Bellrock Group
Head of Fire Engineering
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Bellrock is the trusted challenger in UK property services. Driven by insights, powered by technology, and delivered by talented people, we are redefining how real estate is managed.
Since 2003, our people-first and technology-led approach has helped organisations across the UK transform their estates into high-performance, sustainable environments. Through our integrated service model—spanning Technologies, Consulting, Critical Engineering & Jordon, and Intelligent Asset Care—we deliver compliance, quality, and operational excellence while reducing cost and carbon impact.
Our award-winning Concerto IWMS platform, together with mobile solutions from Mobiess and energy analytics from InMetriks, enables smart, data-led estate management at scale.
Role Overview
As Head of Fire Engineering, you will lead the Fire Engineering service line nationally, overseeing technical delivery, commercial performance and strategic growth.
You will be responsible for ensuring that fire engineering services are delivered to the highest technical and regulatory standards while maintaining profitability, resource efficiency and client satisfaction.
This role combines technical authority with operational and commercial leadership. You will shape the direction of the fire engineering function, support senior engineers, and ensure compliance with legislative frameworks including the Building Safety Act.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Provide strategic leadership to the Fire Engineering team, including Principal Engineers, Associate Directors and Senior Fire Engineers.
- Technical Governance: Own the technical governance framework for Fire Engineering outputs, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and professional standards.
- Compliance & Standards: Ensure consistent application of:
- Approved Document B
- BS 7974 performance-based frameworks
- PAS 9980 (where applicable)
- Building Safety Act requirements
- Relevant British Standards and sector guidance
- Peer Review: Oversee technical peer review structures and sign-off hierarchies.
- Commercial Performance: Drive commercial performance including utilisation, revenue targets and pipeline conversion.
- Bid Strategy: Support bid strategy, fee proposals and major framework submissions.
- Team Management: Manage team capacity planning and recruitment in line with projected growth.
- Service Development: Lead the development of fire modelling capability and performance-based engineering services.
- Escalation Point: Act as senior escalation point for complex regulatory matters or client disputes.
- Cross-Division Collaboration: Support cross-division collaboration with Fire Risk, FRAEW and Compliance teams.
- Risk Management: Maintain professional indemnity risk awareness and ensure engineering defensibility.
- Client Representation: Represent Bellrock at senior client meetings, industry forums and technical events where required.
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Requirements
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status through a recognised professional engineering institution (essential).
- Extensive experience in fire engineering consultancy, including leadership of complex, high-rise and performance-based projects.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience managing team utilisation and financial performance.
- Deep understanding of UK fire legislation, Building Regulations and performance-based design methodologies.
- Experience leading and mentoring senior technical professionals.
- Demonstrable experience in governance, quality control and engineering sign-off structures.
- Strong understanding of professional indemnity exposure and risk mitigation in consultancy environments.
Core Quality and Attributes
- Strategic and Commercially Aware Leader
- Technically Authoritative with Strong Professional Credibility
- Decisive and Confident in Managing Complex Engineering Issues
- Balance Compliance, Risk and Commercial Objectives
- Strong Communicator Capable of Influencing Clients and Internal Stakeholders
- Resilient and Adaptable in a Growth-Focused Environment
- Committed to Developing High-Performing Teams and Maintaining Technical Excellence
- Demonstrates Bellrock’s Values through Integrity, Leadership and Accountability
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We are looking for people who actively use AI in their day-to-day work, demonstrate strong curiosity about new technologies, and take ownership for continuously improving how they think, work, and deliver.
Working Arrangements
We embrace smarter working practices which offer our employees the opportunity to work their hours flexibly and remotely where their roles and business needs allow. In this role, the successful candidate would be required to work mobile across London and various other sites around the UK Monday to Friday.
Benefits Package
Upon joining Bellrock, you can expect a comprehensive benefits package including:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays + 1 additional day as a thank you (enjoy it, it’s on us)
- Salary exchange pension scheme
- Life cover
- Paid sick leave
- Health Assured employee assistance and wellness program
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to work
- Holiday purchase scheme of additional 5 days per year
- Offers and discount scheme designed to save money on everyday shopping and essentials
- Healthcare Cashplan
- MotorSave Scheme
- Refer a friend
- Liftshare
- Virtual GP
Why Join Us?
We’ve always encouraged new and different perspectives - and that also means making ours a workplace that encourages diverse and unique voices. Where everyone feels welcome, included, and supported to be themselves and achieve more.
So, if you join us, you’ll find an inclusive workplace that recognises your hard work, offers lots of learning and development, flexible and hybrid working, and support for your wellbeing. As well as benefits that can make a difference to your life.
Ready to Start Shining?
Our people are our passion, so we’re all about helping them to shine. That means putting everything in place for you to have a rewarding career with us. So you can go far in your career, with us behind you. And our business will grow, too. So, if you’re ready to start your career journey with Bellrock, we’re ready to welcome you. It’s a great place to be - the light, the energy, the solution. You.
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