Principal Fire Engineer

Overview

As a Principal Fire Engineer at AECOM, you will lead fire engineering work from concept to completion with minimal supervision. You’ll guide a local team, applying CFD and evacuation modelling alongside other analytical methods to solve complex fire safety challenges. Your experience across sectors and UK regulations will shape project approaches and cost estimates. You’ll drive interdisciplinary reviews, mentor junior engineers, and support chartership progression. This role offers growth within a renowned fire safety consultancy and exposure to high-impact infrastructure projects.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• flexible work arrangements
• well-being programs

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects from inception to completion with limited oversight, including CFD and evacuation modelling
• Manage design projects and review teammates’ work
• Apply diverse fire engineering applications with emphasis on UK regulations and markets
• Develop problem-solving approaches by adapting standard procedures
• Participate in interdisciplinary project reviews
• Lead cost estimation for technical efforts
• Lead Performance & Review for junior engineers by setting SMART goals
• Mentor less experienced staff toward Chartership

Key requirements

• Relevant degree or professional qualification
• Chartered status (CEng) in Fire Engineering or related discipline is essential
• Experience in a similar consultancy or relevant business
• Demonstrable experience across sectors with focus on UK regulations and markets
• Experience managing fire engineering aspects of small to medium design projects within timescales and budgets
• Experience guiding entry-level fire engineers
• Experience preparing fee proposals and task variations for fire engineering activities

• mentoring
• leadership
• cross-functional collaboration
• CFD modelling
• evacuation modelling
• fire engineering applications

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