Fire Opportunities – Engineer up to Associate Director Bristol, Glasgow, London or Manchester
Hoare Lea is a human-centric and planet-conscious engineering consultancy. We provide a wide range of engineering and consultancy services, including acoustics, air quality, building services (MEP), fire, lighting, security and sustainability to name but a few. We ensure that whatever the building, its design is outstanding, and its operations meet the needs of the communities it serves.
You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our 9-day fortnight scheme, thriving community groups, varied social and networking events, and extensive professional and technical development schemes. We also offer an extensive benefits package, including private medical cover, an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, stock options, and 25 days of annual leave (increasing with service), alongside flexible and hybrid working.
Hoare Lea’s Fire Engineering group is a market‑leading team of fire safety specialists — many Chartered through the Institution of Fire Engineers — operating within one of the UK’s largest building engineering consultancies. We deliver high‑profile, technically challenging projects as part of multi‑disciplinary teams and via long‑standing client relationships. Our work spans UK and occasional international projects and includes advanced research, numerical modelling and large‑scale fire testing (including two of the world’s largest CLT compartment tests).
Outstanding training and development: weekly sessions, away‑days, innovation days and conference access. Mentoring culture and opportunities to lead, influence and grow across a varied project portfolio.
Deliver fire safety design outputs (strategies, calculations, reports, drawings, specifications and schedules). Use fire‑modelling and analysis tools (evacuation, smoke, heat‑radiation, structural fire) to inform design. Coordinate fire requirements with architects, structural and building services teams to produce integrated solutions. Manage project commercial tasks: invoicing support, WIP monitoring and workload/resource planning for your projects. Travel to UK project sites and occasional international assignments as required.
About you (Engineer → Associate Director) Consultancy experience in fire engineering or closely related fire safety role. Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Building Services, Architecture, Physics, Maths or similar. Practical experience with fire‑modelling/analysis software. Strong technical knowledge of UK fire safety principles and design guidance. Excellent verbal and written communication, teamwork, organisation and time‑management skills. Proven track record delivering medium to large projects, client management and leading teams. Membership of relevant bodies (IFE, SFPE) and sector experience (residential, healthcare, stadia, timber structures) an advantage.
From there, successful candidates will be invited to attend a panel interview, either via Microsoft Teams or in person at one of our offices.
Adjustments and accommodations If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to help you participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence or anything else) please let us know.
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