Senior Fire Engineer

We're working with a major client leading Britain's high-speed rail infrastructure programme, and we're recruiting a Senior Fire Engineer to provide technical leadership on fire safety and fire engineering.
This is a leadership role. You'll be responsible for ensuring that fire safety and engineering expertise shapes the design and delivery of this nation's most significant rail infrastructure project. You're the strategic link between technical fire engineering requirements and what the leadership team needs to know to build and operate a safe railway.

You'll combine deep technical knowledge of fire engineering with the ability to work across complex interfaces including civils, rail systems, station design and infrastructure management. You'll develop standards and requirements, provide assurance on safety compliance, and translate complex fire safety challenges into clear solutions for senior stakeholders. Your work ensures the client meets its obligations as the Statutory Undertaker and delivers fire safety that works across the entire operational lifetime of the railway.

You'll be trusted to challenge designs when safety is at stake, collaborate across disciplines in a rapidly changing project environment, and maintain the expert knowledge that keeps the project moving forward safely.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the development of fire engineering strategy, requirements and standards across the project, from evacuation and compartmentation to detection systems and emergency response
• Provide technical expertise and assurance on fire safety compliance, working with designers and contractors to ensure designs meet fire safety legislation and technical standards
• Support the technical assurance process, reviewing safety arguments and technical files to demonstrate compliance to current fire safety standards
• Manage interfaces between fire engineering systems and other critical infrastructure systems including rail systems, civils and station design, ensuring integration is seamless and safe
• Conduct fire safety inspections and audits during construction, testing and commissioning stages, spotting issues before they become operational risks
• Work with Fire and Rescue Services at all stages of the project, from design through to operations, building the relationships and trust that ensure effective emergency response
• Engage across internal teams including Infrastructure Management, Railway Systems, asset teams and contract managers, translating fire safety requirements into practical delivery
• Support the Qualitative Design Review process, detailing fire prevention and protection issues that shape how the railway is designed
• Develop risk assessments under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, ensuring the project meets all legislative requirements
• Maintain your expertise in fire engineering and life safety, staying current with evolving legislation, standards and best practice
• Lead preparation of Emergency Plans and support the planning and execution of exercises that test the project's readiness