Fire Engineer

Complete Security Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Mentorship

Project variety

Job summary

Complete Security Recruitment is seeking a Fire Engineer / Senior Fire Engineer for opportunities in London, Birmingham and Manchester. The role focuses on developing fire strategies and providing fire engineering advice across a range of projects.

The ideal candidate will have experience in fire engineering consultancy, strong report-writing skills, and a Chartered status or commitment to chartership, with clear potential for career progression.

Qualifications

• Chartered status or working towards chartership is advantageous.
• Experience in fire engineering consultancy and developing fire strategies.
• Strong knowledge of UK fire safety legislation, guidance, and standards.
• Excellent report-writing and communication skills.
• Ability to manage workloads and meet deadlines.
• Experience in multidisciplinary design teams.
• Mentoring junior engineers for senior role would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop fire strategies and carry out fire engineering assessments.
• Produce technical reports and review drawings.
• Provide practical fire safety solutions for projects.
• Collaborate with architects, contractors, clients and stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers for senior role.

Skills

Fire strategies

Fire safety legislation

Technical report writing

Communication skills

Project management

Mentoring juniors

Education

Chartered status

Job description

Fire & Security Role: Are you a Fire Engineer or Senior Fire Engineer working with fire strategies, technical assessments and fire engineering consultancy projects?

Paying up to £75k

What can you expect as an employee:

• Salary of £50,000 - £75,000
• Opportunities in London, Birmingham and Manchester
• Varied and interesting project work
• Genuine professional and career development
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced fire engineering professionals
• Increasing ownership of projects and client relationships
• Support towards chartership where applicable
• Competitive wider benefits package

The ideal candidate would have:

• Previous experience working within a fire engineering consultancy
• Experience developing fire strategies and providing fire engineering advice
• Good knowledge of UK fire safety legislation, guidance and standards
• Strong technical report-writing skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to manage your own workload and meet project deadlines
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary design team
• A technically strong and commercially aware approach
• For senior-level candidates, experience mentoring junior engineers and managing projects would be highly beneficial

Qualifications:

• Chartered status or a willingness to work towards chartership would be advantageous

About the role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fire Engineer / Senior Fire Engineer to join a growing and ambitious fire engineering consultancy, with opportunities in London, Birmingham and Manchester.

This role would suit an experienced Fire Engineer looking to develop their career, as well as a Senior Fire Engineer seeking greater responsibility, technical variety and the opportunity to work on high-quality projects.

You will work across a varied portfolio of projects, providing fire engineering advice from the early design stages through to completion.

Responsibilities will include developing fire strategies, carrying out fire engineering assessments and technical analysis, producing technical reports, reviewing drawings and specifications, and providing practical fire safety solutions.

You will work closely with architects, contractors, clients and other design professionals, attend project meetings and liaise with Building Control and other relevant stakeholders where required.

Senior-level candidates will take greater ownership of projects and may also support and mentor more junior engineers.