Fire Engineer

Stantec Inc.; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is expanding its Fire Engineering capability within our Buildings business. As a Fire Engineer, you will lead projects, interact directly with clients, and shape how fire engineering is delivered across a growing team in the UK.

You will support complex buildings from concept through to handover, contribute to bid work and business development, mentor junior engineers, and help elevate technical standards while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams across national offices.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering fire engineering strategies for complex buildings.
• Confident communicator, able to present technical information clearly to clients and stakeholders.
• Experience working within a consultancy environment on multidisciplinary projects.
• Interested in contributing to business development and client engagement.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward chartership with IFE or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of fire engineering strategies across a diverse portfolio of projects from concept through to construction and handover.
• Coordinate with other disciplines, maintain quality across outputs, and contribute to technical delivery.
• Lead projects and guide design decisions while working with clients and stakeholders.
• Support bids and identify opportunities to strengthen client relationships, mentoring junior engineers.

Skills

Fire engineering

Client engagement

Leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward chartership with IFE or equivalent

Job description

You're a Fire Engineer who wants to take on more responsibility leading projects, working directly with clients, and contributing to how fire engineering is delivered within a growing team. At Stantec, you'll join an expanding Fire Engineering capability within our Buildings business, working nationally from any of our UK offices. You'll be part of a multidisciplinary environment, giving you the opportunity to contribute to complex projects while developing your influence across design, delivery, and team development., You will support the delivery of fire engineering strategies across a diverse portfolio of projects, working from concept through to construction and handover. This includes both performance-based and code-compliant design, ensuring solutions are technically sound, coordinated, and aligned with regulatory requirements. You'll contribute to technical delivery across projects supporting modelling inputs, coordinating with other disciplines, and maintaining quality across outputs. As your role develops, you'll take on increased responsibility in leading projects and guiding design decisions. You'll work closely with clients and stakeholders, supporting meetings, technical discussions, and project coordination. Alongside delivery, you'll contribute to business development activities, including supporting bids and identifying opportunities to strengthen client relationships. Internally, you'll support the development of junior engineers sharing knowledge, mentoring, and contributing to a collaborative and high-performing team environment.

YOUR IMPACT

You will contribute to the design and delivery of buildings that are safer, more resilient, and aligned with evolving fire safety requirements. Your work will support clients in navigating complex regulatory and technical challenges, helping to deliver solutions that are practical and effective. Internally, your impact will be seen in the development of team capability. By supporting others and contributing to technical standards, you'll help strengthen the overall quality and consistency of delivery while continuing to build your own leadership experience.

Key requirements

• Experience delivering fire engineering strategies for complex buildings
• Confident communicator, able to present technical information clearly to clients and stakeholders
• Experience working within a consultancy environment on multidisciplinary projects
• Interested in contributing to business development and client engagement
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward chartership with IFE or equivalent

Company Highlights

We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named 'Best Place to Work' and 'International Consulting Firm of the Year' at the NCE Awards 2024. The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients' vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today's challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success.

Benefits & Culture

• We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan supporting your continued development.
• We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment with access to multidisciplinary expertise across the business.
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - we want you to be part of it.
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and more.
• Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.