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Principal Fire Engineer

Hunter Dunning LimitedGreat Bromley, Colchester🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 23 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Salary
£60k - £80k/yr
Seniority
Leader
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Great Bromley, Colchester, United Kingdom
Posted
Yesterday

Job Description

Job Title<br />Principal Fire Engineer Location<br />Colchester, Essex Salary<br />£60,000 - £80,000 Employment Type<br />Permanent Job Overview<br />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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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<br />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<br />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<br />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 &amp; conditions

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