Role Overview
Lead Fire Protection and Life Safety (FLS) design and authority coordination for HSR stations and rail tunnels (and associated back-of-house facilities), covering suppression systems, detection and alarm, smoke control strategies, egress coordination, and operational/commissioning requirements. The role is expected to manage high-risk interfaces typical to rail assets (stations, underground spaces, tunnel systems, plant rooms, and egress routes) and deliver authority-compliant designs for Middle East projects, including Dubai Civil Defence (DCD) requirements where applicable.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the FLS Basis of Design, performance requirements, and design assumptions for stations and tunnels, aligned with project fire strategy and operational philosophy.
- Design and coordinate fire suppression systems, including as applicable:
- Automatic sprinklers (wet/dry/pre-action), standpipe/hose reels, hydrants, foam systems, and clean agent / inert gas systems for critical rooms (OCC/UPS/server/telecom rooms), water mist where specified
- Fire pumps and pump rooms (duty/standby/jockey), water storage tanks, zones, pressure reducing valves, and sectionalization
- Lead design of fire detection and alarm systems and interfaces: initiating devices, notification, voice alarm interface, cause & effect, fireman鈥檚 controls, and integration with BMS/SCADA, access control, smoke control, lifts/escalators, tunnel systems (as applicable).
- For tunnels and underground environments: coordinate/define tunnel fire-life-safety philosophy and interface with:
- Ventilation / smoke management (longitudinal/transverse, pressurization of egress, smoke extraction where required)
- Emergency egress provisions (cross-passages, emergency exits, refuge areas, signage/wayfinding), fire-rated separation, and emergency lighting interfaces
- Fixed firefighting systems (where required) and operational response requirements
- Perform and/or review hydraulic calculations (sprinkler/standpipe/hydrant networks) including demand and water supply verification; produce calculation reports and calculation submissions as required.
- Support and coordinate fire/smoke scenario studies as required (e.g., smoke modelling basis, tenability criteria, evacuation interface), managing inputs to specialist CFD/FDS consultants when applicable.
- Prepare project deliverables: design reports, drawings, specifications, datasheets, MTO/BOQ, and tender/IFC packages; ensure alignment with BIM deliverables and coordination models (LOD requirements).
- Lead multi-disciplinary coordination with Architecture (compartmentation, fire ratings, egress/evacuation), MEP/HVAC (smoke control, pressurization, damper logic), Electrical (power supplies, fire-rated cabling, controls, generator/UPS interfaces), ICT/Security (interfaces to PA/VA, ACS), and Civil/Structural (fire water tanks, pump rooms, penetrations).
- Support authority engagement and approvals, including:
- Preparation of Dubai Civil Defence (DCD) submission packages (where applicable) and coordination of comments/responses
- Coordination with other relevant approving entities as project-specific (municipality, rail operator, independent checker)
- Support procurement and delivery: technical bid evaluations, vendor clarifications, shop drawing review support, site queries/RFIs, inspection and commissioning planning.
- Develop/review testing and commissioning documentation: inspection and test plans (ITPs), flushing/chlorination, hydrostatic tests, pump performance tests, integrated cause & effect testing, and readiness for authority witnessing.
- Ensure compliance with project QA/QC processes, design governance, risk identification/mitigation, and change management impacting FLS systems.