Principal / Senior Fire Engineer

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Company Description

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

AECOM is seeking a Senior or Principal Fire Engineer to join our offices in London, Manchester or Edinburgh. This consultancy role requires proven experience across various sectors and technical fire engineering applications in a client-focused environment.

In this role, you will work closely with office leads to oversee and develop a local team, providing guidance and mentorship with support from senior staff. You should have demonstrated professional experience and be ready for further growth.

This position is ideal for an established consultant seeking to advance their career or someone eager to expand their knowledge and design skills within a reputable and well-established fire safety consultancy.

What you'll do!

• Deliver from inception through to completion, with minimal senior oversight, CFD modelling, evacuation modelling and other forms of analytical fire engineering.
• Manage design projects, preparing, and reviewing the work of others.
• Demonstrate experience in a range of sectors and technical fire engineering applications - with a particular focus on UK regulations and markets.
• Develop approaches to solve new problems encountered using modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignments.
• Participate in interdisciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
• Lead the development of accurate cost estimates for technical efforts for projects.

Come grow with us:

And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

Requirements:

• Relevant degree or professional qualification.
• Work experience within a similar consultancy or other relevant business.
• Demonstrable experience in a range of sectors and technical fire engineering applications - with a particular focus on UK regulations and markets.
• Demonstrable experience managing the fire engineering aspect of small to medium sized design projects within agreed timescales and budgets.
• Experience providing guidance to entry level fire engineers.
• Experience preparing fee proposals and task variations for fire engineering activities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BSc or MSc in Fire Engineering or similar.
• Professional membership with the Institution of Fire Engineers or Engineering Council and progressing along the route to chartership.
• Demonstrable experience of leading and actively supervising a team of more junior engineers with regards to people and projects.
• A clear work history and proof of professional development and learning.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAdjustments@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

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