Senior Fire Engineer
MOTT MACDONALD
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Job summary
Mott MacDonald in London is seeking a high-calibre Fire Safety Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will develop fire safety strategies, perform design reviews, and coordinate with internal and external teams on prestigious building and infrastructure projects.
The role requires chartered status or working towards it, strong knowledge of fire/smoke modelling tools, and experience with national and international fire codes. We offer a competitive package and agile working options.
Qualifications
- Chartered Engineer status or working towards it.
- Degree in engineering or science.
- Proficient in fire/smoke modelling tools and fire codes (NFPA, IBC).
- Excellent report writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Strong knowledge of performance-based fire engineering to national frameworks.
- Experience in building and infrastructure projects is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Develop fire safety strategies for diverse building and infrastructure projects.
- Perform design reviews to ensure compliance with codes.
- Collaborate with internal and external technical teams.
- Specify and interpret fire/smoke modelling studies (FDS).
- Manage fire engineering design work from concept to detailed stages.
- Coordinate site activities including surveys and familiarisation.
- Conduct peer reviews and maintain high deliverable quality.
- Engage with clients and develop strong relationships.
- Support business development and resource planning.
- Use company finance systems to manage projects.
Skills
Education
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Job description
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you're surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
Are you a talented fire safety engineer looking to make a significant impact on some of the world's most prestigious projects? Mott MacDonald is seeking a high-calibre professional to join our dynamic team in London. We deliver innovative fire strategies and performance-based solutions across a wide range of sectors, including airports, healthcare, retail, education, residential, hospitality, public buildings, sports facilities, rail stations, heritage sites, military installations, and power plants.
- Develop Fire Safety Strategies: Create comprehensive fire safety plans for diverse building and infrastructure projects.
- Design Review: Analyse and ensure designs meet current codes of practice, providing bespoke solutions to unique fire engineering challenges.
- Collaborate: Work closely with internal and external technical teams to offer the best advice for our clients.
- Fire and Smoke Modelling: Specify and interpret studies, with experience in Fire Dynamics Simulator being a plus.
- Project Management: Oversee fire engineering design work from concept to detailed stages, ensuring quality and adherence to budget and timelines.
- Site Coordination: Supervise site-based activities, including building familiarisation and surveys.
- Quality Assurance: Conduct formal peer reviews and maintain high standards in all deliverables.
- Client Engagement: Liaise with stakeholders, provide technical advice, and develop strong client relationships.
- Business Development: Support business growth and assist with resource planning.
- Project Management: Manage projects using company finance systems when needed.
- Ideally, you are a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council UK or equivalent, or working towards it.
- Degree in a relevant engineering or science discipline.
- Proficient in fire/smoke modelling tools (CFD, zone models, evacuation models) and experienced with UK and international fire codes (NFPA, IBC, etc.).
- Excellent report writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Strong knowledge and experience in performance-based fire engineering to national frameworks.
- Experience in both building and infrastructure projects is highly desirable.
At Mott MacDonald, you'll be part of a collaborative team that works on some of the largest and most exciting projects globally. We offer a supportive environment where your expertise will be valued, and your professional growth will be encouraged.
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which is paid.
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
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