Fire Engineer

Overview

The Fire Engineer will be the champion of best-in-class delivery of fire safety across a variety of supply chain partners to ensure a consistently high standard for design, construction, commissioning and handover activities. This is a key role in a small team and you will be the technical expert, providing assurance of the fire safety design, be the key interface for fire safety, acting as Parliament’s custodian of fire safety matters when the building is not under Parliament's possession, whilst managing supply chain and procurement activity focussing on technical evaluation.

You will be a Chartered Fire Engineer with demonstrable experience within the field. Working with our supply chain and assuring technical design you will have safety case experience as well as experience in the production of fire engineering reports and documents.

This is a unique opportunity to work on a key UNESCO heritage building, so if you feel you have the relevant skills and experience, we would love to hear from you.

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Salary circa £100,000 per annum + benefits

London SW1P 3JA
- hybrid working available

• Champion best-in-class delivery of fire safety across a variety of supply chain partners, ensuring high standards for design, construction, commissioning and handover activities.
• Act as the technical expert and assurance owner for fire safety design.
• Serve as Parliament’s custodian of fire safety matters when the building is not under Parliament's possession.
• Manage supply chain and procurement activity with a focus on technical evaluation.
• Collaborate with the supply chain to assure technical design, including safety case experience and production of fire engineering reports and documents.
• Contribute to work on a UNESCO heritage building and related restoration context.

• Chartered Fire Engineer with demonstrable field experience.
• Experience in safety cases and in producing fire engineering reports and documents.

• Salary circa £100,000 per annum + benefits
• London SW1P 3JA
  with hybrid working available
• Benefits include: 30 days holiday plus public holidays; discretionary bonus scheme depending on corporate and individual performance; life assurance of 4 x salary; group income protection; pension – up to 10% employer contribution; up to 5 days paid volunteering; cycle to work scheme; season ticket loan;
  Employee Assistance Programme; professional body fees paid; working in a hybrid / smart way

We are committed to promoting diversity and equal opportunities in employment. We are building diverse teams and seek to attract and retain talented individuals from a range of backgrounds and cultures to join us on this hugely challenging and important project.

Please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter, stating your suitability for the role and if you believe you have any current or potential conflicts of interest relating to this position.

We look forward to receiving your complete application by 12 noon on 18 th August 2025.

Successful candidates will be required to complete security vetting to a minimum Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level obtained through the Parliamentary Security Department (PSD). Candidates are required to pass these checks before a start date can be confirmed. Applicants should also be aware that, depending on the role applied for, if they have resided outside of the UK for a total of more than two of the last five years, they may not be eligible for vetting.

The Palace of Westminster, one of the best recognised buildings in the world, needs essential restoration to preserve it for future generations. The Palace has a rich and remarkable history. Westminster Hall is over 900 years old and has been the scene of great moments in our country’s political life, covering 34 acres, and the size of more than 1,000 houses, there are 1,100 rooms, 100 staircases, three miles of passageways, four floors and 65 different levels.

As well as being one of the UK’s biggest buildings it’s one of the nation’s busiest workplaces with thousands of people on site each day, from catering and security staff to MPs and Peers to experts keeping this iconic building running. The Restoration and Renewal Programme is carrying out the tens of thousands of hours of complex building surveys and investigations needed to inform future decisions on the restoration work needed.

We’ve already engaged teams of architects, engineers, project managers and contractors who will shape the future direction of the work. Restoring Parliament is already boosting UK industries, and the restoration will use UK materials wherever possible and create jobs and apprenticeships across the country, from engineering and high-tech design to traditional crafts such as carpentry and stone masonry.