Senior Fire Safety Engineer: Facades & External Walls Lead

SHV Holdings NV; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Health Care Benefits

Company Bonus Scheme

Pension Contributions

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

24/7 GP Service

Cycle to Work Scheme

Eye Care Vouchers

Job summary

Kiwa Fire Safety Compliance in the UK is seeking a Senior Fire Safety Engineer with a specialism in facades and external wall systems to lead risk appraisals and related work. You will review drawings, perform site inspections, and apply PAS 9980 methodologies to produce concise technical reports for a range of stakeholders.

You will provide high‑level technical support, manage projects, grow the team, and travel to sites as required.

Qualifications

• Degree in fire engineering or related discipline and/or significant experience in external wall appraisals and remediation.
• Membership in a recognised professional organisation, with progress towards CEng or IEng status.
• Strong understanding of construction techniques, fire performance of external wall materials, cavity barriers, fire stops, and fire breaks.
• Familiarity with passive fire protection products, fire testing procedures, and relevant regulations/standards.
• Experience conducting intrusive surveys of external walls on new and existing buildings.
• Ability to interpret architectural drawings and specifications accurately.
• Skilled in preparing clear technical reports for non-technical audiences.
• In-depth knowledge of fire safety design legislation and guidance for various building types.
• Understanding of fire risk assessment processes.
• Ability to work safely at heights using scaffolding, elevated platforms, and similar access methods.
• Excellent planning, organisational, and project management skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills, particularly in communicating technical matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage external wall risk appraisals and other external wall related work, ensuring delivery to agreed timeframes, quality and budgets.
• Review architectural drawings and specifications for external walls to verify fire safety compliance, carrying out desk reviews and site inspections on existing and new buildings.
• Assess external wall construction using PAS 9980 risk‑based methodology and prepare concise, high‑quality technical reports for a range of stakeholders.
• Provide high‑level technical support to clients and colleagues.
• Manage projects proactively maintaining utilisation, contributing to invoicing goals, and identifying opportunities to improve service delivery and efficiency.
• Build strong relationships with clients, external authorities and internal teams; handle enquiries professionally and travel to sites as required.
• Support team growth by assisting with sales enquiries.
• Progression within this role may include line management responsibilities of Fire Engineers and Graduate Engineers.

Skills

Facade expertise

External wall systems

Project management

Written technical reporting

Site inspections

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Degree in Fire Engineering or related discipline

Tools

PAS 9980 risk-based methodology

Job description

Kiwa Fire Safety Compliance in the UK is seeking a Senior Fire Safety Engineer with a specialism in facades and external wall systems to lead risk appraisals and related work. You will review drawings, perform site inspections, and apply PAS 9980 methodologies to produce concise technical reports for a range of stakeholders.

You will provide high‑level technical support, manage projects, grow the team, and travel to sites as required.