Senior Fire Safety Engineer
Posting date : 29/04/2025
Requisition ID : 46434
Senior Fire Safety Engineer
Brussels
Ready to engineer your positive impact? Then join Tractebel, part of the ENGIE Group, and our 5,600 passionate experts around the globe, driven by shaping a more sustainable world every day. It’s your chance to be a part of the adventure of the century: accelerating the energy transition – while enhancing people’s lives through meaningful projects. Make your contribution to carbon neutrality in markets like nuclear, renewables, power & gas, electrical grids, hydropower & dams, water resources & supply, desalination, complex & high-tech buildings, transport infrastructures, and ports & waterways.
Are you ready to make a difference? Then we look forward to meeting you!
What we offer
- Tractebel is more than a place to work. It’s your chance to evolve alongside top experts on impactful projects around the world. It’s an environment built on team spirit, where you can reach your highest potential.
- We actively supports the development of our people, and the opportunities for growth within the ENGIE Group are wide open.
- We offer a competitive salary package including representation allowances, double paid holidays, meal vouchers, eco cheques, bonuses, health insurance, PC purchase plan, ENGIE stock options, and more.
- Our mobility plans are customizable to your needs, including a company car, train pass, bike lease, or combinations thereof. You can also swap your company car for the flexible and tax-friendly Belgian Mobility Budget! **
- Flexible, hybrid arrangements enable working from home (2-3 days per week), on-site or on the go. Tractebel participates in your home office expenses, through advantageous purchase programs and generous contributions to your internet and mobile plans.
- Holidays: 20 legal days + 12 compensatory leave days (for a full-time work schedule). You can also buy 5 extra days for even more relaxation.
- To celebrate our successes, and just have fun, we get together for team sports, afterworks, team -building activities, our annual party, and more.
Your mission
As Fire Safety Engineer in our Nuclear department you will contribute to our mission everyday by playing a crucial role in the Fire Competence Center (Fire Profession), which reports to the Professions department of the Nuclear Business Area, is responsible for the following activities (non-exhaustive list):
- Design studies, feasibility studies, and modification studies for fire, explosion, and internal flooding protection systems.
- Diagnostics and audits of fire protection systems.
- Modeling, calculations, and analyses (water fire protection systems, fire propagation, smoke, ventilation, internal explosion, internal flooding).
- Risk analysis for fire, internal explosion, and internal flooding.
- R&D (Research projects, development of integrated modeling and analysis tools).
- Expertise in fire detection and protection systems.
- Operational support and maintenance for fire protection equipment and systems.
- Technical specifications, purchasing, and contract management. -Monitoring the construction and commissioning of fire protection equipment and installations.
Your key responsibilities
As a member of the Fire Business Unit, you will be responsible for the following activities, working closely with project managers, experts, and clients:
- Conducting and/or reviewing risk analyses (fire/explosion/internal flooding) in accordance with applicable regulations, standards, and internal methodologies.
- Conducting and/or reviewing calculations and modeling:
- Conducting and/or reviewing analyses in accordance with applicable methodologies and identifying appropriate and pragmatic recommendations that meet the needs of the project and the client.
- Conducting and/or reviewing risk analyses by defining scenarios and assumptions, selecting the correct models, collecting and implementing data in the model, performing calculations and analyzing the results, and synthesizing them.
- Validating the consistency between the required and existing fire protection/detection resources. -Include requirements from other trades (HVAC, GC, EI&C, etc.), project safety guidelines, unit safety reports, insurers, codes, norms, and regulations.
- Verify compliance of the study with the on-site situation, include feedback, and prepare reports (high level of quality).
- Determine and recommend appropriate on-site modifications (protection/detection means).
- Presentation of analyses and conclusions to the Client.
- Manage interfaces and ensure effective communication between the various stakeholders.
- Coaching of junior engineers and monitoring of subcontracted studies/simulations.
- Ensure that the budget, planning, and scope of studies are consistent with project requirements.
- Assist the Project Manager and the Owner in technical meetings and discussions with the Safety Authorities.
- Be the SPOC / Fire Safety Engineer contact for a large program, project, or client site.
- Participate in conferences, standards committees, working groups developing or updating standards, and research projects.
We would love to hear from people with
- Civil Engineer diploma (Mechanical engineer, Fire safety Engineer, Nuclear Engineer is an asset) or High Engineering School diploma (ENSAM, ENSI Bourges, INSA Centre-Val de Loire, INSA Rouen, ENSE or equivalent), + Master 2 Fire engineering is an asset.
- 5 to 10 years of proven experience in Fire engineering.
- Industries experience, Nuclear is an asset.
- Capacity to assume responsibilities, to take initiative, coach/follow-up people and able to work autonomously.
- Team player and capacity to develop personal contacts, good listener and communicator.
- Good language skills : French and English (and Dutch for Belgium workplace is an asset).
- Good computer and data process skills.
- Ability to draft reports, technical papers and synthesis documents.
- Inquiring and critical mind, dynamic, rigorous, pragmatic, team-player.
Who you are
- Capacity to assume responsibilities, to take initiative, coach/follow-up people and able to work autonomously.
- Team player and capacity to develop personal contacts, good listener and communicator.
- Good language skills : French and English (and Dutch for Belgium workplace is an asset).
- Good computer and data process skills.
- Ability to draft reports, technical papers and synthesis documents.
- Inquiring and critical mind, dynamic, rigorous, pragmatic, team-player.
Who we are
Our top priorities are people, ethics, safety, and sustainability. With Tractebel, you are uniquely positioned to make a positive impact on global net-zero targets. The driving force behind reaching these goals is our greatest asset: you. Our people come first, and our strength is in our diversity. Because diversity leads to fresh perspectives that drive performance and innovation, we welcome all applicants and remain committed to an inclusive workplace.
Find out more about Tractebel, our activities and why you should join us here!
As part of the 96,000-strong ENGIE Group, your career path in pioneering low-carbon solutions around the world knows no limits. Every day is your opportunity to shape a more sustainable world.
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