Consultant/Senior Fire Engineer

3 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Arcadis Full time

As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36, people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can continue to solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The Senior Fire Engineer will work predominantly within the building sector, although opportunities to support other sectors may arise from time-to-time, considering the multidisciplinary nature of Arcadis as well as the range of services Arcadis deliver to its clients. 

Role accountabilities:

Development of Fire Safety Strategy reports Means of Escape analysis (including calculations of evacuation times; escape routes and exits widths; assessment of travel distances; development and assessment of evacuation strategy plans) Assessment and understanding of the main British fire safety legislation and standards applied to buildings, such as Approved Document B (AD B), BS, BS Assessment and understanding of the main British fire safety legislation and standards, such as the London Underground fire safety standards, the Network Rail standards, e.g., LUL S, Railway Safety Principles and Guidance (RSPG) Risk Based Interpretation and Application of these fire safety documents as well as other Codes of Practice such as international documents such as NFPA standards (e.g., NFPA , NFPA )

Qualifications & Experience:

The candidate would be expected to have a suitable engineering (e.g., Fire Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering etc.), Architecture, scientific or other numerate degree (e.g., Physics, Chemistry, Maths) from a recognised university.  Qualifications should be recognised by a professional engineering body  Ideally a Chartered Engineer or working towards the Chartership.  Hazard Identification As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) understanding Fire Risk Assessment principles Understanding of fire dynamics, heat transfer and smoke behaviour principles in enclosed environments (particularly in undergrounds and tunnels) Basic understanding on Active Fire Protection (AFP) and Passive Fire Protection (PFP) systems Basic knowledge on fire modelling simulation (using zone models such as CFAST and CFD-based models such as FDS)

Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark; on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. 

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.



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