Senior Fire Engineers

Overview

In this role you drive performance-based, compliant fire strategies for diverse building types, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. You will lead technical delivery from concept to handover, supervise fire modelling and smoke control, and guide major bids. You’ll build strong client relationships, mentor junior engineers, and champion fire safety across architecture, MEP, and other disciplines. This is an opportunity to shape best practice within a growing fire engineering capability at Stantec.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• pension plan
• holidays
• free private medical insurance
• discounted gym membership
• flexible working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on fire strategies for healthcare, education, commercial, residential, life sciences and regeneration projects
• Oversee fire and smoke modelling (CFD), evacuation modelling, and smoke control strategies with internal specialists
• Ensure designs meet regulations, standards and Stantec quality processes (ADB, BS 9991, BS 9999, NFPA, EN)
• Act as Technical Lead on major bids and complex multidisciplinary schemes
• Lead client meetings, technical workshops and regulatory consultations
• Champion fire-safety integration across Architecture, MEP, Structural, Transport, Environmental and Project Management teams
• Support work-winning activities including fee proposals, bid writing and strategic pursuits
• Mentor and develop junior Fire Engineers towards IFE/CEng status

Key requirements

• Experience producing fire strategies for complex buildings
• Proficient in FDS, PyroSim, Pathfinder or similar modelling tools
• Strong communication skills for presenting technical matters to clients
• Experience in a consultancy environment working on multidisciplinary projects
• Proactive, collaborative mindset aligned to Stantec’s values
• Degree in Fire Engineering or related discipline; Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working towards with IFE or equivalent
• Strong communication
• Client-facing professionalism
• Mentoring and leadership
• Fire modelling (CFD)
• Evacuation modelling
• Smoke control strategies

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