Senior Associate Fire Engineer - Multiple UK Locations

38 days annual leave, hybrid and flexible working, professional development support

Job Summary

Senior Associate Fire Engineer Job Multiple uk locations is an Other Jobs opportunity within a technically focused fire consultancy. The role covers residential, commercial, education, healthcare, transport and infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally. The position joins a technically driven and collaborative fire engineering team delivering innovative fire safety design solutions. Quality, collaboration and technical excellence remain central throughout the team’s project delivery and technical work. The position leads technical delivery across multiple fire engineering projects while supporting consistent project processes and technical outputs.

Responsibilities include design reviews, quality assurance, mentoring, client relationships and specialised technical initiatives across the wider team. The role also supports technical and commercial project requirements while managing several projects simultaneously. This senior associate role suits an experienced consultancy professional seeking technical responsibility within a collaborative environment. The opportunity also includes support for professional memberships, ongoing CPD and continued technical development.

About the Company

The employer is a respected and forward-thinking fire consultancy with a technically focused and collaborative fire engineering team. Its project work spans residential, commercial, education, healthcare, transport and infrastructure sectors across the UK and internationally. The consultancy focuses on innovative fire safety design solutions, consistent technical standards and collaborative project delivery.

Team members contribute to quality assurance, design reviews, technical development and project process standardisation. Senior staff also support mentoring and knowledge development across engineers and graduates. The environment suits professionals who value technical excellence, consistent project delivery and continued development within fire engineering consultancy work.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery across multiple fire engineering projects while maintaining consistent quality standards throughout each project
• Oversee quality assurance of technical outputs and chair design reviews to maintain agreed technical standards
• Mentor engineers and graduates while supporting their skills development, technical knowledge and career progression
• Drive standardisation of project processes, tools and technical outputs across the wider fire engineering team
• Manage several projects simultaneously while supporting both technical delivery requirements and commercial project considerations
• Build and maintain client relationships while representing the team’s technical expertise across project discussions
• Develop and lead initiatives within a specialised technical area, supporting research, development and continuous improvement

Skills & Experience Required

• Hold an MSc or equivalent qualification in Fire Engineering relevant to senior consultancy responsibilities
• Bring significant experience within a fire engineering or building services consultancy delivering technical project work
• Demonstrate strong understanding of UK building regulations and RIBA project stages across consultancy projects
• Hold Chartered Engineer CEng status or be actively progressing towards achieving Chartered Engineer status
• Show practical experience mentoring junior engineers and supporting their technical and professional development
• Communicate clearly through technical writing, project discussions and structured problem-solving across multiple project requirements

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• 38 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Enhanced company pension and private medical insurance
• Wellbeing support and support with professional memberships and ongoing CPD
• Cycle-to-work scheme and travel support

Who Is This Role Ideal For?

This role is ideal for an experienced fire engineering professional with significant consultancy experience and senior technical responsibilities. It suits someone with strong knowledge of UK building regulations and RIBA project stages. The position also fits professionals who can manage several projects while maintaining technical quality and consistent project delivery.

Candidates should be comfortable mentoring junior engineers, chairing design reviews and supporting quality assurance activities. Strong communication, technical writing and problem-solving skills are important across client and internal project discussions. The role also suits someone interested in leading specialised technical initiatives, research, development and continuous improvement. Chartered Engineer status, or active progression towards it, aligns with the stated requirements.

About Hunter Dunning

Hunter Dunning is a specialist property and built environment recruitment consultancy established in 2004, focused on quality and long-term partnerships in the UK and Ireland property and construction market.

We specialise in full lifecycle property recruitment, covering architecture, interior design, surveying, land and planning, fire safety and wider construction roles. We offer informed and confidential discussions for both clients and candidates and welcome conversations about this opportunity and your wider career plans within the built environment.

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If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV and portfolio. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time.

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