Senior Fire Engineering Lead - EMEAA

Brandon James; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global hospitality group is seeking an accomplished Senior Fire Engineering Lead to shape fire safety strategy across the EMEAA region. This influential role requires strategic thinking and collaboration with regional safety directors to ensure fire safety standards are upheld. Ideal candidates will have proven leadership skills and a deep expertise in fire engineering, impacting the safety of countless individuals.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in fire engineering at a leadership level.
• Ability to influence and guide strategy across diverse teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills in a technical context.

Responsibilities

• Guide fire safety strategy across the EMEAA region.
• Act as a subject matter expert for fire engineering.
• Collaborate with local teams to implement technical recommendations.

Skills

Fire Engineering expertise

Leadership skills

Strategic thinking

Cultural awareness

Job description

A rare, prestigious client-side opportunity has arisen for an accomplished, ambitious Fire Engineer to take on a region-wide leadership role with a globally renowned hospitality group as the Senior Fire Engineering Lead for EMEAA. This is an influential, newly created position in which you will be shaping fire safety strategy across a vast international portfolio, with direct impact on the safety of hundreds of thousands of people every day.

If you're a highly driven Fire Engineer, strategic, and ready for a role where your decisions genuinely matter, this is an opening that will not come around often.

The Senior Fire Engineering Lead's Role

As the Senior Fire Engineering Lead, you will serve as the EMEAA region's fire engineering authority. Working closely with Regional Safety Directors and a broad stakeholder network, you'll guide strategy, influence key decisions and ensure fire safety standards are consistently elevated across diverse jurisdictions.

Your role will blend technical leadership with collaboration, cultural awareness, and pragmatic problem solving. You will shape standards, support global consistency, and help local teams turn technical recommendations into meaningful, real-world action.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as subject matter expert for fire engineering across EMEAA
• Partner with regional safety directors to embed robust, risk-based fire safety requirements
• Review, translate and communicate cons...