Senior Fire Engineer / Fire Engineer in Leeds

Join to apply for the Senior Fire Engineer / Fire Engineer role at Arcadis. Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

We are actively recruiting for a Consultant and/or Senior Consultant to join our growing Fire Engineering team in the UK. The position involves undertaking Fire Safety Engineering work, including supporting design projects within and outside the UK, primarily through desktop reviews of design projects on their initial stages and supporting the fire safety discipline at Arcadis.

Applicants will work predominantly within the building sector, with opportunities to support other sectors such as rail projects and others as part of Arcadis’s multidisciplinary nature.

Role accountabilities:

• Development of Fire Safety Strategy reports
• Means of Escape analysis (including calculations of evacuation times, escape routes and exit widths, assessment of travel distances, development and assessment of evacuation strategy plans)
• Assessment and understanding of the main British Fire Safety Regulations and Standards applied to buildings (e.g. Approved Document B, BS9999, BS7974, BS9991, BB100, HTM 05, etc.)
• Assessment and understanding of the main British fire safety legislation and standards applied to rail projects (e.g. London Underground fire safety standards, Network Rail standards such as LUL – S1371, Railway Safety Principles and Guidance (RSPG), BS9992)
• Risk Based Interpretation and Application of these fire safety documents as well as other Codes of Practice such as international documents (e.g. NFPA 101, NFPA 130)
• Third Party Review/Design Verification
• Attendance at internal design team meetings
• Attendance at external design team meetings with clients with initial supervision
• Supporting the development of Fire Risk Assessment reports for both building and rail sectors

Additional skills and expertise (advantage):

• Hazard Identification
• As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) understanding
• Knowledge of PAS 9980, EWS1 forms and Façade Engineering
• The Building Safety Act 2022
• Fire Risk Assessment principles
• Understanding of fire dynamics, heat transfer and smoke behaviour principles in enclosed environments (particularly undergrounds and tunnels)
• Basic understanding of Active Fire Protection (AFP) systems and Passive Fire Protection (PFP) measures
• Basic knowledge of fire modelling simulation (using zone models such as CFAST and CFD-based models such as FDS, Pyrosim, SMARTFIRE)

Qualifications & Experience:

• Strong experience of fire safety engineering skills
• Suitable engineering (e.g. Fire Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Architecture, or other numerate degree such as Physics, Chemistry, Maths) from a recognised university
• Qualifications recognised by a professional engineering body with an aspiration to full membership
• Ideally a Chartered Engineer or working towards the Chartership
• Ability to work independently on some set tasks and also contribute to a team environment
• Capability to take on challenges and support other experts within the team when needed
• Experience in preparing proposals and marketing material related to Fire Safety capabilities
• CSCS Card – desirable
• Ability to obtain Security Clearance – desirable

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters and pioneer a skills-based approach, allowing you to harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life, and the world around you. Together we can create a lasting legacy.