Job Description
Fire Engineering & Compliance Lead
Location: West Midlands
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time
The Role
This is a newly established role created to bring ownership, structure and technical authority to fire engineering and compliance within a manufacturing environment.
The business designs and manufactures passive fire protection products and currently operates with multiple sources of fire test data, historic assessments and external test house input, without a single accountable owner. This role exists to change that.
The Fire Engineering & Compliance Lead will define and embed a consistent, requirements-led approach to fire performance across all product design and engineering activity. You will establish a single source of truth for fire compliance, set engineering standards, and ensure products are designed correctly from first principles—significantly reducing reliance on external testing and rework.
This role requires someone comfortable acting as the technical authority for fire performance, making informed engineering judgements and setting direction for the wider organisation.
Key Responsibilities
1. Act as the internal technical authority for fire, smoke and related regulatory perform...