Director Fire Engineering in Manchester

Director Fire Engineering

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Opportunity

Our Buildings team is seeking Fire Engineering Directors to lead and shape our growing fire engineering capability. These opportunities are national and can be based from any UK office. This is a strategic and client-facing position for a technically exceptional fire engineer who can combine technical authority with business leadership, team development, and market growth. You will help shape the Fire Engineering service while driving high-profile projects to successful delivery.

About The Role

Strategic Leadership & Technical Authority

• Lead and oversee complex, multi-disciplinary fire engineering projects, ensuring the highest standards of technical excellence.
• Provide authoritative advice on performance-based design, fire and smoke modelling (CFD), evacuation strategies, and fire safety compliance across diverse building types, including healthcare, life sciences, commercial, residential, and major regeneration projects.
• Act as the technical sign-off authority for all fire engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, and best practice (ADB, BS 9991, BS 9999, NFPA, EN standards).
• Promote innovation and continuous improvement in fire engineering practices across the business.

Client & Market Leadership

• Build and maintain long-term relationships with senior clients, developers, architects, contractors, regulators, and local authorities.
• Lead the Fire Engineering team in securing new work, contributing to business development strategy, bids, proposals, and client presentations.
• Represent Stantec at industry forums, technical panels, and regulatory consultations, enhancing the company’s reputation as a leading fire engineering consultancy.

Business Development & Growth

• Drive strategic growth of Stantec’s Fire Engineering services across UK-wide markets.
• Identify new market opportunities, emerging sectors, and areas for service expansion.
• Support leadership in shaping long-term business strategy, service offerings, and commercial success.

People Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of fire engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and technical excellence.
• Guide staff through professional development, chartership (CEng/IFE) and career progression.
• Inspire and develop junior and senior staff to achieve project and personal growth objectives.

About You

• Proven track record leading complex, high-profile projects and teams.
• Strong business development experience, with a history of securing and delivering multi-million-pound projects.
• Deep technical expertise in performance-based fire engineering, CFD, evacuation modelling, and design solutions.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client engagement skills.
• Experienced in multidisciplinary project environments, able to influence and integrate across Architecture, MEP, Structural, and Project Management teams.
• Strategic thinker with commercial acumen, strong leadership, and a proactive, collaborative mindset aligned with Stantec values.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) with IFE membership or equivalent, with extensive experience in fire engineering consultancy.

Benefits

• Our People Culture: We’re a close knit team and very proud of our friendly and collaborative environment.
• Awards: Stantec was named ‘Best place to work’ and ‘International consulting firm of the year’ at NCE Awards 2024 and has been consistently recognised in the top 10 Corporate Knights most sustainable companies worldwide.
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym membership and more.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Great Projects across all sectors in the UK & I.
• Industry leading training and development and paid professional subscriptions.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global community of over 34,000 employees in more than 450 locations worldwide. We provide design, delivery and management services that support sustainable and prosperous communities. Stantec offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination on grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Stantec is committed to ensuring a safe and inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer.

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Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology