Senior Fire Engineer

Senior Fire Engineer – London (Hybrid)

Location: London (Hybrid – 2-3 days in office)
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience + benefits package
Hours: Full-time, flexible working

Several years ago, this fire engineering consultancy consisted of a handful of engineers with a shared frustration: too many fire safety careers are built on rigid hierarchies, endless overtime, and compliance-box-ticking rather than engineering judgement. And they decided to build something different.

Today that team has grown nearly fourfold, split across two fast‑scaling offices, with plans to open in further UK cities and launch further divisions in the coming months. Working out of London allows exposure to a genuinely varied stock of high‑profile, complex projects. With growth still very much underway, this is a genuinely rare point to join at senior level. Allowing for technical ownership and real influence over how the team and its standards take shape, rather than stepping into a structure that's already fixed.

The role

We're looking for a Senior Fire Engineer to take technical ownership of projects and play a leading role as this team continues to grow. You'll provide high‑quality fire engineering input for clients, guide and develop less experienced engineers, and be a genuine driving force behind how the practice's technical standards and client relationships evolve.

What you’ll actually be doing

• Taking full technical ownership of projects, from concept through to completion
• Managing client relationships directly and coordinating with the wider project and consultant team
• Providing line management, mentoring and structured support to engineers at all levels
• Preparing fee proposals and supporting commercial growth, estimating costs, scoping resources, and helping win new work
• Undertaking expert witness duties where required
• Playing an active role in recruitment and shaping the team as it scales
• Working closely with the leadership team on workload planning and resourcing decisions
• Representing the practice within the wider fire safety community: industry forums, committees, technical contributions, and in time, conference or publication work

What we’re looking for

• A BSc, BEng or higher in fire engineering or a closely related engineering discipline
• A minimum of 4 years’ fire engineering experience, UK experience desirable
• AIFireE (Associate, Institution of Fire Engineers), with support to progress further
• Strong commercial awareness: genuinely comfortable owning budgets, proposals, and client relationships, not just technical delivery
• An upbeat, proactive personality with strong integrity and excellent communication skills
• Comfortable working across a multidisciplinary project team
• Bluebeam or similar software experience is a bonus

What you’ll get

• Hybrid working: typically 2-3 days in the office, with flexibility around how that works for you
• A real training budget: dedicated annual training allowance per person, plus a personal growth plan agreed directly with your line manager, not a generic CPD checklist
• One of the best holiday/working splits in the industry, scaling with your experience
• Private medical insurance, company bonus scheme, enhanced pension, life assurance, and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Professional membership subscriptions paid for you
• An operations team behind the scenes handling the admin, travel and training logistics, so you can focus on the engineering and your team
• Regular company social events and a genuinely tight‑knit, growing team culture

Why now

Joining a business at this stage of its growth as a senior hire is rare. You'd be shaping technical standards, mentoring structures and client relationships as the practice scales, with a genuine say in how the team looks in a few years’ time, rather than inheriting someone else’s rigid style. If you’re ready to lead rather than just deliver, this is a great time to get onboard.