Graduate Fire Engineer - Buildings - 2027 (Manchester)

Join our 2027 (Autumn) Graduate Programme as a Graduate Fire Engineer in our Manchester office, where you will be part of a market-leading Buildings discipline. You'll join a Fire Engineering team of eight engineers at varying stages of their careers, providing excellent opportunities to learn from experienced professionals and develop your technical skills. The team operates as part of an integrated regional business of more than 100 professionals across our North West offices. We work closely with our Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) and Civil & Structural (C&S) colleagues, delivering a highly collaborative approach on multidisciplinary projects and long-term frameworks. This provides graduates with valuable exposure to a broad range of disciplines, projects, and clients from the outset of their careers. Aligned with the Government Advisory Panel's Authoritative Statement on Fire Engineering, we are committed to developing engineers with a strong understanding of fire engineering first principles and the skills to apply them effectively to real-world challenges.

As a Graduate Fire Engineer, you'll support the delivery of fire engineering projects by applying fundamental engineering principles and contributing to technical assessments, reports, and design documentation. Working under the guidance of experienced engineers, you'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders, attend project, design team, and client meetings, and complete project tasks within agreed timescales. You'll also take an active role in developing your technical knowledge and professional skills through mentoring, project experience, and continuous self-learning.

• Responsibility for completion of specifically assigned tasks within the time frame specified.
• Drafting of technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational quality.
• Participation in client meetings, with supervision, and discussion of the application of guidance for simple design scenarios and/or the solution to design challenges.
• Develop a general understanding of the importance of client relationship management.
• Identify the relative influence of each of the fire safety provisions they include in a design on the overall risk to the occupants of the building.
• Expand on the scientific fundamentals of general Fire Safety Engineering topics as well as continue exploring the limits and vulnerabilities of prescriptive solutions.
• Develop a general understanding of the project cycles, including the mechanisms by which new work is awarded.

We are committed to supporting employees in achieving relevant professional qualifications and accreditation. The applicable professional qualification for this role is CEng status with the Institution of Fire Engineers.

This role will help create high-quality, sustainable and resilient buildings that deliver positive outcomes for communities and the environment. Working across a range of projects, you will support the design and delivery of safe, efficient and future‑ready buildings, helping clients reduce environmental impact, enhance building performance and create spaces that improve the wellbeing of those who use them. Your work will contribute to sustainable development goals, support the efficient use of resources, and help deliver innovative solutions that meet the needs of both clients and local communities.

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering degree with modules relating to Fire Safety and Fire Engineering, knowledge of Pyrosim and FDS would be beneficial, and a keen interest in working in the Buildings sector, you'll be:

• An Adapter - You’re able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
• A Perseverer - You stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination.
• An Eager Learner - You learn from your experiences and the world around you, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold.
• A Collaborator - You work effectively with lots of different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes.
• A Problem‑Solver - You love to give your thoughts based on what you see, being unafraid to challenge conventional thinking.

Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and receive the appropriate level of support.

Why Join Us?

A competitive salary, private medical insurance, a range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection and life assurance, permanent employment contract to demonstrate our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec, professional progression plan, supporting you to gain professional chartership, a supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network.

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply. At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all.