Location
London, Greater London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With over 34,000 people across more than 30 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life by solving complex challenges together.

The Fire Engineer role involves undertaking fire safety engineering work, supporting design projects both within the UK and internationally. This primarily includes consultancy-based desktop reviews during initial project stages and supporting the fire safety discipline within Arcadis.

The role focuses mainly on the building sector, with opportunities to support other sectors such as rail projects, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of Arcadis and the broad range of services we provide.

Key responsibilities include fire engineering design, supporting project delivery within time and cost budgets, collaborating with clients, architects, project managers, contractors, subcontractors, and authorities to provide practical and compliant fire engineering advice and solutions. You will develop Fire Safety Strategy reports for new and existing buildings, conduct Means of Escape analysis including evacuation time calculations, escape route assessments, and evacuation strategy development.

You will apply and interpret UK Fire Safety Regulations and Standards such as Approved Document B, BS 9999, BS 7974, BS 9991, BB100, HTM 05, and keep up to date with emerging regulatory changes. For rail projects, you will work with standards including London Underground fire safety standards, Network Rail standards, and Railway Safety Principles and Guidance.

Additional duties include third party review and design verification, attending internal and external design team meetings, supporting Fire Risk Assessment report development, leading fire projects and teams at senior levels, assisting in bidding and fee proposal development, and mentoring junior staff and graduates.

Arcadis offers clear progression and career development opportunities towards senior leadership and director roles.

Experience
Recent demonstrable experience working in a range of sectors within a technical fire safety engineering environment. Proven application of fire safety engineering skills in a client-focused setting. Experience working in medium to large multidisciplinary environments. Confident in client engagement and building strong relationships internally and externally. Skilled in report writing, presentations, and communications. Membership or working towards membership of relevant professional institutions such as IFE, CABE, RICS, IET, CIOB.

About you
Robust problem-solving skills with accountability for assigned tasks. Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders. Motivated to mentor and support junior staff and contribute to their professional growth. Adaptable to working across multiple sectors including building and rail.

Qualifications
Relevant professional membership or progress towards membership is required. Additional desirable skills include:
- Hazard Identification
- Understanding of As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) principles
- Knowledge of PAS 9980, EWS1 forms, and Façade Engineering
- Familiarity with the Building Safety Act 2022
- Fire Risk Assessment principles
- Understanding of fire dynamics, heat transfer, and smoke behaviour, especially in underground and tunnel environments
- Basic knowledge of Active Fire Protection (AFP) and Passive Fire Protection (PFP) systems
- Basic experience with fire modelling simulation tools such as CFAST, FDS, Pyrosim, SMARTFIRE (desirable but not essential)