Director Fire Engineering

Stantec Brighton, England, United Kingdom Director Fire Engineering The Buildings team at Stantec seeks a strategically minded, client‑facing Director of Fire Engineering to lead and shape our growing fire engineering capability across the UK. The Opportunity Lead and oversee complex, multi‑disciplinary fire engineering projects, ensuring the highest standards of technical excellence. Provide authoritative advice on performance‑based design, fire and smoke modelling (CFD), evacuation strategies, and fire safety compliance across diverse building types, including healthcare, life sciences, commercial, residential, and major regeneration projects. Act as the technical sign‑off authority for all fire engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, and best practice (ADB, BS 9991, BS 9999, NFPA, EN standards). Promote innovation and continuous improvement in fire engineering practices across the business. Client & Market Leadership Build and maintain long‑term relationships with senior clients, developers, architects, contractors, regulators, and local authorities. Lead the Fire Engineering team in securing new work, contributing to business development strategy, bids, proposals, and client presentations. Represent Stantec at industry forums, technical panels, and regulatory consultations, enhancing the company’s reputation as a leading fire engineering consultancy. Business Development & Growth Drive strategic growth of Stantec’s Fire Engineering services across UK‑wide markets. Identify new market opportunities, emerging sectors, and areas for service expansion. Support leadership in shaping long‑term business strategy, service offerings, and commercial success. People Leadership & Team Development Lead, mentor, and develop a team of fire engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge‑sharing, and technical excellence. Guide staff through professional development, chartership (CEng/IFE) and career progression. Inspire and develop junior and senior staff to achieve project and personal growth objectives. About You Proven track record leading complex, high‑profile projects and teams. Strong business development experience, with a history of securing and delivering multi‑million‑pound projects. Deep technical expertise in performance‑based fire engineering, CFD, evacuation modelling, and design solutions. Excellent communication, presentation, and client engagement skills. Experienced in multidisciplinary project environments, able to influence and integrate across Architecture, MEP, Structural, and Project Management teams. Strategic thinker with commercial acumen, strong leadership, and a proactive, collaborative mindset aligned with Stantec values. Qualifications Chartered Engineer (CEng) with IFE membership or equivalent, with extensive experience in fire engineering consultancy. Why Join Us? Our People Culture: We’re a close‑knit team with a friendly and collaborative environment. Awards: Stantec was awarded the Stantec named ‘Best place to work’ and ‘International consulting firm of the year’ at the 2024 NCE awards, and is consistently recognised in the top 10 Corporate Knights most sustainable companies in the world. Great Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym membership and more. Flexible working arrangements. Great Projects across all of our sectors in the UK and Ireland. Industry‑leading training and development, as well as paid professional subscriptions. #FireEngineering About Stantec The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across six continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years, planning, designing, delivering and managing the development and infrastructure needed to support sustainable, healthy, and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans, and efficient designs based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We tackle today’s challenges while keeping a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy, and meet the needs of future communities. Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world‑class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply. At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact hiringstantec@stantec.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you. #J-18808-Ljbffr