Associate / Principal Fire Engineer - Consultancy Firm

Handpicked Recruitment Ltd; Willenhall; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Handpicked Recruitment Ltd is seeking a technically strong Fire Engineer for a leading independent firm of Development, Built Asset & Engineering and Sustainability consultants.

This role offers a clear path to leadership, with support to become director within 2–3 years, working with a multidisciplinary team on due diligence, refurbishment and redevelopment projects for global investors and corporate occupiers.

Qualifications

• Degree in Fire Engineering or STEM degree plus Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety.
• MIFireE membership or progression.
• IEng or CEng status or progression.
• 3+ years' experience in an engineering consultancy.
• Strong knowledge of Approved Document B, BS 9999, BS 7974.
• CFD and evacuation modelling experience.

Responsibilities

• Providing fire engineering advice across acquisitions, due diligence and project instructions
• Delivering technical and commercial reports to a high standard
• Supporting FRAs and FRAEWs where relevant (though this isn’t the core focus — fire engineering design, strategy and consultancy is)
• Developing existing client relationships and helping win new business as the service line grows
• Building your commercial and business development profile with support from the wider marketing and BD teams
• Collaborating with senior colleagues to shape the future of the offering

Skills

Fire engineering knowledge

CFD & evacuation modelling

Client relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Fire Engineering

Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety

MIFireE membership

IEng/CEng status

Tools

CFD software

Job description

Our client is a leading independent firm of Development, Built Asset & Engineering and Sustainability consultants with 70% of their business with institutional Investors. They're growing year on year, with a reputation for fantastic staff retention and a genuinely supportive, collegiate culture.

The Opportunity

Currently, fire engineering expertise is delivered through external consultants. Our client is bringing this capability in-house — and they need a technically strong Fire Engineer who wants more than just a delivery role. This is a genuine path to leadership, with the ambition and support in place to help you grow into a director-level position within 2‑3 years.

You’ll work alongside an established multidisciplinary team spanning building surveying, project management, cost consultancy, MEP, sustainability, structural and façade consultancy — delivering fire engineering input on technical due diligence, refurbishment, remediation and redevelopment projects for a client base that includes major global investors and corporate occupiers.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing fire engineering advice across acquisitions, due diligence and project instructions
• Delivering technical and commercial reports to a high standard
• Supporting FRAs and FRAEWs where relevant (though this isn’t the core focus — fire engineering design, strategy and consultancy is)
• Developing existing client relationships and helping win new business as the service line grows
• Building your commercial and business development profile with support from the wider marketing and BD teams
• Collaborating with senior colleagues to shape the future of the offering

What You’ll Bring

• A degree in Fire Engineering, or an alternative STEM degree plus a Level 4 Diploma in Fire Science/Fire Safety
• MIFireE membership (or working towards it)
• IEng or CEng status (or working towards it)
• 3+ years’ experience in an engineering consultancy environment
• Strong working knowledge of Approved Document B, BS 9999 and BS 7974
• Confidence using CFD and evacuation modelling software

Why Join?

This is a rare opportunity to shape a service line from its early stages within a firm that’s growing steadily, values its people, and has the retention rates to prove it. You’ll get flexible/hybrid working, genuine career progression, and the backing of a well‑resourced, multidisciplinary team.