Fire Engineer

Houses of Parliament Restoral and Renewal Programme; London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious restoration project in London seeks an experienced Fire Engineer to oversee fire safety standards and design aspects. You will work closely with supply chains and stakeholders, ensuring the safety of a UNESCO heritage building. Ideal candidates should be Chartered Fire Engineers with strong experience in safety cases and producing related reports. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

30 days holiday plus public holidays

Discretionary bonus

Life assurance

Group Income Protection

Pension – up to 10% employer contribution

Up to 5 days paid volunteering

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Professional Body Fees paid

Qualifications

• Chartered Fire Engineer with demonstrable experience in fire safety.
• Experience in producing fire engineering reports and documents.
• Strong understanding of technical design and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Champion the delivery of fire safety across supply chain partners.
• Provide assurance on fire safety design and manage procurement activities.
• Act as custodian of fire safety matters during restoration.

Skills

Chartered status

Safety case experience

Fire engineering reports

Job description

This is a hybrid role with 2 days minimum in London office

We are seeking an experience Fire Engineer to join our engineering team within the Palace of Westminster restoration programme. The Fire Engineer will be the Programme's technical expert, scoping design activity and working with third party partners, external stakeholders and within Parliament to own the standards for design, implementation and operation.

The Fire Engineer will be the champion of best in class delivery of fire safety across a variety of supply chain partners to ensure a consistently high standard for design, construction, commissioning and handover activities. This is a key role in a small team and you will be the technical expert, providing assurance of the fire safety design, be the key interface for fire safety, acting as Parliaments custodian of fire safety matters when the building is not under Parliament's possession, whilst managing supply chain and procurement activity focussing on technical evaluation.

You will be a Chartered Fire Engineer with demonstrable experience within the field. Working with our supply chain and assuring technical design you will have safety case experience as well as experience in the production of fire engineering reports and documents.

This is a unique opportunity to work on a key UNESCO heritage building, so if you feel you have the relevant skills and experience we would love to hear from you.

You can view the full job descriptionhere

Salary circa £100,000 per annum

Benefits include:

• 30 days holiday plus public holidays
• Discretionary bonus scheme depending on both corporate and individual performance
• Life assurance of 4 x salary death in service
• Group Income Protection
• Pension – up to 10% employer contribution
• Up to 5 days paid volunteering
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional Body Fees paid
• Working in a hybrid / smart way

We are committed to promoting diversity andequal opportunities in employment. We are building diverse teams and seek to attract and retain talented individuals from a range of backgrounds and cultures to join us on this hugely challenging and important project.

Please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter, statingyour suitability for the role and if you believe you have any current or potential conflicts of interest relating to this position.

We look forward to receiving your completed application by12 noon on 18 August 2025.

Security

Successful candidates will be required to complete security vetting to a minimum Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level obtained through the Parliamentary Security Department (PSD). Candidates are required to pass these checks before a start date can be confirmed.

Applicants should also be aware that, depending on the role applied for, if they have resided outside of the UK for a total of more than two of the last five years, they may not be eligible for vetting.