Fire Engineer

ECL Kontor; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Fire Engineer to join their Birmingham team. This is a rare opportunity to contribute to innovative life safety solutions and work on leading technical projects. The company, recognized as the largest fire consultancy in Europe, offers a supportive environment that promotes professional growth and encourages engineers to achieve chartered status. As part of a dynamic technical team, you will prepare fire strategies, manage projects, and engage with clients to ensure excellence across all endeavors. If you are passionate about fire safety and eager to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in fire engineering, preferably in consultancy.
• Bachelor's degree in Fire Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Prepare fire strategies for various buildings using relevant codes.
• Lead technical projects and manage client relationships.

Skills

Fire Engineering

Project Management

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Fire Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ADB

BS9999

BS9991

BS7974

HTM Guidance

BB100

Job description

At Jensen Hughes, we lead with our Purpose + Principles and value our people. Across our global partnership of experts, clients, and communities, we are recognized worldwide for our leadership in fire protection engineering, a legacy of responsibility we have advanced with pride since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related risk management fields — from accessibility consulting, risk and hazard analysis, process safety and forensic investigations to security risk consulting, emergency management and digital innovation. As we champion best practices, set industry standards and support communities with innovative solutions, we are making the world a better place.

We believe that creating and sustaining a culture of trust, integrity and professional growth fundamentally includes a sustained commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

At Jensen Hughes, diversity is ingrained in our culture -- we accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Our differences and uniqueness are celebrated and reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks.

Job Overview

Jensen Hughes have a rare and exciting opportunity for a talented Fire Engineer to join our market-leading Birmingham team and help us drive excellence across our projects and deliver world-class life safety solutions to our diverse client base in 2024! Our Birmingham team have had a record-breaking year with some truly impressive successes to shout about, now is a great time to join us.

Why join us to grow your career:

• We are the largest fire consultancy in Europe with offices located in Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Italy, and the UK & Ireland. Our reputation for providing innovative, design-focused solutions has made us the consultant of choice for many of Europe’s leading property clients.
• As a Fire Engineer at Jensen Hughes, you will be an integral part of a dynamic technical team, working with our experienced Engineers alongside other teams including our Forensics division you will work on the industry’s leading technical projects.
• Working with us offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
• You will be given early the opportunity to progress rapidly. Jensen Hughes encourages all Engineers to achieve chartered status and offers help and support during the process.

Responsibilities

• Preparing fire strategies for a wide range of buildings using ADB, BS9999, BS9991, BS7974, HTM Guidance and BB100 among other documents.
• Take a lead on Technical projects.
• Manage medium/large size projects including fee proposals and invoicing.
• Be the expert to our clients and that all-important first point of call.
• Lead discussions with design team, building control and fire service.
• Attend industry conferences to network and embrace industry trends and best practices.

Requirements and Qualifications

To set you up for success in this role from day one (at a minimum) the following qualifications/experience are required:

• A background in fire engineering preferably within a consultancy environment.
• A bachelor’s degree or higher within Fire engineering or similar such as Mechanical Engineering.
• Ideally working towards becoming a Chartered engineer.
• The ability to undertake works independently.

Jensen Hughes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.