Location
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, reflecting Arcadis’ multidisciplinary nature and broad service offering.

Key responsibilities include fire engineering design, supporting project delivery within time and budget, collaborating with clients, architects, contractors, 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 and escape route assessments, and ensure compliance with UK Fire Safety Regulations and Standards such as Approved Document B, BS 9999, BS 7974, BS 9991, BB100, and HTM 05.

The role also involves staying current with emerging regulations, applying fire safety standards relevant to rail projects including London Underground and Network Rail standards, performing risk-based interpretations of fire safety documents, conducting third party reviews and design verifications, attending internal and external design meetings, supporting Fire Risk Assessment reports, leading fire projects and teams at senior levels, assisting in bidding and fee proposal development, and mentoring junior staff and graduates.

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

Experience
Recent demonstrable experience in fire safety engineering across multiple sectors within a client-focused environment. Proven ability to work confidently with new and existing clients, building strong relationships. Experience in report writing, presentations, and client/internal communications. Previous work in medium to large multidisciplinary environments. Membership or progression 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 multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders. Motivated to mentor and develop junior staff. Adaptable to working on diverse projects including buildings and rail sectors.

Qualifications
Technical knowledge and application of fire safety engineering principles including fire dynamics, heat transfer, smoke behavior, and fire protection systems. Understanding of UK fire safety legislation and standards, as well as international codes such as NFPA. Familiarity with fire modelling simulation tools (e.g., CFAST, FDS, Pyrosim, SMARTFIRE) is advantageous. Knowledge of Hazard Identification, ALARP principles, PAS 9980, EWS1 forms, Façade Engineering, the Building Safety Act 2022, and Fire Risk Assessment principles is desirable but not essential.