Senior Technical Engineer Fire Alarm

Job description / Role

Job description

Prepare/review engineering deliverables such as firefighting design, including drawings, calculation notes, BOQs, RFQs, and shop drawings.

Undertake and supervise construction, installations, and site attendance for all required project implementation including supervision on installation, commissioning, startup, and handover to the client, as well as following up projects in the warranty phase.

Carry out site surveys, solutions design, system components selection, and solutions integration.

Key KPIs include:

• Review the proposed technical solution with presales team and project managers to start the operation phase.
• Conduct site surveys and technical meetings and submit site survey reports to the technical team leader and project team.
• Prepare engineering and technical office deliverables: layouts, P&IDs, general arrangements, supports details, calculations, BOQs, and all required documentation.
• Ensure all local and international codes, compliance criteria, and contract requirements are met for each project.
• Participate in client meetings aimed at discussing technical conflicts or comments from codes and standards perspective.
• Prepare RFQs and communicate with manufacturers and vendors.
• Coordinate, monitor, and control engineering activities performed by third parties (suppliers, sub-contractors, or engineering firms).
• Perform or supervise installations for assigned projects and act as a technical consultant to the client for the work undertaken.
• Prepare a descriptive technical report on any problems occurring and submit it to the technical team leader.
• Follow up work progress with project teams.
• Coordinate with the client to execute site activities within the project schedule and time frame.
• Undertake all technical responsibilities.
• Guarantee the delivery of all technical deliverables to the client and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Ensure efficient processes are implemented, with optimum cost, compliance to the allowed time frame, and meeting tendering activities due dates.

Share knowledge with the team on the basic technicalities and functionality of new firefighting systems to guide them in identifying leads within the assigned sectors.

Personal skills

• Very good command of the English language.
• Very good usage of Microsoft Office products.
• Excellent soft skills.
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills.

Technical skills

• Experience in design and installation of fire alarm systems (addressable and conventional, mainly Notifier and Simplex brands), preferably in the oil and gas sector.
• Familiar with NFPA 72.
• Excellent user of AutoCAD 2D.
• AutoCAD Plant 3D or CADWorx (preferable).
• Technical writing skills.
• Excellent experience in fire alarm, gas, and flame detection.
• Experience in relevant engineering, calculations, and design.
• Knowledge of firefighting systems (water, gas, and foam suppression systems) is a plus.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Mechatronics).

About the Company

Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, designs and deploys industry-specific technology solutions for asset-intensive industries such as the telecoms, utilities, oil and gas, hospitality and real estate among other market sectors. We help our clients streamline their operations and businesses through our portfolio of solutions, managed services, and consultancy practice. Our team of 1000 professionals are spread throughout the region with anchor offices in Cairo, Riyadh, Dubai, Doha, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Abuja, Kampala and New Jersey, allowing us to service an ever-increasing client base in over 40 countries.