Fire Engineer - Fully Remote

Fire Engineer - Healthcare - Remote

Location: Fully remote - anywhere in the UK

Salary: £60,000-£75,000, dependent on experience

Employment type: Permanent, full time

Working arrangement: Home based with travel to client sites

An experienced Fire Engineer is required to deliver building fire engineering consultancy across a portfolio of complex healthcare and residential projects throughout the UK.

This is a fully remote, home based position that can be based anywhere in the country. The role will involve travel to client sites when required.

Most projects are within healthcare, hospitals and complex operational estates, alongside selected high rise residential buildings. Applicants must possess relevant healthcare fire safety experience and a working knowledge of Healthcare Technical Memoranda, particularly the HTM 05 fire safety guidance.

The successful Fire Engineer will prepare and review fire strategies, provide technical advice to clients and design teams, attend sites and support projects through design, construction and completion.

This is not a purely desk based position. You must be comfortable inspecting active and completed works, identifying potential defects and challenging contractors where installations do not meet the fire strategy, specification, relevant standards or regulatory requirements.

Fire Engineer responsibilities

• Prepare fire strategies for new and existing buildings.



• Deliver fire engineering assessments and technical reviews.



• Apply fire engineering principles to healthcare and high rise residential projects.



• Apply HTM 05 guidance within hospitals and other healthcare environments.



• Review architectural, mechanical, electrical and fire safety design information.



• Assess designs against Building Regulations, Approved Document B, British Standards and relevant fire safety legislation.



• Develop practical and proportionate fire engineered solutions.



• Produce clear technical reports, specifications and supporting documentation.



• Review drawings, design proposals and construction information.



• Provide technical advice to clients, architects, contractors and design teams.



• Attend design team, project and client meetings.



• Support projects through Building Control and regulatory review.



• Attend client sites to inspect ongoing and completed construction work.



• Review compartmentation, fire stopping, fire doors, fire dampers, service penetrations and other passive fire protection measures where relevant to the fire strategy.



• Identify construction defects, non compliant installations and departures from approved designs.



• Challenge contractors and project teams where proposed or completed works do not meet the required standard.



• Produce site inspection reports and clear remedial recommendations.



• Assist with construction stage fire engineering and technical assurance.



• Manage allocated projects, deadlines and client requirements.



• Maintain accurate project records and technical documentation.



• Develop strong working relationships with clients and other stakeholders.



• Work with senior fire engineers on complex technical matters.



• Contribute to consistent technical standards and quality assurance processes.



• Continue developing toward Senior Fire Engineer and Principal Fire Engineer level.

Healthcare and HTM experience

A significant proportion of the workload involves hospitals and other complex healthcare environments. Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience or strong technical knowledge in areas including:

• Healthcare fire safety and fire engineering.



• HTM 05-01 and the wider HTM 05 fire safety guidance.



• Fire strategies for hospitals and operational healthcare buildings.



• Progressive horizontal evacuation.



• Compartmentation and fire resisting construction.



• Fire safety within buildings containing vulnerable occupants.



• The interaction between clinical operations, evacuation requirements and fire safety measures.



• Refurbishment, alteration and remedial works within occupied buildings.



• Construction stage inspections and verification of completed works.



• Working with healthcare estates teams, design teams and contractors.

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