Fire Engineering Manager

The Barbican; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the City Of London is seeking a Fire Engineering Manager responsible for design and engineering activities across various sectors. The role includes leading project teams, ensuring quality and compliance, and supporting innovative solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in BS9222 and BS9299, along with strong leadership and project integration skills. This offers an opportunity to work on high-profile infrastructure projects nationwide.

Qualifications

• Experience in Fire Engineering Management roles.
• Strong knowledge of design management and assurance systems.
• Proficient in conducting design audits and managing engineering resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering/design across projects to meet targets.
• Ensure compliance with design management and quality systems.
• Conduct design reviews and support graduate development.

Skills

Experience of BS9222

Experience of BS9299

Team leadership

Project integration

Technical excellence

Job description

We are looking for an Fire Engineering Manager with experience of BS9222 and BS9299 to be responsible for all design and engineering activities across sectors. The Engineering Manager ensures technical excellence, team leadership, and project integration across design, procurement, construction, and commissioning. Working closely with Project Managers and Heads of Discipline, they oversee internal and supply chain teams to deliver safe, high-quality, and value-driven outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering/design across projects, ensuring cost, time, and quality targets.
• Ensure compliance with clients' design management, assurance, and quality systems.
• Drive constructability, HSE best practice, and technical excellence through design reviews.
• Liaise with internal/external stakeholders to integrate requirements effectively.
• Provide accurate design estimates and resource planning; track design changes.
• Conduct design audits, resolve non-conformances, and manage sector engineering resources.
• Oversee documentation: design registers, RFIs, TQs, MARs, and risk registers.
• Perform CAT 1/2 design checks and act as Design Manager on smaller projects.
• Support graduate development and foster a collaborative, innovative team culture.

Our client is at the forefront of the mechanical, electrical and telecommunications market with expertise and long-standing experience across Rail, Highways, Power, and Tunnels. They have secured 7 - 10 years' work, on major and high-profile infrastructure projects, UK wide.