Senior Fire Engineer - Kensington

Senior Fire Engineer - Kensington, London

Senior Fire Engineer job in Kensington, London within a leading compliance consultancy. This hands‑on role involves leading fire engineering projects from design through to implementation. Salary up to £65,000 + bonus + 29 days holiday + hybrid working.

This opportunity is with a busy, growing consultancy delivering fire engineering and building safety advice across the built environment. The team works on high‑profile and complex projects across residential, commercial, education, hotel, and retail sectors – supporting clients with safe, compliant, and practical fire engineering solutions. They offer a collaborative, progressive, and supportive environment, and are open to considering candidates on a contract basis as well as permanent.

• Lead fire engineering projects from design through to implementation
• Produce fire strategies, fire engineering design, and CFD modelling
• Attend client and design team meetings (in person and remote)
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver compliant solutions

• Degree in Fire Engineering or related field
• 5+ years' consultancy experience in fire engineering
• Chartered (CEng) or working towards
• Proven experience delivering fire engineered solutions for UK projects
• Strong knowledge of UK fire codes and regulations
• Excellent report writing skills

• Salary £65,000 (flexible)
• Discretionary bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + birthday leave + Christmas shutdown
• Hybrid working
• Travel expenses to office and sites
• £50 monthly lunch allowance
• Training and development support
• Wellbeing programme and office perks
• Regular social events, team away days, and Christmas party
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave

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. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies.

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