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 in more than 30 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life by solving complex challenges together. The Principal Fire Engineer role involves undertaking Fire Safety Engineering work, supporting design projects both within and outside the UK. This consultancy-based position primarily focuses on desktop reviews of design projects at initial stages and supporting the fire safety discipline within Arcadis.

The role predominantly supports the building sector, with opportunities to contribute to other sectors such as rail, reflecting Arcadis’ multidisciplinary nature and broad client services. Key responsibilities include fire engineering design, project delivery within time and cost budgets, collaboration with clients, architects, project managers, contractors, and authorities to provide practical and compliant fire engineering advice and solutions.

Typical activities include developing Fire Safety Strategy reports for new and existing buildings, means of escape analysis including evacuation calculations, assessment of UK Fire Safety Regulations and Standards (e.g., Approved Document B, BS 9999, BS 7974, BS 9991, BB100, HTM 05), and staying current with regulatory changes. The role also involves applying fire safety legislation and standards relevant to rail projects, such as London Underground and Network Rail standards, and interpreting international codes like NFPA standards.

Additional duties include third party review and design verification, attending internal and external design team meetings, supporting the development of Fire Risk Assessment reports, leading fire projects and teams, assisting in bidding and fee proposal development, and mentoring junior staff and graduates. There is clear progression and career development towards senior leadership and director roles within Arcadis.

Experience
Recent demonstrable experience in a range of sectors within a technical fire safety engineering environment. Proven application of fire safety engineering skills in a client-focused setting. Confidence in working with new and existing clients, building strong relationships internally and externally. Robust problem-solving skills with accountability for assigned tasks. Experience writing reports, presentations, and managing client and internal communications. Experience working in medium to large multi-disciplinary environments. Membership or working towards membership of relevant professional institutions such as IFE, CABE, RICS, IET, CIOB. Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards it.

About you
Professional, confident, and collaborative with excellent communication skills. Able to lead projects and mentor junior staff. Motivated to develop your career towards senior leadership roles. Adaptable to work across multiple sectors and disciplines. Committed to continuous learning and staying updated with industry regulations and standards.

Qualifications
Essential qualifications include Chartered Engineer status or progression towards it and relevant professional memberships. Additional desirable skills include knowledge of hazard identification, ALARP principles, PAS 9980, EWS1 forms, Façade Engineering, the Building Safety Act 2022, fire risk assessment principles, fire dynamics, heat transfer and smoke behaviour, especially in underground and tunnel environments. Basic understanding of Active and Passive Fire Protection systems and fire modelling simulation tools such as CFAST, FDS, Pyrosim, and SMARTFIRE is advantageous but not essential.