Fire Safety jobs in United Kingdom

Are you passionate about Fire Protection solutions and looking to take the next step in your career? As we look to expand the team we have multiple opportunities based from our Manchester office.

In this role you will be supporting internal and external customers with passive fire protection engineering judgements, queries, specifications, and drawings. This involves working on detailed technical designs for passive fire protection systems.

• Working on technical enquiries for internal and external stakeholders. This involves designing and specifying firestop products, creating engineering judgements and technical drawings and advising on installation and performance of passive fire protection systems.
• Creating bespoke and customer tailored packages to meet project requirements.
• Analysing technical specifications / drawings / plans to advise the most suitable product selection while ensuring compliance with relevant standards.
• Collaborating with Fire Protection-related teams to address any technical queries and providing solutions / product specifications.
• Use internal reporting systems to archive queries, advice provided and ensure the thread of information.
• Working with and supporting the Fire Protection Team and related activities.
• Upkeep of CPD records, maintain competence on the latest Hilti Firestop products and ensure an up-to-date knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulations, ensuring that across all tasks,that all appropriate quality and safety standards are followed.

Degree in engineering, preferably in Structural/Civil, Mechanical, or other relevant Engineering fields.
Demonstrable experience in Passive Fire Protection / Firestopping.
Familiarity with construction techniques and site procedures, as well as building terminology. Specific knowledge of construction in the UK market is a big plus.
Excellent technical writing skills.
Proven ability to look at a technical & theoretical dataset and derive a practical solution. Ability to propose creative and innovative solutions while maintaining full compliance with regulatory and internal standards and upholding our safety standards.
Very good AutoCAD knowledge.
Strong ability to network and develop business relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
Capacity to communicate complex and technical information clearly, including to non-technical people and work effectively as part of a team.
Excellent written and spoken English communication is essentialWe’re more than just a company—we’re a community. At our core, we believe in empowering our employees to succeed both professionally and personally and supporting them every step of the way.We really value our people and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include:

• Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
• 6% employer pension contributions
• Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
• 33 days' holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually
• Paid leave to work on charitable projects
• Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback
• Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours
• Employee resource groups focused on gender, mental health, race, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability topics
• Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams

Our Regional Head Office is based at Circle Square in Central Manchester, where we are located a short walk from Oxford Rd train station and St Peter's Square tram stop. We offer a hybrid working pattern between the office and home and different ways to work flexibly so please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.