Principal Fire Engineer
Location
manchester, england
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Engineering
Posted
May 22, 2026
Role description
We are actively recruiting for a Senior Consultant and/or Principal Consultant to join our growing Fire Engineering team in the UK. The position is for undertaking Fire Safety Engineering work, to include supporting design projects within and outside the UK. This will mainly involve desktop reviews of design projects on the initial stages and supporting the fire safety discipline Arcadis.
The applicant will work predominantly within the building sector, although opportunities to support other sectors may arise from time‑to‑time, including rail projects and others 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 exit widths; assessment of travel distances; development and assessment of evacuati...