Wet Services & Fire Engineer (Civil OR Mechanical)

SUMMARY:
A Water Services Consulting concern is seeking a Wet Services & Fire Engineer (Civil OR Mechanical).
The role:
The Wet Services & Fire Engineer is the building-side hydraulics and fire-protection specialist on companies engagements. Individual to design the water that flows through, around, and out of the buildings — cold and hot water reticulation, wastewater drainage, fire-water reticulation including hydrants, sprinklers and fire pumps, rainwater and greywater systems, and the integration of all of these with the broader civil and process infrastructure on site.
To work across multiple ECSA work stages on each engagement, with scope and accountability calibrated to seniority. 

Requirements: 
- Engineering qualification. BSc / BEng / B.Tech in Civil or Mechanical Engineering.
- Professional registration pathway. ECSA Candidate Engineer (registered or pending) at junior level; clear path toward Pr Eng or Pr Tech Eng at mid-level; Pr Eng or Pr Tech Eng or imminent at mid-senior level.
- Wet services or fire engineering exposure. Academic or work exposure to wet services and / or fire engineering design. Hands-on internship, vacation work or project experience counts.
- SANS standards familiarity. Working familiarity with SANS 10252-1 (water reticulation), SANS 10252-2 (drainage), SANS 10400-W (fire water), SANS 10400-T (fire safety), SANS 10287 (sprinklers), and related codes.
- Drafting. AutoCAD or Revit competence.
- Detail discipline. Wet services and fire engineering reward precision. 
- Driver's licence and own transport. Site work is part of the role.

POSITION INFO:
Key responsibilities:
Wet services design
- Domestic hot and cold-water reticulation per SANS 10252-1, including hot water generation design and specification.
- Internal wastewater and condensate drainage per SANS 10252-2 and SANS 10400-P.
- Water supply storage and booster pump station design, including pump selection and pressure management.
- Soil and wastewater pump station design.
- Specification of packaged water and wastewater treatment plant requirements in coordination with process engineers.
- Conditional assessments of existing building services on retrofit and refurbishment engagements.
Fire engineering design
- Fire-water reticulation for hydrants and hose reels per SANS 10400-W.
- Sprinkler systems per SANS 10287 / BS EN 12845 / NFPA 13 as applicable.
- Fire pumps and pressure management; sizing and selection.
- Fire-water storage sizing and basis-of-design reporting.
- Fire safety strategies and fire signage in accordance with SANS 10400-T and related codes.
- Integration with detection / alarm (SANS 10139), smoke control, and means-of-escape design.
Sustainability integration
- Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) — attenuation, storage, infiltration devices, softened conveyance.
- Rainwater and greywater harvesting design.
- Recycling and reuse of HVAC condensate, process water, and stormwater.
- Integration of groundwater (from borehole abstraction) into building-side reticulation.
Documentation across all six ECSA stages
- Stage 1–2: Inception, briefing, basis-of-design, options analysis.
- Stage 3–4: Developed and detailed design, drawings, specifications, BoQs, tender documentation, contractor evaluation.
- Stage 5–6: Construction administration, site inspection, commissioning, performance verification, close-out, O&M manuals.
Cross-disciplinary coordination
- Coordinate with architects, civil and structural engineers, mechanical engineers (HVAC), electrical engineers, process engineers (groundwater / treatment), and Company (implementation).
- Resolve interface issues; produce clear deliverables for adjacent disciplines.
Productisation & methodology
- Codify your design work into reusable templates and design tools.
- Contribute to Companies wet services and fire engineering design standards.