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Your New Company

A leading multidisciplinary consultancy is seeking an experienced Senior Fire Engineer to join its expanding fire engineering team. The organisation delivers specialist fire engineering expertise across a diverse portfolio, including commercial, residential, education, healthcare, and public ‑ sector projects. You will be joining a technically strong, collaborative team within a consultancy known for quality, innovation, and professional excellence.

Your New Role

As Senior Fire Engineer, you will take a lead role in the development and delivery of complex fire engineering strategies. You will support major design projects, mentor junior engineers, and act as a key technical authority within the fire engineering discipline.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the development of fire engineering strategies in line with legislation, British Standards, and industry best practice.
• Producing detailed fire engineering reports, fire strategy drawings, evacuation analysis, and technical documentation.
• Providing high ‑ level fire engineering consultancy advice to internal design teams, external partners, and clients.
• Undertaking complex modelling work (such as smoke modelling and evacuation modelling) depending on your experience.
• Reviewing work produced by junior engineers and contributing to their technical development.
• Delivering technical input across multidisciplinary design teams throughout all RIBA stages.
• Supporting site inspections, due ‑ diligence reviews, audits, and fire safety assessments.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of fire engineering processes, quality systems, and best practice within the team.
• Playing an active role in supporting business growth through client engagement and project excellence.

This role offers the opportunity to work on high ‑ profile, technically challenging projects where advanced fire engineering solutions are central to overall design.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

To thrive in this role, you will bring:

• Chartered status with a relevant professional body (e.g., CEng with the Engineering Council via IFE, SFPE, or similar), or be actively working toward chartership with clear evidence of progression.
• A degree in Fire Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Significant experience delivering fire engineering design and strategy within a consultancy or construction environment.
• Strong knowledge of fire engineering principles, building regulations, British Standards, and relevant industry guidance.
• Experience producing fire strategies, fire engineering reports, and technical design documentation.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly to clients and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem ‑ solving, and report ‑ writing abilities.
• Experience supporting or mentoring junior fire engineers.

The following would be beneficial:

• Experience with fire modelling tools such as CFAST, FDS, Pathfinder, or equivalent.
• Experience working across multiple building sectors, particularly higher ‑ risk or complex structures.

What You’ll Get in Return

In return, you will join a consultancy that offers:

• A competitive salary and extensive benefits package.
• Funded training, CPD, and full support toward achieving or maintaining chartership.
• Clear professional development and progression opportunities.
• Flexible working arrangements (where appropriate).
• Exposure to high ‑ profile, technically complex projects across multiple sectors.
• A supportive and forward ‑ thinking team environment that values innovation and technical excellence.

What you need to do now

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