Fire Safety Engineers

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. Our global Buildings and Places business line brings together a versatile and collaborative term of urban planning, building design and engineering professionals working to create liveable, sustainable, and equitable cities. Our extensive expertise cover urbanism and planning, architecture, building and systems engineering, and cost, project, and construction management. Together with our clients, we are working to evolve and elevate the built environment across sectors including, social infrastructure, transit, technology and logistics, and commercial and corporate real estate, whilst focusing on solutions that promote long term health and wellbeing for all. The Role Due to a healthy pipeline of work, we are looking for Fire Safety Engineers to join our team based in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to work on a range of projects. What will a day in this role look like: Applying and developing fire engineering expertise across large-scale projects, from concept and design development through to construction and building occupation Contributing to, developing and/or leading performance-based design briefs, fire engineering assessments and technical reports across a diverse range of building and infrastructure projects Undertaking fire engineering analysis and advisory services, including the application of computational modelling techniques for fluid flow, fire dynamics and evacuation, as appropriate to project requirements and experience Contributing to the successful delivery of projects and client outcomes across a variety of markets, with opportunities to take on increasing levels of technical, project and client responsibility Working collaboratively with senior team members and supporting project management and delivery, while contributing to the development and mentoring of junior team members where appropriate. The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered. The qualities that help you thrive Experience delivering projects in Fire Safety within a consulting environment A relevant Engineering qualification (preferably in Fire Engineering) alongside a thorough understanding of the Building Code of Australia Experience in the preparation of Performance Based Design Briefs, Fire Engineering Reports and Fire Engineering Strategies A strong background in the use of computer-based modelling alongside exposure to negotiating with approval authorities on performance-based designs Excellent written and verbal communication skills (both written and verbal) when dealing with internal and external stakeholders Join us and let’s get started. #Work180 At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment. 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Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM. Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.