Principal Fire Engineer

Principal Fire Engineer focuses on develop fire safety strategies to support compliance with building regulations and fire safety legislation.

What the role involves

• Develop fire safety strategies to support compliance with Building Regulations and fire safety legislation.
• Design fire protection solutions covering means of escape, detection, suppression and firefighting facilities.
• Conduct fire risk assessments and fire safety assessments for complex facilities.
• Undertake fire modelling using hand calculations, CFAST and CFD software.
• Supporting ALARP demonstrations and safety case development.
• Interpret and apply fire engineering principles to performance-based design solutions.

Skills and requirements

• Proven fire safety engineering experience within a highly regulated industry.
• Experience within nuclear, defence, government, energy, petrochemical, pharmaceutical or other high-hazard environments.
• Experience developing fire safety strategies and engineered fire solutions.
• Knowledge of prescriptive guidance including Approved Document B, BS 9999 and related standards.

Candidate fit

• technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving

Additional role context

• With an established reputation for technical excellence, innovation and safety, they support some of the UK’s most important infrastructure programmes.