Senior Fire Engineer | Full time | United Kingdom | Competitive

Arup is hiring a Senior Fire Engineer in the UK.

This role sits within Arup’s fire safety team and supports a growing range of projects across different sectors. The work includes both new and existing buildings and covers complex, high-profile schemes.

You will help deliver fire safety engineering services for clients across the UK. You will work with fire safety colleagues and wider multi-disciplinary teams across Arup’s network.

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced Fire Engineer who can lead technical work, manage projects, and support others in the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver fire engineering work: Provide fire safety engineering services across a range of UK projects
• Develop solutions: Produce evidence-based fire safety solutions for prescriptive and performance-based design
• Manage projects: Help deliver work on time and within budget
• Work with others: Collaborate with fire safety colleagues and wider design teams
• Lead meetings: Support client and stakeholder meetings and explain technical issues clearly
• Support approvals: Help gain consent from approving authorities
• Share knowledge: Support team learning and help develop junior colleagues
• Manage resources: Contribute to project team and financial management

About You

• Qualified: Bachelor’s degree in fire engineering, another engineering subject, or an architecture-related subject
• Experienced: Background in fire engineering consultancy or a similar environment
• Technically strong: Good knowledge of UK fire safety law, guidance, and first-principles design
• UK project experience: Strong experience delivering fire safety solutions on UK-based projects
• Approval experience: Track record of gaining approval for fire safety solutions from authorities
• Strong communicator: Able to explain complex fire safety matters to non-technical people
• Project aware: Experience leading meetings, managing project teams, and handling project finances
• Framework aware: Familiar with the RIBA Plan of Work or other design frameworks such as GRIP
• Professionally developing: Chartered Engineer status is preferred, or close to achieving it, with a relevant body such as the Institution of Fire Engineers

What Arup Offers

• Hybrid working: Flexible hybrid working model
• Reward package: Competitive pay and profit share
• Protection: Private medical insurance, life assurance, accident insurance, and income protection
• Flexible benefits: Benefits to support health, wellbeing, and personal needs
• Learning support: Access to CPD events and a wide range of training and development opportunities
• Career growth: Opportunity to progress within a large fire safety network across multiple offices
• Inclusive culture: Supportive and diverse working environment with employee networks and a strong sense of belonging

How to Apply

Apply using the job application system rather than sending a CV by email.

Arup says its process usually includes a screening call, an interview with the hiring team, and a technical assessment.

Arup also says it will never ask for bank details as part of the recruitment process.

Application Tips

Focus on your UK fire engineering experience, your technical knowledge, and your ability to lead projects and meetings. Use clear examples that show evidence-based design, approvals, client communication, and how you have helped deliver fire safety solutions on time and within budget.