Fire Engineering Graduate Leadership Development Programme

Graduate Career Site RYI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Excellent benefits

Performance-based bonuses

Share in Success bonuses

Generous annual leave

Pensions

Private health insurance

Wellbeing tools

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Heathrow's Fire Engineering Graduate Leadership Development Programme in London (Hybrid) offers a three-year rotation through airside/landside engineering, water management, and terminal projects. You will be mentored by senior engineers and work to meet ICE requirements for Incorporated or Chartered status.

The scheme prepares you for leadership roles within Heathrow's engineering and asset management teams.

Qualifications

• On track to graduate by August 2027 with an IFE-accredited degree in Fire Safety Engineering (MSc) or Structural and Fire Safety Engineering (BEng).
• Willingness to explore different areas of engineering and demonstrate a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Gain breadth across airside/landside engineering, water management and terminal engineering.
• Join projects and learn from expert engineers on a personalised development programme.

Education

Fire Safety Engineering (MSc)

Structural and Fire Safety Engineering (BEng)

Job description

Fire Engineering Graduate Leadership Development Programme

London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities. We are on an exciting journey to achieve our vision of being an extraordinary airport, fit for the future. Through creating capacity, transforming for a digital future and focusing on people and planet, we will make every journey better.

The scheme

Engineering is the lifeblood of Heathrow. Fire Engineering plays a critical role in protecting our people, infrastructure, and operations. From terminal evacuation modelling and fire detection systems to fire suppression technologies and regulatory compliance, our fire engineers help ensure safety across one of the world’s busiest airports.

As a Fire graduate, you’ll join a team responsible for £14bn worth of assets, including 4 million square metres of airfield pavements, 125km of roads, 44 tunnels, 5 terminals, and the largest private water distribution system in Europe. You’ll help maintain, improve and future-proof Heathrow’s critical infrastructure, supporting the delivery of projects, airfield and infrastructure maintenance, drainage and water management systems, asset management, and sustainability initiatives that keep the airport operating safely, efficiently and resiliently for the future.

Our three-year professional development programme prepares you for engineering and management roles within engineering and asset management. The scheme is also intended to provide you with sufficient experience to meet the initial professional development requirements of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), which will allow you to apply for membership of the Institution at either Incorporated or Chartered level in due course.

You will gain a breadth of exposure across multiple business units, which could include:

• Airside and landside engineering
• Water management
• Heating & Cooling Systems
• Terminal engineering
• Technical Services
• Project Management
• Rail
• Asset Management

You will join us on significant projects and learn from our expert engineers, on a personalised programme that will consider your dreams, passions and skills.

Supporting you for success

Heathrow is a place where everybody belongs – and there are no limits on what you can achieve. Everyone who joins us on one of our early careers engineering programmes in this one-of-a-kind workplace is closely supported by mentors and managers, who help colleagues to shape their dream career. They will be there to help you build your networks, challenge your thinking and unlock opportunities. You will also meet regularly with a dedicated mentor who can answer any questions you may have about the organisation and help you find solutions to any challenges you may face. Plus, you will have a ‘buddy’ to show you the ropes until you find your feet.

You will embark on a comprehensive and defined training route, while receiving one-to-one coaching from mentors, will build up your knowledge, experience and the leadership skills needed to succeed as a future leader at Heathrow. Our expectation is that you will go on to achieve Incorporated and Chartered Engineer status with us and, ideally, take a fast-track route into a managerial role. What do you dream of achieving?

What we’re looking for

To make it onto this programme, you'll need a genuine passion for engineering and be on track to graduate by August 2027, with one of the following Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE)-accredited degrees:

• Fire Safety Engineering (MSc)
• Structural and Fire Safety Engineering (BEng)

You can check if your degree is accredited via this link . Please only apply if you meet this requirement.

We’re looking for people who are keen to explore new things, who enjoy a challenge and wants the opportunity to work in different areas of Engineering to help build capability. It’s also important for you to demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude, integrity, and a real passion for living our Heathrow values.

As our business continues to evolve, data and digital capabilities are becoming essential across all roles. We’re also seeking individuals who drive success, communicate with clarity and confidence, and embrace change with agility. Together, these qualities will help us build a future-ready workforce that can thrive in a data and digital environment.

If this sounds like you,we’dlove to hear from you!

What it's like to work here

There’s something so special about working at one of the world’s most iconic airports. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to begin a career filled with unique opportunities.

Discover a world full of fresh possibilities as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities, and experiences. You’ll be buzzing with stories to tell at the end of each day as you help us achieve our vision of being an extraordinary airport, fit for the future. There is a world full of pride for what we do, making every journey better - with no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while we transform for a digital future and ensure aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability and decarbonisation.

Join us on that journey through one of our emerging talent programmes and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too — supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself and backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Come and be part of our winning team - Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

• competitive salaries
• excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future
• performance-based annual bonuses
• our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans
• generous annual leave allowances
• market-leading pensions
• family friendly policies
• access to private health insurance
• wide range of wellbeing tools
• varied learning and development opportunities

Working Location

Our graduate programmes offer a unique experience of Britain's busiest airport. Most of your time will be spent on-site working, so you'll need to be based in the UK and within commutable distance to Heathrow.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

Right to Work

We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; therefore, applicants must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship at the start of the programme and beyond programme completion.