Fire Engineer

Description

The company is an infrastructure consulting firm that provides services from advisory and planning through design, engineering, program management and construction management.

It works on transportation, buildings, water, new energy and environmental projects for public and private clients.

The company is a Fortune 500 firm and a publicly traded global business. Its Professional Services business reported revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.

The team is part of a global group of more than 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists and other professionals.

The role is for a fire engineer in a well-established fire safety consultancy. It suits an experienced consultant who wants to move up, or someone who wants to build their knowledge and design skills.

You will work with office leads to oversee and grow a local team, with guidance and mentoring from senior staff. You should already have solid professional experience and be ready to take on more.

Responsibilities

• Take fire engineering projects from start to finish, needing little senior review, using CFD modelling, evacuation modelling and other analytical methods.
• Manage design projects, and prepare and check the work of others.
• Work across a range of sectors and technical fire engineering tasks, with a focus on UK regulations and markets.
• Adapt standard procedures and methods from earlier assignments to solve new problems.
• Take part in interdisciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
• Help prepare accurate cost estimates for the technical work on projects.

Requirements

• A relevant degree or professional qualification.
• Work experience in a similar consultancy or another relevant business.
• Proven experience across a range of sectors and technical fire engineering work, with a focus on UK regulations and markets.
• Experience managing the fire engineering side of small to medium design projects within agreed timescales and budgets.
• Experience guiding entry level fire engineers.
• Experience preparing fee proposals and task variations for fire engineering work.

Conditions

Hybrid working is available, from an office, from home or at a client site.

New hires must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office as a condition of employment.

The company is a Disability Confident Employer and offers an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

All equal opportunity commitments apply to every applicant.

Benefits

• Core and personalised benefits supporting your future and well-being, tailored to your lifestyle.
• Career development opportunities.
• Flexible hybrid working to help you balance work and life.
• Access to technical practice networks and the company University.
• Volunteering days.