Principal Fire Engineer

Amentum; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Principal Fire Engineer to join their Energy business in Warrington. This role involves developing fire safety strategies, conducting fire assessments, and performing fire modelling to ensure compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will have fire safety engineering experience, proficiency with relevant prescriptive codes, and skills in using software like CFAST. Join a company that values its people and promotes a diverse and inclusive culture.

Benefits

Free medical cover

Enhanced parental leave pay

Professional development reimbursement

Employee assistance programs

Qualifications

• Fire safety engineering experience covering key responsibilities.
• Experience with relevant prescriptive codes (e.g. ADB, BS 9999).
• Experience in fire modelling for performance-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop fire safety strategies for compliance with regulations.
• Conduct fire assessments to support safety strategy development.
• Perform fire modelling using software to inform safety solutions.

Skills

Fire safety engineering

Fire modelling

Building Regulations compliance

Fire assessments

Education

STEM degree qualified

Membership of a recognized institution

Tools

CFAST

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Job description

Amentum will inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched‑funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

About the Opportunity

Amentum is currently recruiting for Principal Fire Engineer to join our Energy business.

The department is entering an exciting phase of opportunity by supporting our key client's UK nuclear fleet through a business transformation, and by supporting new small modular reactor developers. Our work is varied, covering New Build, Generation, Life Extension, and Defueling, and our capabilities are in demand across the nuclear sector.

This role will be based at one of our Energy offices (Newcastle, Glasgow, Warrington, Gloucester, Bristol or Knutsford). We put flexibility at the heart of what we do and we're happy to consider flexible working patterns.

Key Responsibilities

• Development of fire safety strategies to support compliance with the Building Regulations and relevant fire safety legislation. This includes the development of design solutions encompassing provisions for means and escape, detection and alarm, structural fire protection, suppression, and firefighting access/facilities for the fire and rescue service in accordance with recognised prescriptive good practice and/or fire engineering principles.
• Undertaking conventional fire assessments / fire risk assessments to support compliance with fire safety legislation and/or the development of cuideachdfire safety strategies, and to support ALARP demonstrations where non‑compliances exist.
• Undertaking fire modelling with the use of empirical hand calculations and software packages such as CFAST and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics in support of fire downsafety strategies.

Education, Experience and Skills

• STEM degree qualified (Desirable not essential)
• Membership opo aಿಸ പറിക്കുന്ന recognised institution (Institution of Fire Engineers – Desirable not essential)
• Fire safety engineering experience, ideally covering most of the key responsibilities listed above
• Experience of application and use of relevant prescriptive codes (e.g. ADB, BS 9999 etc)
• Experience of undertaking fire modelling in support of the provision of performance‑based fire safety engineered solutions (Desirable not essential).

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting onekiej another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.