Senior Fire Engineers

Overview

In this role you will lead performance-based and code-compliant fire strategies for diverse projects, guiding design through concept to handover. You will chair technical reviews, oversee fire and smoke modelling, and ensure compliance with industry standards. You’ll act as technical lead on major bids and mentor junior engineers, shaping best practice across a multidisciplinary team. This is an opportunity to advance fire engineering within a thriving, values-driven firm that prioritizes collaboration and client outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Pension plan
• Holidays
• Free private medical insurance
• Discounted gym membership
• Flexible working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Lead performance-based and code-compliant fire strategies across healthcare, education, commercial, residential, life sciences and regeneration projects
• Provide authoritative guidance through all project stages (concept to handover)
• Oversee fire and smoke modelling (CFD), evacuation modelling and smoke control strategies
• Ensure designs meet regulations, standards, 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 client, architect, developer, contractor relationships; lead meetings and regulatory consultations
• Champion fire-safety integration across Architecture, MEP, Structural, Transport, Environmental and Project Management teams
• Contribute to growth of Fire Engineering service within the Buildings business in the UK
• Support work-winning activities, including fee proposals, bid writing and strategic pursuits
• Mentor junior Fire Engineers and support their pathway to IFE/CEng status
• Promote technical excellence, collaboration and knowledge-sharing within the team and wider business
• Contribute to internal initiatives and thought leadership within Stantec’s Fire Engineering community

Key requirements

• Experience producing fire strategies for complex buildings
• Proficiency 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 Stantec’s values

• Strong communication
• Collaborative mindset
• Mentoring and leadership
• Fire modelling (CFD)
• Evacuation modelling
• Smoke control strategies

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