Senior Fire Engineer – Global Projects, Hybrid

Burohappold Engineering; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Salary and benefits package

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Buro Happold Engineering seeks a Senior Fire Engineer to join our multidisciplinary team across the UK. This hybrid role can be based in Edinburgh, Manchester, Bath or London, offering the chance to lead fire engineering on high-profile projects and mentor junior staff.

You will deliver fire and life-safety designs, perform complex calculations, and work with end-user clients and designers to realise ambitious architectural visions while maintaining programme and budget constraints.

Qualifications

• Leading fire engineering on UK-based projects.
• Higher education qualification in engineering or fire safety.
• Experience delivering fire and life safety designs for UK projects.
• Proven ability to gain approvals for prescriptive and performance-based designs.

Responsibilities

• Project manage fire engineering projects with the team.
• Inform and support building design aspirations throughout the design process.
• Involve in client care and general consultancy on projects.
• Responsible for financial performance including invoicing and monitoring of projects.

Skills

Lead fire engineer

Client liaison

Mentoring junior staff

Education

Engineering or fire safety degree

Tools

CFD modelling

Job description

Buro Happold Engineering seeks a Senior Fire Engineer to join our multidisciplinary team across the UK. This hybrid role can be based in Edinburgh, Manchester, Bath or London, offering the chance to lead fire engineering on high-profile projects and mentor junior staff.

You will deliver fire and life-safety designs, perform complex calculations, and work with end-user clients and designers to realise ambitious architectural visions while maintaining programme and budget constraints.