Senior Fire Engineer

Foster + Partners; Greater London; In loco; GBP 70.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Personal travel insurance

Wellbeing support

Catering facilities

Descrizione del lavoro

Foster + Partners in London is seeking a Senior Fire Engineer to shape safe, compliant design solutions across global projects. You will work within the Fire Safety Team, applying evidence-based fire engineering principles and guiding project teams through risk-based decision-making.

The role offers opportunities to contribute to technical reviews, develop fire safety options, and support the team's growth.

Competenze

• Chartered Engineer status or working toward it.
• Strong fire engineering experience.
• Experience with qualitative/quantitative risk assessment and deterministic analyses.
• Understanding of international codes, regulations and guidance frameworks.
• Degree in engineering, architecture or technical discipline.
• Experience interpreting design information and producing fire safety documentation.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Desirable: CFD/FEA or probabilistic analysis.

Mansioni

• Provide fire engineering advice to architectural and engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Review fire strategies, reports and design documentation from internal and external contributors.
• Develop and communicate fire safety design options and identify project constraints and opportunities.
• Support the growth, visibility and technical development of the Fire Safety Team.

Conoscenze

Fire engineering

Risk assessment

CFD modelling

FEA modelling

Probabilistic analysis

Code compliance

Formazione

Engineering degree

Strumenti

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Descrizione del lavoro

Senior Fire Engineer

Department: Fire Safety

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Austin Relton

Description

As a Senior Fire Engineer at Foster + Partners, you will help shape safe, innovative and compliant design solutions across global architectural and engineering projects. Working as part of the Fire Safety Team, you will apply evidence-based fire engineering principles, guide project teams through risk-based decision-making, contribute to technical reviews and support the practice in maintaining industry leading fire safety standards throughout all project stages.

This role is ideal if you want to:

• Drive a proactive, holistic and risk-based approach to fire safety across complex design projects.
• Provide fire engineering advice to architectural and engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Review fire strategies, reports and design documentation from both internal and external contributors.
• Develop and communicate fire safety design options and identify project-specific constraints and opportunities.
• Support the growth, visibility and technical development of the Fire Safety Team.

What you will bring to the team:

• Chartered (or working toward Chartered) Engineer status with strong fire engineering experience.
• Proven capability in qualitative/quantitative risk assessment, deterministic analysis and related safety methods.
• Strong understanding of international codes, regulations and guidance frameworks.
• Degree in a relevant engineering, architectural or technical discipline.
• Experience interpreting design information and producing clear fire safety documentation.
• Proficiency with tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Desirable: experience with advanced modelling methods such as CFD, FEA or probabilistic analysis.

What we offer:

We offer a benefits package designed to help you thrive professionally and personally. This includes: private medical insurance for you and your family; life assurance; personal travel insurance; access to a range of wellbeing support, comprising virtual GP services, mental health support and lifestyle coaching; as well as discount programmes for various retailers. On our London campus, we have subsidised catering facilities and host regular social events, and sports activities, for everyone to enjoy.

To support you in building a meaningful career, the practice offers opportunities to develop both your technical and non-technical skills through continuous learning, professional development support, and knowledge sharing and insights from experienced colleagues.