Fire Engineer

Description:

Fire Engineer

Aberdeen, Ashford (Kent), Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bootle, Bristol, Buxton, Cardiff, Carlisle, Carmarthen, Chelmsford, Crewe, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds, London, Milton Keynes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxted, Plymouth, Sheffield, Wrexham, or York

The Role

As a Fire Engineer, you will provide specialist fire safety expertise to support the assessment and approval of high-rise building applications, helping to protect people in and around buildings across the country.

Working within the Building Safety Regulator’s building control team, you will act as the principal advisor on fire safety matters for caseworkers managing Gateway 2 and Gateway 3 applications for high-rise and complex developments.

You will evaluate fire safety aspects of building applications and provide clear, competent advice to support regulatory decision-making. Contributing expert technical guidance to Multi-Disciplinary Teams, you will ensure all advice and assessments align with the requirements of the Building Safety Act 2022, Building Regulations 2010 and associated standards.

Through this work, additionally, you will:

• Support our commitment to high performance
• Enable continuous improvement initiatives
• Help to create lasting cultural change in building safety across England

About Us

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. Our work helps to protect people and places, ensuring everyone can lead safer and healthier lives at work. We are now looking for six Fire Engineers to join us on a full-time, permanent basis at our locations throughout the country.

The Benefits

• Salary of £62,898 per annum
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• 25 days’ annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays and one day of Civil Service privilege leave
• Flexible working options
• Family-friendly and carer-friendly policies
• Parental leave benefits
• Access to a wide range of benefits, including the Cycle to Work Scheme, e-gift cards and vouchers via EdenRed

This is a unique opportunity for a qualified fire safety engineer with expertise in fire safety design and assessment of complex or higher-risk buildings to join our nationally significant regulatory organisation.

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of building safety in England, whilst further developing your expertise and growing your portfolio of experience within a critical area of H&S.

What’s more, alongside meaningful work, you will have the advantage our exceptional public sector benefits, including market-leading pension contributions and plenty of family-focused leave and support initiatives.

About You

To be considered as a Fire Engineer, you will need:

• Demonstrable experience in fire safety design and assessment for complex and higher-risk buildings (HRBs)
• Experience applying Approved Document B, BS999, BS7974 or equivalent fire engineering standards
• Experience interpreting and critically analysing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling
• Experience working with a wide range of building types, including complex and non-standard buildings
• Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to building safety and fire safety
• Experience assessing compliance against the Building Act 1984 and Building Regulations 2010
• Knowledge of approved documents, best practice and technical guidance relating to building safety
• Experience in fire safety, construction safety, building systems, health and safety and design and construction
• Experience carrying out site inspections, plan assessments and inspection schedules
• Level 6 (Degree) qualified in fire engineering, building studies, construction or another relevant discipline
• Professionally qualified Fire Engineer – e.g. Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) or an equivalent recognised fire safety engineering qualification

The closing date for this role is midday on Tuesday 7th April 2026.

Other organisations may call this role Fire Safety Engineer, Building Safety Engineer, Fire Safety Consultant, Fire Engineering Consultant, H&S Engineer, Senior Fire Warden, Fire Safety Assessor, Building Safety Consultant, or Fire Risk Engineer.

Webrecruit and the Health and Safety Executive are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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