Fire Engineer

Howells Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Howells Recruitment is partnering with a Midlands-based passive fire protection consultancy seeking a Fire Engineer to design and deliver fire safety strategies.

You will work on existing buildings, HRBs, retrofits and new designs, ensuring compliance with UK Building Regulations and BIM coordination across disciplines. Travel across the UK is expected. Excellent communication, QA inspections, and ability to manage multiple projects are required; driving licence is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Fire Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience working in fire engineering or fire safety consultancy.
• Experience on existing buildings and HRBs, including retrospective strategies and QA inspections.
• Understanding of UK Building Regulations and fire safety legislation.
• Ability to manage workload across multiple projects.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Fire Engineering and Design: prepare fire strategies, calculations and assessments per UK guidance.
• Project Delivery and Risk Management: deliver projects on time and within budget, prepare reports and QA checks.
• Compliance and Regulatory Engagement: ensure compliance with Building Safety Act, Building Regulations and standards.
• Innovation and Knowledge Leadership: contribute to guidance notes, digital engineering and knowledge sharing across the team.

Skills

Fire safety consultancy experience

Multi-project workload management

Full UK driving licence

Education

Degree in Fire Engineering

Job description

Location: Midlands (will involve travel)

We are pleased to be working with this market leader in Passive Fire Protection who deliver trusted, high-quality fire protection services across the healthcare, commercial, residential, education, student accommodation, industrial, and infrastructure sectors. They pride themselves on getting it right first time, maintaining long-standing client relationships, and delivering work to the highest standards.

What You’ll Do

Fire Engineering and Design;

• Prepare fire strategies in accordance with UK Building Regulations, ADB, BS 9999, BS 9991, BS 7974 and associated guidance.
• Prepare retrospective fire strategies for existing buildings, including HRBs, using available records, site inspection evidence and relevant current guidance.
• Support external wall fire assessments and facade remediation projects, including review of facade build-ups, cavity barriers, fire stopping, insulation, membranes, cladding systems and interfaces.
• Produce fire engineering calculations and technical assessments to support design solutions.
• Undertake fire risk assessments and provide recommendations for existing and new buildings.
• Assist with smoke control, means of escape, structural fire engineering and passive fire protection assessments.
• Review active fire protection systems including fire detection, suppression and smoke management systems.
• Support the integration of fire safety into modern methods of construction (MMC), sustainable developments and digital design environments.
• Contribute to BIM coordination and ensure fire safety information is accurately incorporated into project models and documentation.
• Collaborate with architectural, structural and MEP disciplines to deliver coordinated fire safety solutions.

Project Delivery and Risk Management;

• Deliver allocated fire engineering projects safely, efficiently and within agreed programme and budget.
• Prepare technical reports, specifications and supporting documentation to company quality standards.
• Carry out site and quality assurance (QA) inspections to verify fire safety measures, including facade remediation works, cavity barriers, fire stopping and other passive fire protection, against approved designs and manufacturer’s or system requirements.
• Review contractor submissions, drawings and product information relating to fire safety systems.
• Support construction-stage fire assurance activities and identify deviations from approved fire strategies.
• Support post-occupancy reviews and continuous improvement initiatives where required.

Compliance and Regulatory Engagement;

• Ensure compliance with the Building Safety Act, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, Building Regulations and relevant British Standards.
• Assist with Building Control consultations and engagement with Fire and Rescue Services.
• Support HRB projects under the Building Safety Act and Building Safety Regulator regime, including the preparation and review of Building Safety Case documentation and Golden Thread information.
• Maintain awareness of changes to legislation, Approved Documents and industry best practice.
• Participate in internal technical reviews and quality assurance processes.

Innovation, Knowledge Leadership and Work Winning;

• Contribute to the development of technical guidance notes, standard details and engineering templates.
• Support innovation in digital engineering, fire modelling and sustainable fire safety design.
• Share knowledge and lessons learned across the wider engineering team.
• Maintain awareness of emerging fire engineering technologies, standards and research.

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Fire Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience working within fire engineering or fire safety consultancy.
• Experience working on existing buildings and HRBs, including retrospective fire strategies, facade remediation and construction-stage QA inspections.
• Understanding of UK Building Regulations and fire safety legislation.
• Ability to manage workload across multiple projects.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel where required.