based in various locations nationally and internationally, flexibility towards traveling is expected.

What we offer you

• As a worldwide engineering firm, we are ambitious, exciting, lively, collaborative and dynamic. We are making a difference to society and technological progress across the globe. That’s how our colleagues describe our company. Want to contribute to enhancing society with your expertise? Be part of an open network where you’re connected with the brightest and smartest people and technologies? Join us!
• You can look forward to growing your career in a dynamic workplace with development opportunities to support your career path.
• Entrepreneurship and innovation are stimulated in our organization.
• There is plenty of room for own initiative in an open and flexible culture.