Associate Fire Engineer

Stantec; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid / Flexible working

Competitive salary

Bonus schemes

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Stantec in the United Kingdom seeks an Associate Fire Engineer to lead fire engineering strategies across diverse projects, from concept through handover. You will guide design teams, manage client relationships, and contribute to business growth within a multidisciplinary environment.

You will mentor engineers, develop technical standards, and help expand the fire engineering service while ensuring compliance with safety regulations and practical delivery across projects.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering fire engineering strategies for complex buildings.
• Experience with modelling tools such as FDS, PyroSim, Pathfinder.
• Able to present technical information clearly to clients and stakeholders.
• Experience in consultancy environments on multidisciplinary projects.
• Experience mentoring engineers and supporting team development.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward chartership.

Responsibilities

• Lead fire engineering strategies from concept to handover.
• Act as technical authority, guiding design teams and ensuring output quality.
• Manage client relationships and lead meetings with stakeholders.
• Support bids and identify opportunities to expand the service offering.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical standards and best practice.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Consultancy experience

Education

Degree in Fire Engineering

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or pursuing

Tools

FDS

PyroSim

Pathfinder

Job description

The Opportunity

You’re an Associate Fire Engineer who wants to lead—on projects, with clients, and within a growing team. At Stantec , you’ll join an expanding Fire Engineering capability within our Buildings business, working across a national platform from any of our UK offices. This is a role where you’ll combine technical depth with leadership, shaping how fire engineering is delivered across a multidisciplinary environment and contributing to the continued growth of the service.

About The Role

You will lead the delivery of fire engineering strategies across a diverse portfolio of projects, from concept through to construction and handover. This includes both performance-based and code-compliant design, ensuring solutions are practical, coordinated, and aligned with regulatory requirements.

You’ll act as a technical authority on projects—guiding design teams, overseeing modelling inputs, and ensuring quality across outputs. You’ll work closely with internal specialists and other disciplines, integrating fire engineering into wider project delivery.

Alongside technical leadership, you’ll take ownership of client relationships—leading meetings, advising on strategy, and supporting successful project outcomes. You’ll also contribute to business development, supporting bids and identifying opportunities to expand the service offering.

Internally, you’ll play a key role in developing people—mentoring engineers, contributing to technical standards, and supporting a collaborative, high-performing team environment.

YOUR IMPACT

You’ll influence how complex buildings are designed and delivered, helping clients navigate fire safety requirements with solutions that are both technically robust and practical to implement. Your work will directly contribute to safer, more resilient buildings across multiple sectors.

Beyond project delivery, your impact will extend to team growth and capability. You’ll support the development of engineers, strengthen technical standards, and contribute to the continued expansion of fire engineering within the business. Your role will shape both how projects are delivered and how the team evolves.

About You

• Strong experience delivering fire engineering strategies for complex buildings
• Experience with modelling tools such as FDS, PyroSim, Pathfinder or similar
• Confident communicator, able to present technical information clearly to clients and stakeholders
• Experience working within a consultancy environment on multidisciplinary projects
• Able to lead projects, manage client relationships, and provide technical direction
• Experience mentoring engineers and supporting team development
• Interested in contributing to business growth and work-winning activity
• Degree in Fire Engineering or a related discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward chartership with IFE or equivalent

WHY JOIN US

• We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
• We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan supporting your continued development.
• We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment with access to multidisciplinary expertise across the business.
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - we want you to be part of it.
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and more.
• Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working .

About Stantec

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.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future 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. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. 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. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.