Associate Fire Engineer

Arup; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Share

Learning opportunities

Health & wellbeing benefits

Career development

Job summary

Arup Australia is seeking an Associate Fire Engineer to lead complex fire engineering projects, delivering technically excellent outcomes for clients and coordinating with multidisciplinary teams.

You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to fee proposals and business development, and ensure reports and technical documents meet professional and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Chartered Fire Engineer with relevant qualifications, registrations and extensive consulting experience.
• Strong technical expertise in fire engineering including performance-based design, first principles assessments, CFD/FDS modelling, and complex project delivery.
• Ability to lead projects from concept through to completion, managing priorities, quality outcomes and challenging delivery models.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, producing high-quality technical reports and building client relationships.
• Mentoring and development focus, contributing to team capability and business growth through networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver complex fire engineering projects with technical leadership across a diverse portfolio.
• Manage projects end-to-end, ensuring client expectations, programme, budget and quality standards.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders, providing specialist fire engineering advice.
• Prepare, review and sign off technical reports and documentation in line with professional/regulatory requirements.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to fee proposals and business development.

Skills

Chartered Fire Engineer

Technical leadership

CFD/FDS modelling

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering qualifications

Professional registrations

Job description

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

As an Associate Fire Engineer, you'll ensure the delivery of technically excellent fire safety outcomes tailored to our client’s needs. This role will involve leading the fire engineering input on complex projects, collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated and integrated designs, as well as contributing to the business development and work winning for the fire team. You would also contribute to non-project initiatives and support the team leader in the team’s activities and success

The Opportunity

• Lead and deliver complex fire engineering projects, providing technical leadership and ensuring high-quality outcomes across a diverse project portfolio.
• Manage projects from inception to completion, ensuring delivery meets client expectations, programme requirements, budget targets, and quality standards.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders, offering specialist fire engineering advice and building strong client relationships.
• Prepare, review, and sign off technical reports, assessments, and engineering documentation in line with professional and regulatory requirements.
• Support the growth of the business through mentoring junior engineers, contributing to fee proposals, business development activities, and strengthening client and industry networks.

Is this role right for you?

• Chartered Fire Engineer (or equivalent) with relevant engineering qualifications, professional registrations, and extensive fire engineering consulting experience.
• Strong technical expertise in fire engineering, including performance-based design, first principles assessments, CFD/FDS modelling, and complex project delivery.
• Proven ability to lead projects from concept through to completion, managing competing priorities, quality outcomes, and challenging delivery models.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to produce high-quality technical reports, present complex information clearly, and build trusted client relationships.
• Passion for mentoring and continuous professional development, with a track record of developing team capability, contributing to industry initiatives, and supporting business growth through client and industry networks.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair, and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling eligible members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup .

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Arup does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.