Fire Opportunities - Engineer up to Associate Director

Turner Townsend; Bristol; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK is seeking Fire Engineers at all levels, from Engineer to Associate Director, to join its dynamic team in Bristol. Candidates will work on pivotal fire safety projects, collaborating with experienced professionals and utilizing advanced fire modelling software. The company offers excellent training programs, career development opportunities, private medical cover, and a flexible working scheme, all aimed at cultivating a supportive and innovative work environment.

Benefits

Private medical cover

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

Stock options

Up to 30 days of annual leave

9-day fortnight scheme

Social and networking events

Qualifications

• Experience in a fire engineering consultancy role.
• Relevant degree in Engineering, Building Services, Maths, Architecture or Physics.
• IT literacy with fire modelling software.

Responsibilities

• Work with a multi‐disciplinary team and manage client portfolio.
• Attend design and site meetings.
• Travel to clients in the UK and internationally as needed.
• Use software analysis tools for modelling.
• Produce design deliverables and ensure stakeholder communication.
• Support invoicing and workload management.
• Mentor apprentices and graduates.

Job description

Fire Engineer Opportunities

We have exciting opportunities for a Fire Engineer at all levels (Engineer to Associate Director) to join in our Bristol, Glasgow, London and Manchester offices. Hoare Lea's Fire Engineering group is a leading team of experienced fire safety experts, many of whom are Chartered Engineers through the Institution of Fire Engineers. Being part of one of the UKs largest building engineering consultancies, we benefit from collaborating with some of the best engineers in the business, with access to state‑of‑the‑art technical support, and have the opportunity to work on some of the UKs largest and most high‑profile projects as part of a multi‑disciplinary team. However, the fire team also works independently on fantastic projects, with many in our team having developed long‑term relationships with many great clients. A particular area where we have invested heavily is training and research. We have numerous research groups within the team to ensure that we remain at the cutting edge of our discipline; this includes computational and numerical modelling, emerging fire risks, new techniques and even fire testing - we recently led the design and implementation of two of the worlds largest ever cross‑laminated timber (CLT) compartment fire tests in France, to successfully validate our detailed calculations for a highly sustainable timber office building project.

In addition to Hoare Lea's best‑in‑class training, the fire group have developed extensive additional training and development opportunities - weekly training sessions for everyone, regular training away‑days, innovation days and access to external training and conferences. We place a particular emphasis on enabling our team to achieve Chartered Engineer status - we have developed a programme for this and numerous fire engineers have obtained their CEng with us over the years. This is all enabled by our very experienced and highly qualified team. We are active in a number of key organisations such as the Society for Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), Smoke Control Association, BSI Group and Institution of Fire Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Work with colleagues within Hoare Lea as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, and also have a significant portfolio of long‑term external clients.
• Attend design team meetings, design workshops, client meetings and site meetings.
• Travel to clients or projects in the UK, and occasionally internationally, according to project demands.
• Work on software analysis tools – evacuation, smoke and fire modelling, heat radiation models and structural fire modelling.
• Produce design deliverables including specifications, drawings and schedules.
• Interact regularly with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring a communicative, collaborative and timely approach to delivery.
• Support timely invoicing, debt chasing, management of WIP and forward workload/resource planning for your own projects.
• Mentor and support our ‘next gen’ professionals including apprentices and graduates.

Qualifications

• Experience working within a fire engineering consultancy role.
• Relevant degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Building Services, Maths, Architecture or Physics, with a keen interest in Fire Engineering. Good technical knowledge in the primary discipline of fire safety design.
• IT literacy with a working understanding of fire modelling software analysis tools.
• Excellent communication skills and an interest in working in a team environment.
• Ability and commitment to effectively deliver to demanding timescales and good organisational and planning skills.
• Chartered engineer status is required for roles above Associate.

We also offer an extensive benefits package, including private medical cover, electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, stock options and up to 30 days of annual leave. You will be part of a human‑centric, planet‑conscious engineering consultancy with a 9‑day fortnight scheme, community groups, social and networking events and extensive professional and technical development schemes.