Lead Fire Engineer

IFE; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave including bank holidays

9-day fortnight

Flexible working hours

Study support for CPD

Employee Referral Scheme

Private Healthcare Scheme

Participation in monthly wellbeing challenge

Job summary

IFE is seeking a proactive and experienced Senior Fire Engineer to join their team in the United Kingdom. This role includes producing fire strategy reports, attending client meetings, and conducting site assessments. Candidates must have a degree in Fire Engineering, at least 3 years of relevant experience, and strong communication skills. The position offers a hybrid working policy, 33 days of annual leave, and a company-backed pension scheme, ensuring a positive work environment and strong work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience working as a Fire Engineer within a Fire Safety Engineering team.
• Thorough understanding of ADB, BS 9999 and BS 9991.
• Working knowledge of regulatory controls and ability to develop fire engineering design solutions.

Responsibilities

• Produce fee proposals, fire strategy reports and relevant documentation.
• Attend client meetings and conduct site surveys.
• Review architectural drawings for fire strategy compliance.
• Calculate evacuation times and perform evacuation modelling analysis.
• Conduct fire engineering calculations, including smoke control and occupant evacuations.

Skills

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Project management

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Fire Engineering or equivalent Engineering discipline

Job description

Affinity Fire Engineering is a specialised fire safety consultancy firm servicing a diverse range of clients and sectors throughout the UK & Ireland. We have vacancies available and are looking for proactive and experienced Senior Fire Engineers to join the team.

We are a medium sized organisation that believes strongly in supporting equality, diversity and inclusion. We believe in creating a workplace environment that is open and inclusive and want our offices to be a happy and motivational environment for all our employees where everyone can be themselves.

Our company values are ‘people, quality and integrity’. It is of upmost importance to us that our engineers have a good work-life balance, and we go the extra mile to ensure that workloads are achievable within regular working hours. Likewise, we are committed to supporting CPD to enable our engineers to progress within the industry.

Responsibilities

• Production of fee proposals, fire strategy reports and other relevant documentation as and when required.
• Attend Client meetings, conduct site surveys and inspections and communicate the intended fire strategy to the design team and client through phone calls, emails and meetings as appropriate.
• Reviewing architectural drawings to determine potential fire strategy approval risks and opportunities to add value.
• Calculations of evacuation times - Means of Escape Analysis.
• Computational Evacuation Modelling Analysis.
• Solve, with support, fire engineering calculations including radiant heat, smoke control and occupant evacuations.
• Third Party Review/Design Verification.
• Assessment and understanding of the main UK fire safety legislation and standards applied to buildings.

Personal attributes

We provide consultancy services that are strategic, focussed on delivery, manage risk and benefit our clients.

• A creatively geared person who can understand risk and provide solutions.
• A self‑starter who is driven by results.
• Someone who takes personal pride in the quality of their work.
• You must be pro‑active and enthusiastic.
• A basis of understanding commercial management and resourcing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Team player who is willing to support and share knowledge with colleagues in the office.
• You must be able to demonstrate a real passion for your work.

Key requirements

• A degree in Fire Engineering or equivalent Engineering discipline.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working as a Fire Engineer within a Fire Safety Engineering team with some basic project management experience.
• A thorough understanding of ADB, BS 9999 and BS 9991.
• Working knowledge of regulatory controls and a proven ability to develop and implement fire engineered design solutions in the built environment.
• Enrolment to company bonus scheme, paid twice annually.
• Hybrid working policy with a real focus on work/life balance.
• 33 days annual leave inc. bank holidays
• 9-day fortnight where employees get every other Friday off with no expectation to make up the hours! Equates to an additional 25 days leave per year
• Flexible working: 8 hour working day structured to suit individual employees between the hours of 7am-8pm.
• Enrolment to company pension scheme, 5% employer contribution, 3% employee contribution.
• Study support available for CPD and relevant training.
• Employee Referral Scheme – we pay you a bonus for every Fire Engineer you recommend to us, who then becomes an employee of our business.
• Participation in monthly wellbeing challenge via Pacer, with cash prizes of up to £150 per month.
• Access to the company Private Healthcare Scheme
• Access to an EAP with 24/7 responses from doctors & healthcare professionals
• Become part of a fantastic team that believes in positivity, autonomy and being judged on results.