Senior Fire Engineer — Risk-Based Fire Safety Lead

Foster + Partners

Greater London

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Skills

Fire engineering
Risk assessment
CFD modelling
FEA modelling
Probabilistic analysis
Code compliance

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Outlook

Job description

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.

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