Senior Fire Engineers

Overview

In this role you will lead fire engineering for complex projects across healthcare, education, commercial and regeneration schemes. You’ll guide performance-based and code-compliant strategies from concept to handover, while mentoring junior engineers and shaping best practice in a multidisciplinary team. You’ll act as Technical Lead on bids, drive client engagement, and champion fire-safety integration across disciplines. This is an opportunity to influence high-profile developments and advance Stantec’s fire engineering capability.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• pension plan
• holidays
• free private medical insurance
• discounted gym membership
• flexible working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Deliver fire strategies across diverse portfolios (healthcare, education, commercial, residential, life sciences, regeneration)
• Provide authoritative guidance through concept, detailed design, construction and handover
• Oversee fire and smoke modelling (CFD), evacuation modelling and smoke control
• Ensure compliance with regulations and Stantec quality processes (ADB, BS 9991, BS 9999, NFPA, EN)
• Act as Technical Lead on major bids and complex multidisciplinary schemes
• Build and maintain strong client, architect, contractor, and approval authority relationships
• Lead client meetings, workshops and regulatory consultations
• Support business growth, bid writing and strategic pursuits
• Mentor junior Fire Engineers towards IFE/CEng status
• Promote technical excellence and knowledge sharing across the team
• Contribute to internal thought leadership within Stantec’s Fire Engineering community
• Champion fire-safety integration across architecture, MEP, structural, transport, environmental and project management teams

Key requirements

• Experience producing fire strategies for complex buildings
• Proficient in FDS, PyroSim, Pathfinder or similar modelling tools
• Strong communication skills for presenting technical matters to clients
• Experience in a consultancy environment working on multidisciplinary projects
• Proactive, collaborative mindset aligned with company values
• Degree in Fire Engineering or related discipline; Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working towards with IFE or equivalent

• Strong communication
• Client-facing presentation skills
• Mentoring and coaching
• Fire modelling (CFD)
• Evacuation modelling
• Fire strategy development

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