# Technical Lead - Fire Protection Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Sydney, New South Wales
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Fire Protection Engineering Team Lead to join our Sydney Property & Buildings team. This leadership role will drive the delivery of major projects across commercial, health, education, defence, transport, mission critical and mixed-use sectors, while growing our fire protection capability and developing our people.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead fire protection design and documentation for major projects.

- Provide technical leadership from concept through construction.

- Mentor and develop engineers, graduates and designers.

- Manage project scope, quality, programme, risk and budgets.

- Review designs, reports and specifications for compliance and quality.

- Build strong client and stakeholder relationships.

- Support business development, proposals and market engagement.

- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across WSP.

- Contribute to team growth, resourcing and capability development.

- Champion innovation, safety in design and continuous improvement.

**Requirements:**

- Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.

- 10+ years' experience in fire protection or building services.

- Expertise in wet and dry fire systems.

- Experience delivering major Australian building projects.

- Strong knowledge of Australian Standards, NCC and fire codes.

- Proven project leadership and commercial management skills.

- Experience mentoring and developing technical staff.

- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.

- Exposure to bids, proposals and business development.

- Familiarity with Revit MEP, Navisworks and BIM workflows.

- Consulting, contractor or D&C leadership experience.

**Benefits:**

- Lead and grow a specialist fire protection team.

- Work on complex, high-profile projects.

- Collaborate with local and global experts.

- Access leadership and career development opportunities.

- Enjoy a flexible and inclusive workplace.

- Participate in WSP's employee benefits and share plan.

- Help deliver safe, sustainable and practical engineering solutions.

## Skills

### Required
- fire protection engineering
- leadership
- project management
- Revit MEP
- Navisworks
- BIM workflows
- Australian Standards
- NCC and fire codes

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