Associate Fire Engineer

Associate Fire Engineer

Thrive on openness, respect and collaboration? Good. Us too. Join as our new Associate Fire Engineer.

• Work with the team to lead fire engineering projects.
• Inform and support the building design aspirations, functionality and architectural form throughout the design process.
• Lead with client care and general consultancy on projects.
• Be responsible for the financial performance of projects, including invoicing and financial monitoring of projects.
• Represent Buro Happold Fire Engineering at design team meetings, both internal and externally.
• Build knowledge to be able to identify and specify appropriate fixed fire protection systems, i.e. automatic fire detection and/or suppression to support fire engineering design solutions.
• Carry out and review fire engineering calculations including smoke modelling and evacuation analysis from simple hand calculations to complex 3D computational modelling (previous CFD experience is welcome but not essential).
• Support the development of junior members of the fire team (either as mentor or Line Manager).

• Higher education qualification in engineering or in a fire safety related subject.
• Demonstrable professional experience in delivering fire and life safety designs and fire engineered solutions for UK-based projects.
• Track record of gaining agreement for prescriptive and performance-based design solutions from approving authorities.

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance and income protection.
• Car allowance (10% of basic salary).
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Birthday day off.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities. A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

Ready for something a little less ordinary?

Apply now to start your career journey with us.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

We value flexible approaches to working patterns. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers. Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact  so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

We are committed to equality and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. All qualified candidates will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or age.