Are you ready for your next challenge in a supportive, flexible, and forward-thinking fire engineering consultancy?

We're Hiring Talented and Motivated Fire Engineers of All Levels Hybrid (Manchester or London)

We’re a growing practice looking for talented and motivated Fire Engineers of all levels to join our team. You’ll be working on a variety of exciting and complex projects across multiple sectors – including residential, commercial, mixed-use and public buildings – helping to shape safe and sustainable built environments.

Location: Hybrid role with flexibility to work from home and attend site/client meetings. Ideally based in or near London or Manchester.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Delivering bespoke, pragmatic, timely and responsive services to build long term client relationships.
• Continuously developing your skills, knowledge, experience and behaviors to grow your competencies.
• Developing fire strategies for new and existing buildings.
• Conducting design reviews and developing performance based and code-compliant solutions.
• Carrying out site inspections and preparing reports.
• Liaising directly with design teams, clients, and approving authorities.
• Supporting engineers across the team.
• Contributing to the wider success of the business beyond project work.

What We’re Looking For

• A passion for learning, understanding, and applying codes and standards such as Approved Document B, BS 9991, BS 9999, BS 7974, and related guidance.
• A fundamental understanding of, or desire to learn, performance based fire engineering principles and analysis methods such as CFD, evacuation modeling, radiant heat transfer, fire dynamics, etc.
• A desire to meet and exceed client and team expectations, build long term relationships, and focus on the long term.
• An ambition to be a rounded Fire Safety Engineer with an understanding of fire engineering principles, codes and standards, project management, people leadership, commercial management, and the wider community impacts of our work.
• Chartered, working towards Chartered status, or an aspiration to be Chartered.
• A collaborative approach and passion for delivering high-quality work.
• Strong report writing and communication skills – clear, accurate, and concise.
• A degree in Fire Engineering, Engineering, or a related discipline.

What We Offer

• Support and encouragement to develop your career and competencies.
• Competitive salary, based on experience, and six-monthly bonuses.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Director-led support for CEng/Chartership applications, including dedicated time, workshops and internal reviews.
• A close-knit, supportive team environment.
• Exposure to a wide range of projects and opportunities to lead.
• A 9-day fortnight, giving every employee every second Friday off (26 extra days leave per year).
• Flexibility and a trusting environment to enable you to manage your life and your work.
• Attending CPD events and conferences.

Although we are only a small team, we have recently attended:

• IFE Inaugural International President's Technical Conference, Preston, June 2025;
• SFPE AI in Fire Engineering Summit, San Francisco, May 2025;
• SFPE Conference on Fire Safety Engineering Edinburgh, April 2025;
• European Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Barcelona, October 2024;
• Structures in Fire Forum, Edinburgh 2025, London 2024, Liverpool 2024, London 2023.

If you’re looking to grow your career in a company that values autonomy, flexibility, and excellence – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now via Linkedin, contact Matthew Eyre or Andrew Willmott for an informal chat, or email careers@altfire.co.uk.