Senior Fire Engineer

Renlo Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working in London

Job summary

Renlo Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for a London fire engineering consultancy to hire a Senior Fire Engineer to lead commissions on residential and mixed-use schemes. You’ll drive fire strategies from initial meetings through construction, supervising graduates and juniors, and serving as the main client contact.

You’ll guide design teams, manage scope and fees, and contribute to process improvement with templates and digital tools, in a hybrid London role offering progression and impact.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering and solid fire engineering experience.
• Experience writing fire strategies for residential, mixed-use or complex buildings.
• Knowledge of Approved Document B, BS 9991, BS 9999 and BS 7974.
• Understanding of higher-risk building requirements and Gateway 2/3.
• Experience supervising or mentoring colleagues.
• Professional registration, achieved or in progress.

Responsibilities

• Develop fire strategies and carry them through design, construction and handover.
• Use engineering judgement and evidence, including performance-based methods under BS 7974.
• Support building control and Gateway 2 and 3 submissions.
• Lead client and design-team meetings, and be the main client contact.
• Manage scope, programme and fees on your own commissions.
• Mentor and supervise developing engineers.
• Help improve how the team works, from templates to digital tools.

Skills

Fire engineering expertise

Lead commissions & client liaison

Mentoring juniors

Project management

Strong communication

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

I'm recruiting for a London fire engineering consultancy that is looking for a Senior Fire Engineer to lead commissions on residential and mixed-use schemes.

They are looking for someone who's driven to make a positive change in the fire engineering industry. You'd be joining an experienced team that is helping shape where the industry goes next.

The role

You’ll lead fire strategy commissions from first conversation to handover, mainly on residential and mixed-use schemes for major developers and Tier 1 contractors. You’ll take each one through design and into construction, as the person clients rely on, and you’ll supervise the graduate and junior engineers who join you.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing fire strategies and carrying them through design, construction and handover
• Using engineering judgement and evidence, including performance-based methods under BS 7974
• Supporting building control and Gateway 2 and 3 submissions
• Leading client and design-team meetings, and being the main client contact
• Managing scope, programme and fees on your own commissions
• Mentoring and supervising developing engineers
• Helping improve how the team works, from templates to digital tools

What you’ll need

• A relevant engineering degree and solid fire engineering experience
• Experience writing fire strategies for residential, mixed-use or similarly complex buildings
• Strong working knowledge of Approved Document B, BS 9991, BS 9999 and BS 7974
• An understanding of higher-risk building requirements and Gateway 2 and 3
• Experience supervising or mentoring colleagues
• Professional registration, achieved or in progress
• Honesty about where your competence ends, and the confidence to challenge assumptions

Nice to have

• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status
• Higher-risk building submission experience, including answering Building Safety Regulator queries
• Experience in existing buildings, refurbishment or remediation
• Specialist skills such as smoke control, CFD, evacuation analysis, structural fire or external walls

What's on offer

• £65,000 -£75,000 salary plus benefits
• Hybrid working in London, with office, client and site time as needed
• 37.5-hour week, core hours 10 am–4 pm, with flexibility around project and workload