Senior Fire Engineer

tdm recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Chartership support

CPD budget

Job summary

tdm recruitment is seeking a Senior Fire Engineer for a major UK contractor in Greater Manchester to own a remediation portfolio across the North West. The role blends technical authorship with construction delivery, writing the retrospective strategy and verifying installed cavity barriers on site.

You'll lead a small regional team, mentor engineers, and shape the northern function with hybrid site presence. A strong background in PAS 9980 and passive fire protection is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Fire Engineering or a closely related discipline, with CEng or IEng registration or clear progress toward it.
• Consultancy or specialist advisory background with genuine hands-on exposure to retrospective fire strategies, EWS1-related assessments or PAS 9980 work.
• Strong working knowledge of BS 9999, BS 9991, BS 7974, Approved Document B and the Building Safety Act as applied to occupied HRBs.
• Real depth in passive fire protection systems, particularly external wall build-ups, cavity barriers, fire stopping and their interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead retrospective fire strategy work for higher-risk residential buildings using PAS 9980 and site evidence.
• Direct external wall fire assessments across remediation: cladding, cavity barriers, fire stopping, insulation and membranes.
• Run QA inspections during remediation to verify passive fire protection matches design.
• Review contractor submissions and site queries as works progress.
• Own Building Safety Case and Golden Thread records.
• Engage with GM Fire Service and Building Control on live schemes.
• Support BSR gateway processes for occupied HRBs.
• Mentor Fire Engineers and contribute to internal guidance.

Skills

Fire engineering degree

CEng/IEng eligibility

Retrospective fire strategies

PAS 9980 knowledge

External wall fire protection

Cavity barriers

Site QA inspections

Education

Degree in Fire Engineering

Job description

Greater Manchester has one of the densest concentrations of post-war and early-2000s residential tower stock outside London, and a fair proportion of it is now mid-remediation or queued up waiting for it.

Our client, a major UK contractor with an established in-house design and engineering function, has built a genuine northern remediation pipeline off the back of that, and they're looking for a Senior Fire Engineer to take real ownership of it rather than fly in from a regional office once a fortnight.

The work is heavily facade-led. Cavity barriers that were never installed correctly the first time. Insulation and membrane build-ups that don't match the original as-built drawings. Fire stopping details that looked fine on paper and turned out to be a different story sixteen storeys up. If you've spent years in consultancy assessing these systems from a desk and occasionally getting up a scaffold to check your own work, this is the version where the scaffold visit isn't the exception, it's most weeks.

THE ROLE

You'll take ownership of a portfolio of existing HRBs across Greater Manchester and the wider North West, working under the Head of Fire Engineering, with a small regional team building out around you. The role sits genuinely between technical authorship and construction delivery: you'll write the retrospective strategy, then you'll be the one checking the installed cavity barriers against it a few months later. There's also real appetite here to build a proper northern presence for the in-house function, so there's scope to shape how the team grows, not just fill a seat in it.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Leading retrospective fire strategy work for existing higher-risk residential buildings, using PAS 9980 methodology, site evidence and as-built record review
• Directing external wall fire assessments across a facade remediation programme, covering cladding systems, cavity barriers, fire stopping, insulation and membrane interfaces
• Running construction-stage QA inspections on remediation contracts, verifying installed passive fire protection against approved design and manufacturer system requirements
• Reviewing contractor submissions, product substitutions and site queries as remediation works progress
• Owning Building Safety Case documentation and Golden Thread records for your allocated buildings
• Engaging with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and local Building Control on live schemes
• Supporting Building Safety Regulator gateway processes for occupied HRBs within the portfolio
• Mentoring Fire Engineers within the growing regional team and contributing to internal technical guidance

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Degree in Fire Engineering or a closely related discipline, with CEng or IEng registration or clear progress toward it
• Consultancy or specialist advisory background with genuine hands-on exposure to retrospective fire strategies, EWS1-related assessments or PAS 9980 work
• Strong working knowledge of BS 9999, BS 9991, BS 7974, Approved Document B and the Building Safety Act as applied to occupied HRBs
• Real depth in passive fire protection systems, particularly external wall build-ups, cavity barriers, fire stopping and their interfaces
• Willingness to be on site regularly, not just on paper, including QA inspection work during construction stage
• Confident engaging directly with Fire and Rescue Services, Building Control and BSR caseworkers
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the North West

WHAT'S ON OFFER

• £70,000 to £85,000 depending on experience, plus car allowance
• A genuine regional portfolio to own, with the autonomy that comes from being some distance from head office
• Direct involvement in shaping a growing northern team, including who joins it
• Chartership support and a real CPD budget
• Hybrid working built around site presence rather than office attendance
• A defined route toward Head of Fire Engineering as the function expands across the North