Senior Fire Engineer

Description

The company is an infrastructure consultancy whose work runs from advisory and planning through design, engineering, and programme and construction management.

It serves public and private clients on transport, buildings, water, new energy and environmental projects, and is a Fortune 500 firm with $16.1 billion in Professional Services revenue in fiscal year 2025.

The team it belongs to includes more than 50,000 planners, designers, engineers and other professionals worldwide.

The role suits an experienced consultant who wants to move up, or an engineer who wants to widen their design and technical knowledge in a well-established fire safety practice.

Demonstrated professional experience and readiness for further growth are expected.

Responsibilities

• Work with office leads to oversee and develop a local team, guiding and mentoring its members with support from senior staff.
• Take fire engineering work from start to finish with little senior input, including CFD modelling, evacuation modelling and other analytical methods.
• Manage design projects, and prepare and check the work of other engineers.
• Adapt standard procedures or methods from earlier assignments to solve new problems.
• Take part in cross-disciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
• Lead the preparation of accurate cost estimates for the technical work on projects.

Requirements

• Minimum: a relevant degree or professional qualification.
• Minimum: work experience in a similar consultancy or another relevant business.
• Minimum: proven experience across a range of sectors and technical fire engineering work, with a strong focus on UK regulations and markets.
• Minimum: experience managing the fire engineering side of small to medium design projects within agreed timescales and budgets.
• Minimum: experience guiding entry-level fire engineers.
• Minimum: experience preparing fee proposals and task variations for fire engineering work.
• Preferred: a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in fire engineering or a similar field.
• Preferred: professional membership with the Institution of Fire Engineers or the Engineering Council, progressing towards Chartership.
• Preferred: experience leading and actively supervising junior engineers on both people and project matters.
• Preferred: a clear work history and evidence of ongoing professional development and learning.

Conditions

Hybrid working, split between an office, a remote location or a client site.

Attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office, which is a condition of employment as part of the company's measures against hiring fraud.

Applications are handled confidentially under equal opportunity guidelines.

As a Disability Confident employer, the company offers an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria.

Benefits

• Core and personalised benefits supporting your future and wellbeing, tailored to your lifestyle.
• Career development opportunities.
• Access to technical practice networks.
• Access to the company's in-house training university.
• Volunteering days.
• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking, and work with major impact.