Principal Fire Engineer

Overview

In this Principal Fire Engineer role, you drive fire safety consulting from inception to completion with minimal oversight, focusing on UK regulations and diverse sectors. You lead and mentor a local team within the Fire Team, collaborating with office leads to deliver high-quality outcomes. You apply CFD and evacuation modelling and other analytical methods to solve complex fire engineering challenges. This is a growth-minded opportunity at a well-established consultancy where your expertise shapes project success and client outcomes. Join a global firm that values development, teamwork, and impactful, safe infrastructure.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible hybrid working
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• comprehensive benefits
• well-being programs

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end fire engineering work (CFD, evacuation modelling, etc.) with limited senior oversight
• Manage design projects and review colleagues’ work
• Apply experience across sectors with emphasis on UK regulations and markets
• Develop novel approaches to solving problems beyond standard procedures
• Participate in interdisciplinary deliverable reviews
• Lead cost estimation for technical project efforts
• Oversee Performance & Review process for junior engineers with SMART goals
• Mentor less experienced staff towards Chartership

Key requirements

• Degree or professional qualification in a relevant field
• Chartered status (CEng) in Fire Engineering or related discipline
• Experience in a similar consultancy or relevant business
• Experience managing fire engineering aspects of small to medium design projects within time and budget
• Ability to guide entry-level fire engineers
• Experience preparing fee proposals and task variations

• leadership
• mentoring
• communication
• CFD modelling
• evacuation modelling
• fire engineering applications across sectors

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