Principal Fire Risk Consultant
About the role
You will lead the delivery of complex and high-value fire risk consultancy work, acting as a senior technical authority and trusted adviser to clients. This includes overseeing fire risk assessments and related outputs, ensuring consistent quality across key commissions, and guiding clients through regulatory requirements and fire safety improvement programmes. You’ll work across a diverse portfolio of commissions while operating within a multidisciplinary environment, giving you the platform to deliver more integrated, practical outcomes for clients and communities.
Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of complex and high-value fire risk consultancy work
- Oversee fire risk assessments and related outputs
- Ensure consistent quality across key commissions
- Guide clients through regulatory requirements and fire safety improvement programmes
- Work across a diverse portfolio of commissions
- Operate within a multidisciplinary environment
- Deliver more integrated, practical outcomes for clients and communities
- Act as a senior technical authority and trusted adviser to clients
- Support fee proposals and contribute to winning new work
- Identify opportunities where wider capabilities across the business can add value
- Play a key role in shaping the team
- Mentor colleagues, set technical standards, and support operational development
Requirements
Extensive experience delivering and leading fire risk consultancy across a range of sectors and building types
Strong technical capability, with the ability to manage complex issues and review high-level outputs
Credible and confident in advising clients and internal stakeholders
Able to build and maintain client relationships
Able to identify opportunities and contribute to winning work
Able to mentor consultants and support team development
Interested in contributing to the growth and direction of a specialist team
Qualifications
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Skills
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Benefits
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Pay
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Schedule
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About You
Extensive experience delivering and leading fire risk consultancy across a range of sectors and building types
Strong technical capability, with the ability to manage complex issues and review high-level outputs
Credible and confident in advising clients and internal stakeholders
Able to build and maintain client relationships
Able to identify opportunities and contribute to winning work
Able to mentor consultants and support team development
Interested in contributing to the growth and direction of a specialist team
Why Join Us
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 and access to wider networks 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.
About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients' vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today's challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.
We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. We are in compliance with laws and regulations and ensure equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.
If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply. At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK@stantec.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.