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Principal Fire Engineer
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A privately owned fire engineering consultancy with a six-year track record of growth, quality, and zero client losses is opening its first regional office in Manchester.
They need a Principal Fire Engineer with the technical authority, commercial confidence, and personal ambition to lead it.
This is not a senior engineer role with a grander title. It is a genuine leadership appointment, P&L responsibility, hiring authority, direct client ownership, and a seat at the leadership table from day one.
The founder will be actively involved in building the Manchester office alongside you. You will not be handed a budget and left to get on with it.
THE BUSINESS
Founded in 2019 by a former Associate Director who walked away from one of the UK's largest fire engineering consultancies. Not because he was pushed, because he believed the industry could be done better. In six years, the business has grown from one person to 23, and retained every client it has ever worked with. Still privately owned. No external investors. No compromise on quality.
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The Manchester expansion is the natural next chapter driven by a significant pipeline of HRB and residential remediation work across the North West and a commitment to building a permanent, embedded presence in the market.
WHAT THIS ROLE ACTUALLY MEANS
- Full P&L responsibility for the Manchester office from day one
- Direct input into every hire as you build a team of five across junior to principal level
- Technical sign-off authority on fire strategies, FRAs and BSR gateway submissions
- Senior client ownership across HRB residential, commercial and mixed-use schemes
- A seat at the leadership table, strategic decisions, not just delivery decisions
- Equity conversation is not off the table for the right long-term hire
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WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- CEng via IFE or equivalent - MIFireE or FIFireE
- PAS 9980 competency and demonstrable HRB residential experience
- A track record of client relationships that last not just projects that complete
- Experience mentoring and developing engineers at all levels
- Commercial awareness - You'll understand fees, margins and what a healthy project looks like
- The ambition to build something, not just maintain something
WHAT'S ON OFFER
- £80,000–£100,000 depending on experience
- Profit related bonus scheme
- Equity conversation for the right long-term hire
- Professional membership fees paid in full
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Direct reporting line to the founder and MD
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