Director Fire Engineering
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Production managers and directors in manufacturing
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
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£55,000
(£28.21 per hour)
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Description
The Opportunity
Our Buildings team is seeking Fire Engineering Directors to lead and shape our growing fire engineering capability. These opportunities are national and can be based from any UK office.
This is a strategic and client-facing position for a technically exceptional fire engineer who can combine technical authority with business leadership, team development, and market growth. You will help shape the Fire Engineering service while driving high-profile projects to successful delivery.
About The Business
Our Buildings team delivers innovative, sustainable and people-focused design solutions across the UK and internationally. We are expanding our specialist Fire Engineering capability and have exciting opportunities for Associate Fire Engineer Directors to join us.
Why Stantec?
When we say community, we mean everybody with a stake in the work we do from the clients we collaborate with across many sectors, to the populations we reach, to the thousands of us working together to serve them.
Our promise, our values, and our voice support our purpose and guide us in all that we do.
We are defined by more than our services. We are defined by what we stand for, what we believe, and why we do what we do. We make a difference in the world by creating communities.
This is our purpose, learn more here: Purpose & Values | Stantec
About The Role
Our Buildings team is seeking Fire Engineering Directors to lead and shape our growing fire engineering capability. These opportunities are national and can be based from any UK office.
This is a strategic and client-facing position for a technically exceptional fire engineer who can combine technical authority with business leadership, team development, and market growth. You will help shape the Fire Engineering service while driving high-profile projects to successful delivery.
About The Business
Our Buildings team delivers innovative, sustainable and people-focused design solutions across the UK and internationally. We are expanding our specialist Fire Engineering capability and have exciting opportunities for Associate Fire Engineer Directors to join us.
Why Stantec?
When we say community, we mean everybody with a stake in the work we do from the clients we collaborate with across many sectors, to the populations we reach, to the thousands of us working together to serve them.
Our promise, our values, and our voice support our purpose and guide us in all that we do.
We are defined by more than our services. We are defined by what we stand for, what we believe, and why we do what we do. We make a difference in the world by creating communities.
This is our purpose, learn more here: Purpose & Values | Stantec
About The Role
Strategic Leadership & Technical Authority:
- Lead and oversee complex, multi-disciplinary fire engineering projects, ensuring the highest standards of technical excellence.
- Provide authoritative advice on performance-based design, fire and smoke modelling (CFD), evacuation strategies, and fire safety compliance across diverse building types, including healthcare, life sciences, commercial, residential, and major regeneration projects.
- Act as the technical sign-off authority for all fire engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, and best practice (ADB, BS 9991, BS 9999, NFPA, EN standards).
- Promote innovation and continuous improvement in fire engineering practices across the business.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with senior clients, developers, architects, contractors, regulators, and local authorities.
- Lead the Fire Engineering team in securing new work, contributing to business development strategy, bids, proposals, and client presentations.
- Represent Stantec at industry forums, technical panels, and regulatory consultations, enhancing the company’s reputation as a leading fire engineering consultancy.
Business Development & Growth
- Drive strategic growth of Stantec’s Fire Engineering services across UK-wide markets.
- Identify new market opportunities, emerging sectors, and areas for service expansion.
- Support leadership in shaping long-term business strategy, service offerings, and commercial success.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of fire engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and technical excellence.
- Guide staff through professional development, chartership (CEng/IFE) and career progression.
- Inspire and develop junior and senior staff to achieve project and personal growth objectives.
- Proven track record leading complex, high-profile projects and teams.
- Strong business development experience, with a history of securing and delivering multi-million-pound projects.
- Deep technical expertise in performance-based fire engineering, CFD, evacuation modelling, and design solutions.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and client engagement skills.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) with IFE membership or equivalent, with extensive experience in fire engineering consultancy.
- Our People Culture: We're a close knit team and very proud of our friendly and collaborative environment
- Awards: Stantec were awarded the Stantec named ‘Best place to work’ and ‘International consulting firm of the year’ at NCE Awards at the 2024 NCE awards as well as being consistently recognised in the top 10 Corporate Knights most sustainable companies in the world.
- Great Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym membership and lots more.
- Flexible working arrangements
- Great Projects in all of our sectors across the UK&I
- Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions
To hear what some of our employees say about life at Stantec, please click on My Stantec Stories
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About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.
Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stan
#FireEngineering
About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.
Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stan
tec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.
Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.
At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.
At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.