Vacancy No                        5534

Vacancy Title                    Associate Fire Engineer

Location                            Belfast

“We’re looking for talented professionals who want to be part of a business shaping the future of fire safety engineering on some of the world’s most ambitious and complex projects. From landmark developments and mission-critical facilities across the UK and Ireland to giga-projects in the Middle East, you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative solutions that protect lives and support visionary design.

Built on values of integrity, honesty, positivity, ownership, and excellence, this is a company where people are empowered to grow, contribute ideas, and build meaningful long-term careers. With clear progression pathways, strong investment in professional development, flexible working, and a collaborative international culture, you’ll be joining a team that values achievement, wellbeing, and continuous improvement just as much as technical expertise.”

Role Responsibilities

Key Duties

Operational & Project Leadership

• Support day-to-day regional operations, overseeing live project delivery across the NI Team
• Act as Project Lead on major or strategic commissions
• Ensure technical quality, compliance, and consistency across all projects and teams that you work with.
• Integrate with wider operational teams in UKI to align processes, share resource, and promote regional collaboration
• Actively contribute to Group-wide resourcing and project mapping exercises, QA/QC reviews, project governance, and continual professional development forums.
• Ensure all delivery is underpinned by company policies, procedures, and brand standards

Role Requirements

Technical & Professional Expertise

• A relevant Master’s degree, or equivalent professional qualification
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience and recent experience in a strategic level position
• Experience in a client facing environment
• Detailed knowledge of applying local fire safety codes, regulations, and standards
• Ability to manage the full life cycle of fire & life safety engineering projects, including coordination of project teams, resources, schedules and deliverables.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen
• Ability to lead and mentor a team
• Ability to set goals, drive performance, meet deadlines and adapt to change
• Extensive experience of delivering fire engineering solutions for UK based projects
• Good knowledge of fire engineering software packages
• Proficient in MS Office Suite & Bluebeam
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills for client meetings Relevant Master’s Degree (MEng) Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or at least CEng application in process

Experience using

• NFPA and IBC codes and standards Application
• High-impact communication skills
• Possess strong persuasive and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure with a positive “can do” attitude
• Highly client centric
• Superb time management, analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
• Thrives in both individual and collaborative team environments

Circumstance

• Fluent in English
• Willingness to work flexible hours
• Must be willing to travel based on the requirements of the role
• Must be eligible to work in UK

Commercial Performance

• Support management of the regional P&L, including revenue, profitability, cashflow and forecasting
• Contribute to monthly commercial and performance reports to the SLT
• Collaborate with the SLT, UKI leads and central services to maintain a healthy secured pipeline, balanced workload, and consistent billing performance
• Ensure accurate use of internal systems for forecasting, project tracking, and financial reporting
• Identify and pursue opportunities for improved commercial performance through more efficient delivery models and shared resourcing

People & Culture

• Help lead, mentor and support the NI team across all grades and functions
• Support to ensure career development, reviews, and internal recognition frameworks are fully applied
• Embed a culture aligned with company values: integrity, ownership, positivity, and excellence
• Champion diversity, collaboration and inclusion across all aspects of team leadership
• Engage closely with the SLT, UKI Ops/Management leads and HR to align policies and people practices
• Drive cross-regional mobility and knowledge-sharing initiatives to strengthen capability and career development across the wider business

Client & Market Development

• Act as a senior point of contact for UKI clients and partners
• Represent the company at technical forums, panels, and strategic client briefings
• Lead the development of project proposals and commercial agreements, working closely with central commercial and bid support teams
• Support Group-level business development efforts, including multi-region frameworks and enterprise clients
• Identify and pursue new market opportunities, supporting Group expansion into aligned sectors and geographies

Strategic Growth

• Support the development of the NI team – including recruitment, delivery structure, compliance, and pipeline activation
• Actively contribute to the Group’s strategic planning and expansion efforts
• Support alignment between Group strategy and regional market realities
• Facilitate joined-up leadership and transparent decision-making across all regions

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