Associate Director - Fire Engineering, United Kingdom, LE1 1HA

Are you an Associate Fire Engineer seeking a fresh perspective and a sense of independence? Are you passionate about fire safety design? Do you want to work within a collaborative, dynamic environment, with a team of highly skilled and like-minded Engineers? Are you career motivated with a passion and desire to make a difference? Do you want to be involved in an exciting range of projects across multiple different sectors? Do your values align with our values - Professionalism, Compassion, Drive and Positivity?

If you answered yes to the above questions, we want to hear from you! At Pick Everard, we’re dedicated to protecting lives, property, and the environment through intelligent fire engineering solutions. We’re seeking a skilled and motivated Associate Director - Fire Engineering to support the design, development, and implementation of fire safety strategies across a diverse range of building and infrastructure projects.

This new venture will see you playing a pivotal role as an Associate Director - Fire Engineering. You will lead the development of a new dedicated Fire Engineering Team, developing the in-house capability to deliver fire engineering best practice. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across the UK, ensuring compliance with the latest fire safety regulations and industry best practices.

Day to day responsibilities will include:

• Help ensure that fire safety is embedded into the heart of design, protecting lives, assets, and the environment.
• Collaborate with clients, architects, contractors, and local authorities to deliver practical and compliant fire engineering solutions.
• Stay ahead of evolving fire codes, technologies, and global best practices.
• Assist in developing fire safety strategies for new and existing buildings aligned with standards like NFPA, BS 9999, and IBC.
• Carry out fire risk assessments, egress and smoke control studies, and fire modelling (FDS, PyroSim, Pathfinder).
• Support fire design integration across disciplines including MEP, structural, and architectural.
• Contribute to site inspections, meetings, and evaluations of fire protection systems such as sprinklers, alarms, and smoke management.

As an Associate Director you will add real value, making a positive impact across the business. You will have ownership over your projects, providing you with a great level of autonomy. You’ll become part of a business with an excellent reputation in the industry for client care and quality. In addition, you will work and collaborate with a diverse range of industry experts.

Keen to take that next step up in your career? Apply now!

About You

Our ideal Associate Director - Fire Engineering must have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Fire Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge and experience of fire safety codes and standards (NFPA, BS, IBC, local building codes).
• Experience with fire modeling software (e.g., PyroSim, FDS, Pathfinder).
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional registration.

It would be nice for you to have:

• Confident liaising with new and existing clients and an ability to build a good rapport with other parts of our inter-disciplinary practice, and with external design teams.
• Robust problem solving skills, taking accountability for assigned work.
• Previous experience writing and presenting reports along with client interaction and work winning.
• The ability to lead a sub-team, focused on delivery of high quality design output.

About Us

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 780+ employees work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history, we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.

We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues. We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

• Agile working – Hybrid model
• Career and Professional Development
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Eyecare Scheme
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
• Professional subscriptions
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Stakeholder pension

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

Accessibility

We’re committed to helping you perform at your best throughout the recruitment process. If you have a disability or require any adjustments to support your application or interview, please get in touch with us. We’ll be happy to discuss how we can assist you.

Agencies

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV introductions will not be accepted.