Head of Fire Engineering

Bellrock is a UK property services firm focused on sustainable, high‑performance estate management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Fire Engineering service line nationally, overseeing technical delivery, commercial performance and strategic growth.
• Ensure fire engineering services are delivered to the highest technical and regulatory standards while maintaining profitability, resource efficiency and client satisfaction.
• Own the technical governance framework for Fire Engineering outputs, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and professional standards.
• Ensure consistent application of Approved Document B, BS 7974 performance‑based frameworks, PAS 9980 (where applicable), Building Safety Act requirements and other relevant British Standards and sector guidance.
• Oversee technical peer review structures and sign‑off hierarchies.
• Drive commercial performance including utilisation, revenue targets and pipeline conversion.
• Support bid strategy, fee proposals and major framework submissions.
• Manage team capacity planning and recruitment in line with projected growth.
• Lead the development of fire modelling capability and performance‑based engineering services.
• Act as senior escalation point for complex regulatory matters or client disputes.
• Support cross‑division collaboration with Fire Risk, FRAEW and Compliance teams.
• Maintain professional indemnity risk awareness and ensure engineering defensibility.
• Represent Bellrock at senior client meetings, industry forums and technical events where required.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status through a recognised professional engineering institution (essential).
• Extensive experience in fire engineering consultancy, including leadership of complex, high‑rise and performance‑based projects.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing team utilisation and financial performance.
• Deep understanding of UK fire legislation, Building Regulations and performance‑based design methodologies.
• Experience leading and mentoring senior technical professionals.
• Demonstrable experience in governance, quality control and engineering sign‑off structures.
• Strong understanding of professional indemnity exposure and risk mitigation in consultancy environments.
• AI fluency & learning mindset: actively use AI, demonstrate strong curiosity about new technologies, and take ownership for continuously improving how they think, work, and deliver.

Core Quality and Attributes

• Strategic and commercially aware leader.
• Technically authoritative with strong professional credibility.
• Decisive and confident in managing complex engineering issues.
• Able to balance compliance, risk and commercial objectives.
• Strong communicator capable of influencing clients and internal stakeholders.
• Resilient and adaptable in a growth‑focused environment.
• Committed to developing high‑performing teams and maintaining technical excellence.
• Demonstrates Bellrock’s values through integrity, leadership and accountability.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays + 1 additional day.
• Salary exchange pension scheme.
• Life cover.
• Paid sick leave.
• Health Assured employee assistance and wellness program.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to work.
• Holiday purchase scheme of additional 5 days per year.
• Offers and discount scheme to save money on everyday shopping and essentials.
• Healthcare Cashplan.
• MotorSave Scheme.
• Refer a friend incentive.
• Liftshare.
• Virtual GP.

Working Arrangements

We embrace smarter working practices, offering the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely where role and business needs allow. The successful candidate will work mobile across London and various other sites around the UK Monday to Friday.