Principal Fire Engineer

Amentum is currently recruiting for Principal Fire Engineer to join our Energy business. The department is entering an exciting phase of opportunity by supporting our key client's UK nuclear fleet through a business transformation, and by supporting new small modular reactor developers. Our work is varied, covering New Build, Generation, Life Extension, and Defueling, and our capabilities are in demand across the nuclear sector. This role will be based at one of our Energy offices ( Newcastle, Glasgow, Warrington, Gloucester, Bristol or Knutsford ). We put flexibility at the heart of what we do and we're happy to consider flexible working patterns.,

• Development of fire safety strategies to support compliance with the Building Regulations and relevant fire safety legislation. This includes the development of design solutions encompassing provisions for means and escape, detection and alarm, structural fire protection, suppression, and firefighting access/facilities for the fire and rescue service in accordance with recognised prescriptive good practice and/or fire engineering principles
• Undertaking conventional fire assessments / fire risk assessments to support compliance with fire safety legislation and/or the development of fire safety strategies, and to support ALARP demonstrations where non-compliances exist
• Undertaking fire modelling with the use of empirical hand calculations and software packages such as CFAST and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics in support of fire safety strategies
  
  STEM degree qualified (Desirable not essential)
• Membership with a recognised institution (Institution of fire engineers - Desirable not essential)
• Fire safety engineering experience, ideally covering most of the key responsibilities listed above
• Experience of application and use of relevant prescriptive codes (e.g. ADB, BS 9999 etc)
• Experience of undertaking fire modelling in support of the provision of performance based fire safety engineered solutions (Desirable not essential).
  
  People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes , plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations., The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws., Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance
Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.