Job title: Fire Engineer - Fire Compliance
Grade: Payband 2
Salary: Circa £45k plus excellent benefits
Contract type: TfL
Reference: 1311
Team: Fire Compliance
Directorate: Engineering
Contract details: Permanent
Location: Stratford / Hybrid
Application closing date: Sunday 20th July 2025 @ 23:59
Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.
Transport for London (TfL) Engineers are always looking forward. Join us in one of our Central Engineering, Transport System Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering teams and, as well as ensuring the safety of legacy assets, you will deliver new systems and solutions on a variety of exciting transport infrastructure projects. There’s more to it than tubes, roads, buildings and bridges. This is about connecting communities and creating opportunities, so we’re ready for the 21st century and beyond.
You will be responsible for delivering Fire Engineering services throughout the TfL Estate, defining scope, controlling business risk and compliance with associated standards. You will be required to use initiative and good judgement when responding to emerging situations deciding and agreeing appropriate actions with team members
Day-to-day, your focus will be on supporting projects by ensuring applications received, are compliant with the TfL mandatory process for obtaining Fire Authority and TfL approval for works.
- To produce, maintain, check, and distribute CAD drawings and associated documents, using systems databases and workflows that ensure that business, legislative (Fire Authority) obligations are satisfied and auditable.
- As the Compliance Engineer, your main function is to provide fire safety decisions that support TfL standards and follows fire safety legislation guidelines which will subsequently assist in producing accurate CAD plans to support the Tfl business.
- Liaising directly with colleagues across the business, including operations, maintenance, commercial development, infrastructure protection, procurement and regulatory authorities.
Skills
- Ability to manage own workload whilst part of a small specialist team
- Good oral and written communications skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships, influence behavioural change and engage with stakeholders at all levels up to and including senior executives
- Ability to plan multiple activities and meet strict deadlines
- Good IT skills
Knowledge
- Minimum of NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent
- Working knowledge of applicable standards, design codes and legislation
- The Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order
- Working knowledge of BS 9999: Fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings
- Understanding and awareness of TfL standards
- Other related legislation and guidance as applicable
Experience
- Producing accurate communications under tight deadlines
- Experience of working in a small multi-disciplinary engineering teams
- Similar support management level role
The ideal candidate will be required to have as a minimum, membership of any recognised institution and have a good knowledge of fire safety related legislation, guidance and standards as they apply in an underground/operational railway environment
The more teams you’ve worked with, the better. But it’s important you bring a passion for the TfL Vision and strategy too. That’s because, wherever you join us, you’ll explore work of unparalleled scale, scope and variety across a unique range of projects, as you build your career and expertise. So come and bring on tomorrow, as an Engineer at TfL.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.
Benefits
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Our benefit package includes;
- Final Salary Pension Scheme
- Free travel for you on the TfL network
- Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
- 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
- TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
- Private Healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
- Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
- Retail, health, leisure and travel offers through the MyTfL rewards programme
- Discounted Eurostar travel
