Fire Safety Engineer

Apply by: 26/05/2026

Salary: circa £45,000 plus bonus and excellent benefits.

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 86,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Req ID: 513707

Location: Derby

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your materials expertise in a new cutting‑edge field. As Fire Safety Engineer, you'll manage Fire Safety analysis & documents in accordance with Quality, Cost, Delivery (QCD) commitments. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business to apply the Rolling Stock & Components (RSC) and Transport processes & instructions, participate in project/offer development through the application of Engineering Instructions (EI), guidelines and established internal processes of the Fire Safety domain and much more.

We’ll look to you for:

• Participate in tender (client clause by clause; deliverables definition), project execution (calculations, specification, conception support for organic and functional performance of the train) and validation (involvement in train level type test during realisation phase).
• Collecting and deriving Fire Safety requirements and providing the related Transverse Requirements Specification (TRS).
• Preparing and participating in a Design review for Fire Safety.
• Contribute to relevant Core Competency Network (CCN) (internal referential continuous improvement and R&D activities).
• Checking Design conformity to TRS and EI during design reviews and all along the design (upon request).
• Collecting REX (Return on Experience from previous projects) and providing to CCN (for capitalisation and translation into rules).
• At the project execution stage, deliver Fire Safety analysis (Fire Safety Report, Fire & Smoke Report, BDI approvals, PV monitoring…) compliant with QCD work packages commitments.
• Mobilise and manage the team to get Customer, 3rd party approvals on the Fire Safety deliverables.
• Ensure Fire safety expertise for platform and project (legal and normative requirements, material behaviour, etc.).
• Assure the right strategy (standards, tests, simulations…) for covering Fire & Smoke requirements at the tender/design/manufacturing level.
• Pilot/Assure the use of the database MARIE.
• Apply RSC and Transport rules & processes within the Group.
• Deploy processes, methodologies, simulations and available fire safety data management (ReX) and storage tools.

All About You

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Fire, Materials or General Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience or understanding of fire safety standards, regulations, and risk assessments.
• Knowledge of fire dynamics, material flammability, and safety systems.
• Familiarity with design review processes and technical documentation.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Good Communication and interpersonal skills.
• Conflict Management oriented and multitasking.
• Customer Focused and have Management skills.
• Structured and organised with a Hand‑on approach.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life‑long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long‑term career free from boring daily routines.
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects.
• Utilise our dynamic, inclusive, and safety‑focused working environment.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award‑winning learning.
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).
• Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday.
• A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Equal opportunity statement

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law. As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.