Associate Fire Engineer

About the role

You will lead the delivery of fire engineering strategies across a diverse portfolio of projects, from concept through to construction and handover. This includes both performance-based and code-compliant design, ensuring solutions are practical, coordinated, and aligned with regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of fire engineering strategies across a diverse portfolio of projects, from concept through to construction and handover.
• Ensure solutions are practical, coordinated, and aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Act as a technical authority on projects—guiding design teams, overseeing modelling inputs, and ensuring quality across outputs.
• Work closely with internal specialists and other disciplines, integrating fire engineering into wider project delivery.
• Take ownership of client relationships—leading meetings, advising on strategy, and supporting successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to business development, supporting bids and identifying opportunities to expand the service offering.
• Play a key role in developing people—mentoring engineers, contributing to technical standards, and supporting a collaborative, high-performing team environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering fire engineering strategies for complex buildings.
• Experience with modelling tools such as FDS, PyroSim, Pathfinder or similar.
• Confident communicator, able to present technical information clearly to clients and stakeholders.
• Experience working within a consultancy environment on multidisciplinary projects.
• Able to lead projects, manage client relationships, and provide technical direction.
• Experience mentoring engineers and supporting team development.
• Interested in contributing to business growth and work-winning activity.
• Degree in Fire Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward chartership with IFE or equivalent.

Benefits

• We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
• We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan supporting your continued development.
• We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment with access to multidisciplinary expertise across the business.
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - we want you to be part of it.
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and more.
• Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.

Pay

Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and more.

Schedule

Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.