Associate Director - Fire Engineering

Overview

As Associate Director, you will lead a Defence-focused fire engineering team within a multidisciplinary fire safety consultancy. You’ll steer large Defence projects, ensuring regulatory compliance, budget, and quality while developing staff and expanding client relationships. Your role connects technical input with strategic delivery, shaping project direction and performance. This is a growth opportunity to drive technical excellence and team development in a global infrastructure firm.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• health & wellbeing programs
• industry-leading technology and thinking

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Defence workload, project delivery, and performance for the fire engineering team
• Oversee delivery of large, complex Defence projects meeting regulatory and client expectations
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and national leadership to ensure on-time, on-budget, high-quality outcomes
• Lead Performance & Review with SMART goals; conduct staff appraisals and support career development
• Mentor staff for professional development and Chartership readiness
• Provide specialized technical input across studies and designs in the portfolio
• Support business development through leading client relationships and securing new work
• Ensure health and safety policy compliance and maintain client relationships

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in a large, multi-disciplinary environment
• Strong knowledge of UK standards and guidance (ADB, BS 9991/9999/9992, HTM 05-02, BB100) and Defence standards (JSP 80, DIFS)
• Proficiency in fire engineering tools (FDS, SFE, evacuation modelling)
• Membership in professional institutions (MIFireE) or NFPA certifications (CFPE)
• BEng/MEng or MSc in fire science or fire engineering
• Preferred: UK national, security clearance, Chartered Engineer (CEng), PhD, international standards experience (IBC, SFPE, NFPA)
• leadership
• mentoring
• stakeholder management
• FDS
• evacuation modelling
• SFE

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