Graduate Fire Engineer (Manchester)

Description

The company is a global infrastructure consultancy and a Fortune 500 firm, with Professional Services revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025 and over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers and other professionals.

The specialist fire engineering team works on buildings from the earliest design stages, drawing on the skills of building scientists and engineers.

You will shape fire safety performance from the start of design, working inside multidisciplinary teams and showing architects and structural engineers how their choices affect the fire strategy and overall building performance.

On live projects you may use advanced analysis, such as CFD, smoke movement and smoke layer calculations, and evacuation modelling, to help produce safe, efficient designs.

Under senior engineers, you will give clear technical advice, flag non-compliant elements, assess mitigation options and help build fire strategies that meet Building Regulations, industry standards and project requirements. You will attend design workshops and client meetings with experienced engineers.

You will join a global network of fire engineers on commercial, residential and major international schemes. Training, mentoring and support towards professional registration are provided.

Recent team projects include:

Salisbury Square, London: fire strategy for a new scheme of a court building, police headquarters and office building, plus conversion of a listed building into a pub.

Marine Lakes Event Centre, Southport: fire engineering for a new theatre and exhibition centre, including a detailed evacuation strategy and full CFD smoke modelling.

77 Marsh Wall, Canary Wharf, London: fire strategy for a new 180m tall mixed-use residential tower with apartments, hotel, commercial space, a resident gym and spa, and basement parking.

Sussex Surgery Centre, Eastbourne: fire strategy for the new surgery centre at Eastbourne District General Hospital, covering operating theatres, first and second stage recovery areas and a new endoscopy unit.

1 Liverpool Street, London: fire strategy for an 11-storey office with ground floor retail, built around a Crossrail ventilation shaft and above Liverpool Street London Underground Station.

Shakespeare Theatre, Prescot: a new performing arts space built around a 470-seat timber framed theatre with Jacobean-inspired design.

McArthurGlen, Nationwide: retrospective fire strategies for two UK Designer Outlet sites in York and Bridgend, with retail and food and beverage units on large, operating commercial sites.

Responsibilities

• Help produce designs, calculations, sketches, diagrams, fire strategy drawings and reports, following the direction of senior engineers.
• Gather, analyse and record engineering data that feeds into project decisions.
• Apply engineering software and digital tools to basic technical problems and to design development.
• Present your technical work clearly and professionally, using suitable media, with help from the project team.
• Complete tasks within agreed budgets, deadlines and quality standards.
• Drive your own development by actively seeking new skills and knowledge.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree with at least a 2:1 or equivalent, in Fire Engineering or a related field such as Structural, Mechanical, Civil, Aeronautical or Aerospace Engineering, from an accredited university.
• A Master's degree in Fire Engineering or a closely related subject is advantageous.
• Strong numerical ability to analyse and interpret technical information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• A careful, detail-focused approach that produces accurate work.
• Adaptable and flexible, able to manage varied tasks and help the team meet project deadlines.
• Clear motivation and enthusiasm for a career in fire engineering.

Conditions

Hybrid working: you may work from an the company office, remotely, or at a client site.

All new hires must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an the company office as a condition of employment, as part of the company's secure recruitment process.

You must hold the permanent right to work in the UK, as no visa sponsorship is offered for this role.

Apply as early as possible: CVs will be reviewed and candidates may be selected for an advanced offer start.

The company is a Disability Confident employer and will interview applicants with a disability or long-term condition who meet the essential criteria, and all applications are handled confidentially under EEO guidelines.

Benefits

• A wide range of compensation, benefit and well-being programmes.
• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking.
• Transformational work with big impact, within a publicly traded global firm.