Senior Fire Engineer Lead – International Regions UK based

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<h2>Job Description </h2><p><p><p>A rare, prestigious client-side opportunity has arisen for an accomplished, ambitious Fire Engineer to take on a region-wide leadership role with a globally renowned hospitality group as the Senior Fire Engineering Lead for EMEAA. This is an influential, newly created position in which you will be shaping fire safety strategy across a vast international portfolio, with direct impact on the safety of hundreds of thousands of people every day. </p><p>If you're a highly driven Fire Engineer, strategic, and ready for a role where your decisions genuinely matter, this is an opening that will not come around often. </p><p><strong>The Senior Fire Engineering Lead's Role </strong> </p><p>As the Senior Fire Engineering Lead, you will serve as the EMEAA region's fire engineering authority. Working closely with Regional Safety Directors and a broad stakeholder network, you'll guide strategy, influence key decisions and ensure fire safety standards are consistently elevated across diverse jurisdictions. </p><p>Your role will blend technical leadership with collaboration, cultural awareness, and pragmatic problem solving. You will shape standards, support global consistency, and help local teams turn technical recommendations into meaningful, real-world action. </p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities </strong> </p><ul><li>Act as subject matter expert for fire engineering across EMEAA </li><li>Partner with regional safety directors to embed robust, risk-based fire safety requirements </li><li>Review, translate and communicate consultant findings to local teams in clear, actionable terms </li><li>Lead fire strategies for both new build and existing assets, including retrospective and remediation work </li><li>Navigate regional codes and regulations, providing clarity and confident guidance </li><li>Build capability through tools, training and resources </li><li>Support incident response and investigations where required </li><li>Contribute to global consistency in fire safety systems and processes </li> </ul><p><strong>The Senior Fire Engineering Lead </strong> </p><ul><li>Degree or formal qualification in Fire Engineering </li><li>Strong knowledge of fire codes, engineering principles and performance-based design </li><li>Experience with both design-stage and retrospective fire strategies </li><li>Confident working with multiple regions and cultures </li><li>Skilled at communicating technical information to non-technical stakeholders </li><li>Strategic, influential and able to build trusted relationships </li><li>Ambitious, proactive, and motivated to shape and elevate a newly created role </li> </ul><p><strong>In Return </strong> </p><ul><li>£60,000 - £80,000 salary </li><li>Exceptional annual bonus scheme (up to 20% of salary) </li><li>Hybrid working with 3 days per week in the East Berkshire office (30 minutes from London) <ul><li>Free breakfast </li><li>Free all-day barista coffee </li><li>Working alongside a supportive, high-performing, ego-free team </li> </ul> </li><li>25 days holiday + 8 Salary: GBP 60000 - 80000 per year

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