Head of Fire

2 weeks ago


Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates WSP Full time

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WSP Middle East is looking for a Head of Fire & Life Safety to join our growing specialist services team in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


Your new role, what's involved?

  • Lead a growing team of 30= fire and life safety professionals in the region and drive strategic growth and technical excellence of the service line.
  • Complete management of service line P&L including forecasting, budgeting and monthly financial performance.
  • Lead technical delivery within the team ensuring the highest levels of quality are maintained in everything we do, with the aim of being the centre of excellence for fire and life safety in the region known for delivering the most complex projects to the highest standard.
  • Develop a boutique service offering pushing the highest level of service and expertise focusing on new services, innovation and digitisation.
  • Develop business plan and strategy for the team focusing on strategic growth in new industries and external work outside of our core multidisciplinary design projects.
  • Reporting to the Head of Specialists

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

  • 15+ years of experience in the fire and life safety field in both design consultancy as well as construction supervision / comissioning, with time spent in a leadership roles at a similar organisation
  • University degree from an accredited institution
  • Local (UAE & KSA) and regional experience in the authority approvals process.
  • Local experience in largescale mixeduse, master planning and infrastructure projects
  • High rise and super highrise experience
  • Understanding of onsite fire system installation and compliance to codes and standards.

What's in it for you?
What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP - we can


As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.


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With Future Ready we see the future more clearly and challenge everyone in WSP to advise and design for this future as well as today.

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