Fire Consultant

Thomas & Adamson International Ltd (part of the Egis Group) are an award-winning UK based consultancy firm specialising in project management, cost management, building surveying and safety services in the Buildings space. Over the last 90 years, T&A have been supporting and leading organisations through the challenges of procuring, delivering and operating their built assets. We do this across the UK, USA and Middle East.

The personalised nature of our expertise and advice gives our clients what they really want - greater confidence, more time and increased return on investment.

We are now seeking a Fire Consultant to join our team at Thomas & Adamson in Glasgow, Edinburgh or London.

As a Fire Consultant at T&A, you will actively lead on project delivery and assist with building the team and capability over time. This is an excellent and exciting opportunity to be involved with establishing and growing a fire engineering discipline in a rapidly expanding market (including cladding remediation, building safety, retrofit and complex refurbishment), working hand‑in‑hand with our Building Surveying, Project Management, Cost Management and Principal Designer teams.

You will also be able to draw on the expertise and global reach of our parent company Egis to accelerate service development, quality and market impact. The role will have a combination of hands‑on technical delivery and leadership: supporting with setting standards, mentoring colleagues, developing client relationships and propositions, and creating a resilient, high‑performing fire engineering service for Thomas & Adamson.

Our Fire Consultant Will Be Responsible For The Following

• Act as an integral interface between client, design team, contractors and approving authorities to achieve successful technical and commercial outcomes.
• Work on fire strategies for new build and refurbishment projects (e.g., BS9999, BS9991, Approved Document
  
  B), including performance‑based approaches where appropriate.
• Plan and deliver project scopes, budgets, and programmes; manage risk, change, and quality through the lifecycle.
• Provide construction stage support: design checks, site inspections, technical queries, witnessing/validation of fire safety systems, and review of O&M/Record information for handover.

• Produce and review fire strategies, compartmentation layouts, means of escape and evacuation analyses, smoke control concepts, structural fire resistance requirements, and fire service access provisions.
• Undertake and/or interpret modelling and calculations (e.g., evacuation modelling, smoke movement/computational fluid dynamics, radiation/tenability checks) and document engineering judgements and assumptions clearly.
• Specify active and passive fire protection systems (e.g., detection and alarm, sprinklers / watermist / clean agent systems, fire stopping, cavity barriers, structural protection); coordinate with MEP and architectural details.
• Prepare third‑party reviews/design verifications; develop retrospective strategies for occupied buildings; support remedial design for façade/cladding, compartmentation and fire stopping.
• Establish project‑specific compliance plans and evidence trails (e.g., BIM aligned), ensuring auditable golden‑thread documentation.
• Lead quality reviews and sign‑off of deliverables; maintain discipline standards, templates, and guidance notes.

• Lead fire risk appraisal of external walls (FRAEW) and retrospective strategy development for existing buildings, applying current guidance (e.g., PAS 9980 methodology) and local Building Regulations/Technical Handbooks.
• Diagnose external wall system risks (rainscreen/EWI, ACM/HPL, timber/composite claddings, insulation types) and define proportionate remediation strategies aligned with performance objectives.
• Develop or review remediation details: cavity barrier/fire‑stopping strategies, horizontal/vertical fire‑stops, window/door interfaces, balcony/soffit treatments, and service penetrations.
• Coordinate façade fire performance with structural and MEP requirements; align with relevant guidance, BS/EN…