Principal Fire Engineer

About Us

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

Our Fire Safety Engineering team at Sweco has a core objective to provide strategic fire safety advice and develop fire safety strategies that satisfy the functional requirements of the building regulations, providing solutions that represent a mix of best‑practice, expert judgement and innovative fire engineering technologies.

We pride ourselves on our quality and technical expertise that underpins our full suite of Fire services; our approach is to listen and engage with our clients to anticipate the regulatory issues that will need resolving and work in partnership to deliver a successful project.

We are currently recruiting a talented and motivated Principal Fire Engineer to join our Fire Engineering Team in Manchester. This role can be worked flexibly, which to us means at least 3 days per week either in the office or on site with the remaining days  also offer the opportunity to flex your start and finish times.

Working on projects across multiple sectors you will provide strategic fire safety advice across the built environment developments including commercial, residential, infrastructure and transportation. This role presents a real depth and breadth of some of our most exciting project schemes and the opportunity to work in a team of highly skilled, talented engineers.

• Developing Fire Safety Strategies during Design and Construction stages.
• Preparing technical engineering analysis using relevant guidance documents and methods i.e. prescriptive and performance based.
• Supporting the team in developing technical knowledge.
• Carrying out site visits when required.
• Attending internal and external meetings.
• Overseeing and managing projects from inception to completion.
• Liaising with clients on a daily basis.

• A degree in Fire Engineering or similar, membership of the Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) or equivalent.
• Proven experience working in a similar role.
• Excellent up‑to‑date knowledge of Part B of the Building Regulations, Fire Safety Order and other relevant legislation and fire design guidance documents such as BS9999, BS7479, BS9991, BB100 and HTM
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• A proven background in fire safety engineering with an understanding of fire engineered solutions.
• Good problem solving/contingency planning skills with ability to find quick, innovative and practical solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to adapt your style to suit different audiences.
• Excellent consultancy, communication and relationship management skills.

Working for Sweco you’ll experience an inclusive, friendly and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop together. A meaningful career where you’ll help to transform society by being a trusted consultant to our clients.

As part of our Building Standards Fire division, and the wider teams, you'll work to maintain the highest standards alongside a team of innovators in a variety of projects, with regular training and bite‑sized learning opportunities.

We're committed to enabling all our colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests. We offer flexible and hybrid working, to ensure we have a healthy work/life balance, and ask our employees to have an office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.

It’s important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work – we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote…