Job Description
AECOM is seeking a Principal Fire Engineer to join our Fire Team. This consultancy role requires proven experience across various sectors and technical fire engineering applications in a client-focused environment.
In this role, you will work closely with office leads to oversee and develop a local team, providing guidance and mentorship with support from senior staff. You should have demonstrated professional experience and be ready for further growth.
This position is ideal for an established consultant seeking to advance their career or someone eager to expand their knowledge and design skills within a reputable and well-established fire safety consultancy.
What you’ll do!
- Being able to deliver from inception through to completion, with minimal senior oversight, CFD modelling, evacuation modelling and other forms of analytical fire engineering.
- Managing design projects, preparing, and reviewing the work of others.
- Demonstrable experience in a range of sectors and technical fire engineering applications – with a particular focus on UK regulations and markets.
- Developing approaches to solve new problems encountered using modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignments.
- Participating in interdisciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
- Leading the development of accurate cost estimates for technical efforts for projects.
- Leading the Performance & Review process for junior engineers by setting and monitoring SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound) goals for team members.
- Support and mentor less experienced staff on the road to Chartership.
Come grow with us:
You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
- Chartered status (CEng) in Fire Engineering or a related discipline is essential.
- Work experience within a similar consultancy or other relevant business.
- Demonstrable experience in a range of sectors and technical fire engineering applications – with a particular focus on UK regulations and markets.
- Demonstrable experience managing the fire engineering aspects of small to medium sized design projects within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Experience providing guidance to entry level fire engineers.
- Experience preparing fee proposals and task variations for fire engineering activities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrable experience of leading and actively supervising a team of more junior engineers with regards to people and projects.
- A clear work history and proof of professional development and learning.
Additional Information
At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!
EEO Statement
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
We are a DisabilityConfidentEmployer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the DisabilityConfidentInterview Scheme.
