Throughout our worldwide network of experts, clients and communities, we are renowned for our leadership in fire protection engineering – a legacy of responsibility we have proudly upheld since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related security and risk-based fields – from accessibility consulting and risk analysis to process safety, forensic investigations, security risk consulting, emergency management, digital innovation and more.
Our engineers and consultants collaborate to solve complex safety and security challenges, ensuring our clients can protect what matters most. For over 80 years, we have helped mitigate risks that threaten lives, property and reputations. Through technology, expertise and industry-leading research, we remain dedicated to our purpose of making our world safe, secure and resilient.
At Jensen Hughes, we believe that creating and sustaining a culture of trust, integrity and professional growth starts with putting our people first. Our employees are our greatest strength, and we value the unique perspectives and talents they bring to our organization.
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Job overview
Jensen Hughes have a rare and exciting opportunity for a talented Fire Engineer to join our market leading Belfast team and help us drive excellence across our projects and deliver world class life safety solutions to our varied client base in 2025! Our Belfast team have had a record-breaking year with some truly impressive successes to shout about, now is a great time to join us.
Why join us to grow your career
- We are the largest fire consultancy in Europe with offices located in Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Italy, and the UK & Ireland. Our reputation for providing innovative, design focused solutions has made us the consultant of choice for many of Europe's leading property clients.
- As a Fire Engineer at Jensen Hughes, you will be an integral part of a dynamic technical team, working with our experienced Engineers alongside other teams including our Forensics division you will work on the industry's leading technical projects.
- Working with us offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
- You will be given early the opportunity to progress rapidly. Jensen Hughes encourage all Engineers to achieve chartered status and offer help and support during the process.
Responsibilities
- Preparing fire strategies for a wide range of buildings using ADB, BS9999, BS9991, BS7974, HTM Guidance and BB100 among other documents.
- Take a lead on Technical projects
- Manage medium/large size projects including fee proposals and invoicing.
- Be the expert to our clients and that all important first point of call.
- Lead discussion with design team, building control and fire service.
- Attend industry conferences to network and embrace industry trends and best practices
Requirements and qualifications
To set you up for success in this role from day one (at a minimum) the following qualifications/experience are required:
- A background in fire engineering preferably within a consultancy environment
- A bachelor's degree or higher within Fire Engineering or similar such as Mechanical Engineering
- Ideally working towards becoming a Chartered engineer
- The ability to undertake works independently
Our people are our greatest asset
At Jensen Hughes, we know that our people are the foundation of our success. To attract and retain the best talent, we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance, and professional growth.
Our UK and Ireland benefits include
- Private medical insurance
- 33 days paid time off with an additional day after 3 years
- Industry-leading contributory pension scheme
- 4x life assurance
- Income protection scheme
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Enhanced parental-related pay
- Recognition and reward programmes to celebrate team efforts
- Access to extensive technical training and resources
