Associate Director-Senior Fire Engineer

The role :

Diales Group Plc are seeking to hire a Senior Fire Engineer to join our growing team of technical experts as an Associate Director and support our Operational Director, who is a well-established Fire Engineering Expert Witness.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious professional to work on a wide range of projects and play a key role in the continued growth of our Fire Engineering department.

Key duties will include (but not be limited to) :

• Undertake on-the-job training in the role, responsibilities, and techniques of being a fire engineering expert witness (prior expert witness experience not required).
• Undertake building and / or document analysis and write an in-depth report (without technical jargon) on your findings within the timescales set.
• Attend meetings and communicate professionally with our appointing client, its legal and project teams.
• Meet representatives of other parties involved in the dispute.
• When required, give expert evidence in hearings (adjudication, arbitration, mediation and in court).
• Allocate, organise, and manage other internal and external resources for the Project, including those required for opening-up works when disruptive investigations are required.
• Represent and promote Diales at relevant CPD events and similar.
• Develop network of client contacts with a view to receiving direct expert appointments in the future.
• Propose ideas for improvement in the delivery of the expert witness service.

Deliver presentations (individually or as part of a group) to client organisations on topics where you have considerable experience / knowledge to impart.

Key candidate criteria :

Essential :

Acceptance that the role focuses on technical analysis, reporting, and expert evidence, not design delivery.

Desirable :

Chartered status (CEng / MIFireE) or equivalent.