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The Opportunity: Our Buildings team is seeking Fire Engineering Directors to lead and shape our growing fire engineering capability. These opportunities are national and can be based from any UK office. This is a strategic and client-facing position for a technically exceptional fire engineer who can combine technical authority with business leadership, team development, and market growth. You will help shape the Fire Engineering service while driving high-profile projects to successful delivery.
About The Business: Our Buildings team delivers innovative, sustainable and people-focused design solutions across the UK and internationally. We are expanding our specialist Fire Engineering capability and have exciting opportunities for Associate Fire Engineer Directors to join us.
Why Stantec: When we say community, we mean everybody with a stake in the work we do from the clients we collaborate with across many sectors, to the populations we reach, to the thousands of us working together to serve them. Our promise, our values, and our voice support our purpose and guide us in all that we do. We are defined by what we stand for, what we believe, and why we do what we do. We make a difference in the world by creating communities. This is our purpose, learn more here: Purpose & Values | Stantec
About The Role: Strategic Leadership & Technical Authority. Lead and oversee complex, multi-disciplinary fire engineering projects, ensuring the highest standards of technical excellence. Provide authoritative advice on performance-based design, fire and smoke modelling (CFD), evacuation strategies, and fire safety compliance across diverse building types, including healthcare, life sciences, commercial, residential, and major regeneration projects. Act as the technical sign-off authority for all fire engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, and best practice (ADB, BS 9991, BS 9999, NFPA, EN standards). Promote innovation and continuous improvement in fire engineering practices across the business.
Responsibilities
* Lead and oversee complex, multi-disciplinary fire engineering projects, ensuring the highest standards of technical excellence.
* Provide authoritative advice on performance-based design, fire and smoke modelling (CFD), evacuation strategies, and fire safety compliance across diverse building types.
* Act as the technical sign-off authority for all fire engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, and best practice.
* Promote innovation and continuous improvement in fire engineering practices across the business.
Client & Market Leadership
* Build and maintain long-term relationships with senior clients, developers, architects, contractors, regulators, and local authorities.
* Lead the Fire Engineering team in securing new work, contributing to business development strategy, bids, proposals, and client presentations.
* Represent Stantec at industry forums, technical panels, and regulatory consultations, enhancing the company’s reputation as a leading fire engineering consultancy.
Business Development & Growth
* Drive strategic growth of Stantec’s Fire Engineering services across UK-wide markets.
* Identify new market opportunities, emerging sectors, and areas for service expansion.
* Support leadership in shaping long-term business strategy, service offerings, and commercial success.
People Leadership & Team Development
* Lead, mentor, and develop a team of fire engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and technical excellence.
* Guide staff through professional development, chartership (CEng/IFE) and career progression.
* Inspire and develop junior and senior staff to achieve project and personal growth objectives.
About You
* Proven track record leading complex, high-profile projects and teams.
* Strong business development experience, with a history of securing and delivering multi-million-pound projects.
* Deep technical expertise in performance-based fire engineering, CFD, evacuation modelling, and design solutions.
* Excellent communication, presentation, and client engagement skills.
* Experienced in multidisciplinary project environments, able to influence and integrate across Architecture, MEP, Structural, and Project Management teams.
* Strategic thinker with commercial acumen, strong leadership, and a proactive, collaborative mindset aligned with Stantec values.
Qualifications
* Chartered Engineer (CEng) with IFE membership or equivalent, with extensive experience in fire engineering consultancy.
Why Join Us?
* Our People Culture: We are a close-knit team with a friendly and collaborative environment.
* Awards: Stantec named ‘Best place to work’ and ‘International consulting firm of the year’ at the 2024 NCE Awards, and consistently recognised among sustainable companies.
* Great Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, private medical insurance, discounted gym membership and more.
* Flexible working arrangements.
* Great Projects across the UK&I and opportunities for ongoing training and professional subscriptions.
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About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees across 450 locations on 6 continents. We have worked with clients in the UK for over 150 years, planning, designing, delivering and managing development and infrastructure to support sustainable communities.
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and prohibits 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 prohibit discrimination in recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, and training. We are committed to equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.
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