Fire Safety Engineer

HSE Recruitment Network are working with a global brand who are looking for a Fire Safety Engineer covering the EMEAA region.

This role is home based with occasional travel to their Windsor office.

Working closely with the regional teams you will support on more technical fire safety queries. This is a newly created role playing a significant role in shaping procedures, frameworks, and global brand consistency.

If you are a technical strong, competent and credible fire safety engineer who wants a role which combines strategy and practical application and gives you exposure to projects across a vast region and multiple stakeholders then this could be for you.

This role reports into the Global Safety & Security team with 0 direct reports.

Main Responsibilities:

• Reviewing building plans, ensuring compliance to local code, building regulations and also the global safety standards for the group.
• Assessing newly acquired properties to ensure they meet required standards, closing the gaps when needed and offering practical solutions if not.
• Offering credible advice to regional managers on practical, design-based solutions to bring properties into compliance.
• Developing and strengthening Fire Safety frameworks, helping to shape global processes to ensure consistent risk management approaches across regions.
• Deliver and advise directly, working on detailed technical fire safety assessments, compliance reviews, and solutions for properties across the region.
• Working closely with a range of stakeholders, VP's / Regional Directors (for Europe, India/Middle East/Africa, Australasia & Pacific, and Southeast Asia & Korea) and sharing best practice globally with other fire safety engineers in China and the Americas.

Essential Experience and Qualifications:

• Degree in Fire Safety, Fire Safety Engineering or Mechanical Engineering (with relevant background in fire safety) would be desired but experience will be prioritised above qualifications.
• Solid experience (mid-level) in technical fire safety or fire engineering, with capability to interpret plans and provide pragmatic design advice.
• Ability to be hands-on, getting involved in the work - not just advising.
• Ideally exposure to a large property portfolio across multi-region environments either across the UK or beyond.
• Strong communication and influencing skills — diplomatic, collaborative, and comfortable with complex stakeholder dynamics.
• Ideal background would be from a large organisation with a vast and varied property portfolio which is run quite lean.

The salary is £75K- £85K DOE + package

Please contact Aisling Reid on 0121 454 5000 or aisling.reid@hserecruitment.co.uk to discuss further.