OpportunityPrincipal Fire Engineer who wants to lead at scale—across complex projects, client relationships, and the direction of a growing team. Join an expanding Fire Engineering capability within our Buildings business, working nationally from any of our UK offices. Combine technical authority with leadership, shaping how fire engineering is delivered within a multidisciplinary environment and contributing to the continued growth of the service.
About The RoleYou will lead the delivery of fire engineering strategies across a diverse portfolio, from concept design through to construction and handover. This includes both performance‑based and code‑compliant approaches, ensuring solutions are technically robust, coordinated, and aligned with regulatory requirements.
You’ll act as a senior technical authority, overseeing modelling inputs and guiding design teams while maintaining high standards across all outputs. You’ll work closely with other disciplines to integrate fire engineering into wider project delivery, ensuring a joined‑up approach across architecture, MEP, structural, and environmental teams.
Alongside technical leadership, you’ll take ownership of client relationships—leading meetings, advising on strategy, and supporting successful project outcomes. You’ll also contribute to business growth through work‑winning activity, including bids, proposals, and identifying opportunities to expand the service offering.
Internally, you’ll play a key role in developing people—mentoring engineers, supporting progression toward chartership, and contributing to technical standards and thought leadership across the team.
YOUR IMPACTYou’ll shape how complex buildings are designed and delivered, helping clients navigate fire safety requirements with solutions that are both technically rigorous and practical to implement. Your work will directly contribute to safer, more resilient buildings across multiple sectors.
Beyond individual projects, your impact will extend to the growth and capability of the team. You’ll influence how fire engineering is delivered across the business, support the development of engineers, and contribute to building a strong, consistent, and forward‑looking service offering.
About You
Strong technical capability across performance‑based and code‑compliant design.
Experience leading projects and managing client relationships.
Experience mentoring engineers and supporting team development.
Comfortable contributing to business development and work‑winning activity.
Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward chartership with IFE or equivalent.
Why Join Us
We put people first: a friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
We are driven to achieve: Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world’s top 10 most sustainable companies 2025 and named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
We do what is right: Industry‑leading training and development, paid professional subscriptions and a professional progression plan.
We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment with access to multidisciplinary expertise.
Growth: An exciting growth journey across the UK – we want you to be part of it.
Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance, discounted gym membership and more.
Hybrid / Flexible working: A healthy work‑life balance with a hybrid approach to flexible working.
About StantecThe Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years, planning, designing, delivering and managing the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.
Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We address today’s challenges while looking to the future, delivering clean growth, supporting radical changes in the economy and meeting the needs of future communities.
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants. We prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We are in compliance with laws and regulations and ensure equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.
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hr@stantec.co.uk
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