Job Description:

Job Title
Principal Fire Engineer

Location
Colchester, Essex

Salary
£60,000 - £80,000

Employment Type
Permanent

Job Overview
A Principal Fire Engineer role in Colchester, Essex, joining a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy delivering commercial, residential, healthcare and education projects. Suitable for an experienced fire engineering professional with 7+ years of consultancy experience, the position involves leading technical delivery, preparing fire strategies, mentoring engineers and working with clients, design teams and approving authorities across complex building projects.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery and quality assurance across projects

• Prepare and review fire strategies for complex developments

• Apply performance-based and prescriptive fire engineering approaches

• Mentor engineers and support technical knowledge sharing

• Liaise with clients, design teams and approving authorities

Skills & Experience Required

• Degree in Fire Engineering or related engineering discipline

• 7+ years of fire engineering consultancy experience

• Strong knowledge of UK fire safety legislation and guidance

• Experience preparing fire strategies and technical documentation

• Chartered Engineer or actively working towards chartership

Salary & Benefits

• £60,000 - £80,000 dependent on experience

• Hybrid working with two office days weekly

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and Christmas shutdown

• Funded professional memberships, training and CPD

• Bonus, pension, insurance and wellbeing benefits

About Hunter Dunning
Hunter Dunning is a specialist property and built environment recruitment consultancy established in 2004, focused on quality and long-term partnerships in the UK and Ireland property and construction market. We specialise in full lifecycle property recruitment, covering architecture, interior design, surveying, land and planning, fire safety and wider construction roles.

Apply Section
If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV and portfolio. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies. All applications are handled in strict confidence.

Referral Section
Did you know we run a referral scheme? We pay a £1000 referral bonus if you introduce us to anyone who we then successfully place in a new job role. Just send us their information and we'll do the rest. See website for full terms & conditions.