Senior Fire Engineering Lead - International Regions

A rare, prestigious client-side opportunity has arisen for an accomplished, ambitious Fire Engineer to take on a region-wide leadership role with a globally renowned hospitality group as the Senior Fire Engineering Lead for EMEAA. This is an influential, newly created position in which you will be shaping fire safety strategy across a vast international portfolio, with direct impact on the safety of hundreds of thousands of people every day.

If you're a highly driven Fire Engineer, strategic, and ready for a role where your decisions genuinely matter, this is an opening that will not come around often.

The Senior Fire Engineering Lead's Role

As the Senior Fire Engineering Lead, you will serve as the EMEAA region's fire engineering authority. Working closely with Regional Safety Directors and a broad stakeholder network, you'll guide strategy, influence key decisions and ensure fire safety standards are consistently elevated across diverse jurisdictions.

Your role will blend technical leadership with collaboration, cultural awareness, and pragmatic problem solving. You will shape standards, support global consistency, and help local teams turn technical recommendations into meaningful, real-world action.

Key Responsibilities

Act as subject matter expert for fire engineering across EMEAA
Partner with regional safety directors to embed robust, risk-based fire safety requirements
Review, translate and communicate consultant findings to local teams in clear, actionable terms
Lead fire strategies for both new build and existing assets, including retrospective and remediation work
Navigate regional codes and regulations, providing clarity and confident guidance
Build capability through tools, training and resources
Support incident response and investigations where required
Contribute to global consistency in fire safety systems and processes

The Senior Fire Engineering Lead

Degree or formal qualification in Fire Engineering (or closely related fire safety discipline)
Strong knowledge of fire codes, engineering principles and performance-based design

Experience with both design-stage and retrospective fire strategies
Confident working with multiple regions and cultures
Skilled at communicating technical information to non-technical stakeholders
Strategic, influential and able to build trusted relationships
Ambitious, proactive, and motivated to shape and elevate a newly created role

In Return

£75,000 - £85,000 salary
Exceptional annual bonus scheme (up to 20% of salary)
Hybrid working with 3 days per week in the East Berkshire office (30 minutes from London)
Free breakfast
Free all-day barista coffee
Working alongside a supportive, high-performing, ego-free team
25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
Plus 3 additional recharge days
Plus 2 paid volunteer days
Up to 70% off global hotel and dining experiences, from everyday stays to luxury destinations (worth thousands of pounds)
Discounted rates can be gifted to family and friends
Pension match up to 12%
Access to discounted private healthcare group scheme

If you are a Fire Engineer or other fire safety professional and considering your career opportunities, then contact Stuart Miller at Brandon James.

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