Fire Safety Engineer

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At Lucid, your expertise meets opportunity. We’re an employee-owned engineering and advisory firm where you’ll have the autonomy to solve complex challenges and the support to keep growing. Bring your ideas, curiosity, and ambition—we’ll give you the platform to make a lasting impact.

What this role is all about

We currently have an opportunity for a Fire Safety Engineer to join our Adelaide office.

In this role you will contribute to the delivery of high-quality fire engineering solutions across a diverse range of projects. Working alongside experienced Fire Safety leaders and multidisciplinary teams across Lucid’s national network, you’ll support the development of performance-based fire engineering outcomes while building strong client and project relationships.

This is an excellent opportunity for a fire engineer looking to further develop their consulting experience, technical capability, and industry exposure within a collaborative national team.

How you’ll contribute day-to-day

• Prepare Performance Based Design Briefs (PBDBs) and Fire Engineering Reports (FERs).
• Apply the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, and relevant fire engineering guidance, including SFPE, AFEG, NFPA and Eurocode where required.
• Undertake fire engineering analysis using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
• Collaborate with Fire Safety leaders, multidisciplinary project teams and clients to deliver coordinated project outcomes.
• Attend project meetings, workshops and site inspections.
• Prepare meeting minutes, technical reports, inspection reports and supporting documentation.
• Represent Lucid at industry events, client meetings and professional engagements.
• Maintain high standards of communication, organisation and technical excellence within a consulting environment.

What sets you up for success

This role would generally suit an engineer with 2+ years’ experience in fire engineering.

You will ideally bring:

• Experience in the local construction industry with exposure to fire safety engineering.
• An Australian recognised degree in Mechanical Engineering, Fire Engineering or similar discipline.
• Strong analytical thinking, communication and report writing skills.
• Sound problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Experience using fire engineering software such as Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), Pathfinder or similar tools.
• The ability to manage tasks independently while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of relevant legislative and compliance frameworks.

What we offer

• The opportunity to grow your career within a national engineering consultancy.
• A structured career development pathway with technical and leadership training.
• A supportive and collaborative environment with mentoring and internal training programs.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Exposure to an exciting and diverse range of projects.
• Financial assistance for post-graduate Fire Safety Engineering studies.
• Support to obtain industry accreditations and professional development.

Life at Lucid

At Lucid, our people do more than deliver projects – they shape outcomes that matter. Their curiosity, commitment, and drive to do things better are what set us apart. It’s why we’ve built a workplace where people can thrive, grow, and make an impact.

Lucid started in Adelaide with a simple belief: we could do things better. Not by being the biggest – but by being the most thoughtful, responsive, and grounded partner to our clients.

Today, we’re a team of 350+ people across Australia, united by a drive to turn complexity into clarity. Along the way, our people have opened new offices, led national projects, and grown from graduates to leaders – shaping Lucid’s journey as they shaped their own.

Lucid’s culture is built on relationships – and creating an environment where people can do great work. It’s where curiosity is backed, initiative is supported, and growth isn’t just encouraged – it’s expected.

Let’s make it happen

Apply online with your resume and a cover letter addressing how you will thrive in this role.

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