Fire Engineering Graduate Leadership Development Programme

London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities. We are on an exciting journey to achieve our vision of being an extraordinary airport, fit for the future. Through creating capacity, transforming for a digital future and focusing on people and planet, we will make every journey better.

The scheme

Engineering is the lifeblood of Heathrow. Fire Engineering plays a critical role in protecting our people, infrastructure, and operations. From terminal evacuation modelling and fire detection systems to fire suppression technologies and regulatory compliance, our fire engineers help ensure safety across one of the world’s busiest airports.

As a Fire graduate, you’ll join a team responsible for £14bn worth of assets, including 4 million square metres of airfield pavements, 125km of roads, 44 tunnels, 5 terminals, and the largest private water distribution system in Europe. You’ll help maintain, improve and future-proof Heathrow’s critical infrastructure, supporting the delivery of projects, airfield and infrastructure maintenance, drainage and water management systems, asset management, and sustainability initiatives that keep the airport operating safely, efficiently and resiliently for the future.

Our three-year professional development programme prepares you for engineering and management roles within engineering and asset management. The scheme is also intended to provide you with sufficient experience to meet the initial professional development requirements of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), which will allow you to apply for membership of the Institution at either Incorporated or Chartered level in due course.

You will gain a breadth of exposure across multiple business units, which could include:

• Airside and landside engineering
• Water management
• Heating & Cooling Systems
• Terminal engineering
• Technical Services
• Project Management
• Rail
• Asset Management

You will join us on significant projects and learn from our expert engineers, on a personalised programme that will consider your dreams, passions and skills.

Supporting you for success

Heathrow is a place where everybody belongs - and there are no limits on what you can achieve. Everyone who joins us on one of our early careers engineering programmes in this one-of-a-kind workplace is closely supported by mentors and managers, who help colleagues to shape their dream career. They will be there to help you build your networks, challenge your thinking and unlock opportunities.

You will also meet regularly with a dedicated mentor who can answer any questions you may have about the organisation and help you find solutions to any challenges you may face. Plus, you will have a 'buddy' to show you the ropes until you find your feet.

You will embark on a comprehensive and defined training route, while receiving one-to-one coaching from mentors, will build up your knowledge, experience and the leadership skills needed to succeed as a future leader  expectation is that you will go on to achieve Incorporated and Chartered Engineer status with us and, ideally, take a fast-track route into a managerial role. What do you dream of achieving?

What we’re looking for

To make it onto this programme, you'll need a genuine passion for engineering and be on track to graduate by August 2027, with one of the following Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE)-accredited degrees:

• Fire Safety Engineering (MSc)
• Structural and Fire Safety Engineering (BEng)

You can check if your degree is accredited via this link . Please only apply if you meet this requirement.

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