Fire Engineer

We’re looking for talented professionals who want to be part of a business shaping the future of fire safety engineering on some of the world’s most ambitious and complex projects. From landmark developments and mission-critical facilities across the UK and Ireland to giga-projects in the Middle East, you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative solutions that protect lives and support visionary design.

Built on values of integrity, honesty, positivity, ownership, and excellence, this is a company where people are empowered to grow, contribute ideas, and build meaningful long-term careers. With clear progression pathways, strong investment in professional development, flexible working, and a collaborative international culture, you’ll be joining a team that values achievement, wellbeing, and continuous improvement just as much as technical expertise.

What you get in return for working with us:

• Our ethos is simple: to create fulfilling, lasting careers on a global stage. We offer competitive salaries and benefits, alongside an achievable, open and transparent progression structure where performance is recognised and rewarded.
• We recognise that no two careers are the same and offer flexibility to pursue your passions and shape your own career pathway, whether as a leader, a technical expert, or both, with support at every stage.
• Our workforce and networks span the globe, with offices in Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Middle East, and we are only just beginning our journey.
• Our global team brings together diverse backgrounds, cultures and perspectives, fostering innovation and a culture where everyone can be their authentic selves.
• We provide learning and development opportunities to build strong foundations and expand your skillset.
• We share information openly and deliberately, empowering our people and encouraging independent decision-making.
• We value every voice, actively encouraging ideas, continuous improvement and innovation that challenges how we do things.
• We support our colleagues through wellbeing initiatives and flexible, dynamic working.
• We invest in our people and celebrate success through team events, awards, vouchers, nights out and team lunches.

Profile:

Fire Engineer – Sheffield Office

Reporting to Senior Fire Engineer(s), Associate Fire Engineer(s), Associate Director(s), Director(s)

Overview:

In your role as a Fire Engineer, your engagement will encompass all aspects of the fire engineering cycle. We seek a versatile professional who can play a pivotal role in a dynamic, high-growth environment. The ideal candidate is someone who has consistently excelled, boasting a proven track record and a strong drive for excellence in all endeavours. This position presents an outstanding opportunity for a highly ambitious individual to help shape and advance the next chapter of our business's story.

You’ll collaborate with a creative, innovative, and tech-savvy team. While your role will be multifaceted, your primary responsibility will be leading the design and implementation of fire strategies across various projects, including superhigh-rise buildings, data centres, airports, rail infrastructure, malls, boutique office structures, theatres, stadiums, hospitals, and everything in between.

As a Fire Engineer, you will be involved in all aspects of fire engineering. In the early stages of project design, your role will embrace working with the internal team to take on a range of tasks to ensure that the Project Design Team is aware of the implications that their decisions have on the fire safety strategy of the building. This may require an in-depth analysis of the design, which could include Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), smoke control calculations or evacuation modelling, depending on the situation.

Key duties:

• Attend and make a positive contribution to internal meetings, supporting the continual improvement of our wider fire engineering industry.
• Foster a positive, collaborative and inclusive working environment, including offering mediation and conflict resolution where required, and helping to create a fun and creative workplace for all team members.
• Work closely with colleagues across all offices, supporting fire engineers at all levels and collaborating effectively with international external partners where required.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, innovations and best practice in fire engineering, sharing relevant knowledge with the team and continually advancing professional competence through CPD, with the aim of achieving Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
• Promote professional development, skills sharing and knowledge transfer initiatives, including contributing to graduate training schemes and supporting the career development of graduate and junior engineers.
• Possess a strong understanding of relevant fire safety legislation, advocating for the regular review and enhancement of internal procedures to ensure ongoing compliance with current requirements.
• Create, develop and deliver fire engineering solutions and strategies, using both prescriptive and performance-based approaches across a wide range of sectors, and provide clear guidance to clients on regulatory compliance and industry standards.
• Oversee and manage fire engineering projects, coordinating resources and tasks to meet programme and budget requirements, while maintaining awareness of project financial performance.
• Produce high-quality technical reports, clearly setting out assumptions, methodologies, bases of design and recommendations.
• Attend and contribute to design team meetings, and liaise with client representatives as required.
• Attend site visits and undertake inspections where required, ensuring full compliance with Health and Safety regulations and the correct use of protective and safety equipment.
• Support business development activities, including preparing fee proposals, identifying and nurturing new business opportunities, promoting our services and developing a strong client network.
• Be customer and end-user focused in the delivery of all services.
• Support recruitment initiatives and participate in interview and selection processes for new team members.
• Operate at all times in accordance with company terms and conditions, policies, and quality assurance systems.
• In time, support the company research initiatives and contribute to the publication of technical articles, conference papers and journal publications.
• Undertake any other duties within the scope and competence of the role, as reasonably required.
• Adherence to company policies, procedures, and values.
• Contributing to the development of performance-based design solutions.
• Supporting the preparation and development of fee proposals.
• Identifying work opportunities with internal teams, external clients, and design teams.