Senior Fire Engineer – Foster + Partners
Location: London
As part of the Fire Safety Team, you will apply evidence‑based fire engineering principles, guide project teams through risk‑based decision‑making, contribute to technical reviews and support the practice in maintaining industry‑leading fire safety standards throughout all project stages.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive a proactive, holistic and risk‑based approach to fire safety across complex design projects.
- Provide fire engineering advice to architectural and engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Review fire strategies, reports and design documentation from both internal and external contributors.
- Develop and communicate fire safety design options and identify project‑specific constraints and opportunities.
- Support the growth, visibility and technical development of the Fire Safety Team.
Qualifications
- Chartered (or working toward Chartered) Engineer status with strong fire engineering experience.
- Proven capability in qualitative/quantitative risk assessment, deterministic analysis and related safety methods.
- Strong understanding of international codes, regulations and guidance frameworks.
- Degree in a relevant engineering, architectural or technical discipline.
- Experience interpreting design information and producing clear fire safety documentation.
- Proficiency with tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Desirable: experience with advanced modelling methods such as CFD, FEA or probabilistic analysis.
Benefits
We offer a benefits package designed to help you thrive professionally and personally, including private medical insurance for you and your family, life assurance, personal travel insurance, wellbeing support such as virtual GP services, mental health support and lifestyle coaching, and discount programmes for various retailers. On our London campus, we have subsidised catering facilities and host regular social events and sports activities for everyone to enjoy.
To support you in building a meaningful career, the practice offers opportunities to develop both your technical and non‑technical skills through continuous learning, professional development support, and knowledge sharing and insights from experienced colleagues.
If our designs spark your curiosity and you would like to contribute to solving complex challenges with local and global impact, we invite you to join our team. You’ll be challenged and inspired, collaborating on extraordinary projects in an environment designed to cultivate excellence.
Details on how we process and retain applicant data are set out in our PreHire Privacy Notice.
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Location: London
As part of the Fire Safety Team, you will apply evidence‑based fire engineering principles, guide project teams through risk‑based decision‑making, contribute to technical reviews and support the practice in maintaining industry‑leading fire safety standards throughout all project stages.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive a proactive, holistic and risk‑based approach to fire safety across complex design projects.
- Provide fire engineering advice to architectural and engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Review fire strategies, reports and design documentation from both internal and external contributors.
- Develop and communicate fire safety design options and identify project‑specific constraints and opportunities.
- Support the growth, visibility and technical development of the Fire Safety Team.
Qualifications
- Chartered (or working toward Chartered) Engineer status with strong fire engineering experience.
- Proven capability in qualitative/quantitative risk assessment, deterministic analysis and related safety methods.
- Strong understanding of international codes, regulations and guidance frameworks.
- Degree in a relevant engineering, architectural or technical discipline.
- Experience interpreting design information and producing clear fire safety documentation.
- Proficiency with tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Desirable: experience with advanced modelling methods such as CFD, FEA or probabilistic analysis.
Benefits
We offer a benefits package designed to help you thrive professionally and personally, including private medical insurance for you and your family, life assurance, personal travel insurance, wellbeing support such as virtual GP services, mental health support and lifestyle coaching, and discount programmes for various retailers. On our London campus, we have subsidised catering facilities and host regular social events and sports activities for everyone to enjoy.
To support you in building a meaningful career, the practice offers opportunities to develop both your technical and non‑technical skills through continuous learning, professional development support, and knowledge sharing and insights from experienced colleagues.
If our designs spark your curiosity and you would like to contribute to solving complex challenges with local and global impact, we invite you to join our team. You’ll be challenged and inspired, collaborating on extraordinary projects in an environment designed to cultivate excellence.
Details on how we process and retain applicant data are set out in our PreHire Privacy Notice.
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