Fire Engineer

Calibre Search; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote UK-wide

Home office setup provided

Training and professional fees covered

Hot-desk option

Job summary

Calibre Search is recruiting for a Fire Engineering role focused on developing fire strategies for retrospective and new development projects. The role combines remote work with occasional site visits in the UK, supporting a growing fire engineering function within a sustainability and engineering consultancy.

The successful candidate will use fire modelling software to justify strategy decisions, survey existing buildings for FRAs, and work collaboratively with two other fire engineers and

Qualifications

• Strong background in active fire engineering.
• Comfortable using fire modelling software to justify strategy decisions.
• Experienced surveying existing buildings and producing FRAs.
• Able to work independently while contributing to a small, collaborative fire team.

Responsibilities

• Write fire strategies for retrospective projects and new developments.
• Survey existing structures and carry out fire risk assessments.
• Apply relevant fire standards and approved documents across varied projects.
• Take an evidence-based, software-modelled approach to strategy.
• Work alongside two existing fire engineers and senior leadership.
• Occasional site visits (roughly monthly), with rest fully remote.

Skills

Active fire engineering

Fire modelling software

FRAs (fire risk assessments)

Independent working

Tools

Fire modelling software

Job description

£45,000 - £65,000 | Fully Remote (within 2hrs of Central London) | Building Services Consultancy

This business is building out an active fire engineering function from the ground up, and they want someone who genuinely enjoys writing strategy rather than checking someone else's.

You'll be joining a fast-growing, fully remote sustainability and Engineering consultancy that's gone from a handful of people to a team of 15+ in under two years, working across data centres, residential, commercial, retail, healthcare and education projects. Fire sits alongside a broader in-house offer covering sustainability, BREEAM, BIM and structural design, so you won't be operating in a silo.

The Role

• Write fire strategies for both retrospective projects and new developments
• Survey existing structures and carry out fire risk assessments
• Apply relevant fire standards and approved documents across a genuinely varied project mix
• Take an evidence-based, software-modelled approach to strategy rather than relying purely on standards-based justification
• Work alongside two existing fire engineers, plus wider input from senior leadership
• Occasional site visits (roughly monthly), with the rest of the role fully remote

About You

• Strong background in active fire engineering, not just passive/sign-off work
• Comfortable and confident using fire modelling software to justify strategy decisions
• Experienced surveying existing buildings and producing FRAs
• Able to work independently while contributing to a small, collaborative fire team

The Business

A UK-based consultancy bringing together data analytics, sustainability and engineering to improve how buildings perform. Fully remote by design, with a genuinely flexible setup (they'll ship you a full home office, cover training and professional fees, and offer a hot-desk option for anyone who wants it). The team works across nearly every sector, is currently active on projects including large-scale data centre developments, and has been publicly recognised for innovation in the sustainability space. Culture-wise, expect a business that takes its technical output seriously without taking itself too seriously.