Job Description
Fire Engineering Lead
My client is looking for an experienced Fire Engineering Lead to take ownership of fire engineering across the business and help shape the direction of their growing team. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong technical capability with natural leadership, excellent people skills, and a proactive approach to project delivery. It is a mostly remote role (with an option of being in an office if preferred).
About the Role
As the Fire Engineering Lead, you will oversee all fire-related deliverables across a diverse portfolio of projects, including large-scale residential developments, hotels, and data centres. You will manage team workloads, provide technical guidance, and ensure high-quality outputs. Youll also play a key role in supporting bids and tenders and nurturing strong relationships with clients and project partners. While winning work is not the core focus, the ability to support business development is a valuable bonus.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the fire engineering team, including workload planning, mentoring, and performance oversight.
- Take ownership of fire engineering outputs across the business, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance with relevant standards.
- Develop fire strategies and produce high-quality fire engineering reports for complex projects.
- Provide technical input during design stages and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.
- Engage directly with clients, project teams, and external stakeholders to provide clear, confident advice.
- Support the preparation of bids, tenders, and fee proposals.
- Represent the fire engineering discipline in internal and external meetings.
- Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and best practice within the team.
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in a senior fire engineering role, ideally with exposure to large-scale residential, hotel, or data centre projects.
- Strong understanding of fire safety design principles and relevant codes/standards.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage workloads, and deliver projects on time.
- Excellent communication and people skills; able to build trust with clients and colleagues.
- Strong report writing skills, particularly in fire strategy development.
- Experience supporting tenders or business development activities is advantageous.
- Chartered or working toward chartership (IFE or equivalent) preferred.
What Were Looking For
A technically strong fire engineer who thrives in a leadership role, can take full ownership of the discipline, and acts as a trusted advisor both internally and externally. Someone collaborative, people-focused, and motivated to contribute to the continued growth of the fire engineering capability.
If you think this could be for you or someone you know, please get in touch today.
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