Posted 16 July, 2026
Principal Engineer - Fire
WSP in Canada
Christchurch, CAN, NZ
Full Time
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Job Description
Fire Engineer – Senior to Technical Principal, Wellington or Christchurch Join our Fire and Life Safety team and shape the future of fire safety. Whether you’re at Senior, Principal, or Management level, we’d love to hear from you. With a team spread across the country, you can be based in Christchurch or Wellington. Under the direction of our Fire and Life Safety Manager, you’ll play a key role in driving strategy, innovation and excellence within the Fire and Life Safety Service Line. You’ll help to shape outcomes for clients and stakeholders by optimizing commercial performance, project delivery, and team capability. In this role, you’ll combine technical expertise with leadership to deliver smart design solutions across all facets of Fire and Life Safety engineering for a diverse range of projects. About you: Minimum of 10 years’ professional experience in Fire Engineering. Experience in developing new business by identifying and capitalising on opportunities to increase revenue, and profit, and expand market penetration. Proven ability and track record in managing multidisciplinary projects through the full spectrum of the project life cycle and delivering according to quality, time and budget requirements. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage project teams. Expertise in service line – recognised name within NZ as leader in delivering Fire and Life Safety engineering services for a wide range of clients. #J-18808-Ljbffr