Graduate Fire Engineer - Glasgow

About Us

Hoare Lea is a human-centric and planet-conscious engineering consultancy. We offer intelligent and sustainable solutions to complex design challenges for the built environment throughout the UK and further afield.

We provide a wide range of engineering and consultancy services, including acoustics, air quality, building services (MEP), fire, lighting, security and sustainability.

Why Join Us?

• Collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists.
• Be part of progressive and exciting projects from day one, experiencing innovative schemes across all sectors.
• Advance your career your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.
• Be encouraged through our accredited training and development scheme with a dedicated mentor and supervisor, supporting you to Chartership, if you wish.

The Role

As part of one of the UK’s largest building engineering consultancies, you will collaborate with some of the best engineers, have access to state-of-the-art technical support, and work on some of the largest and most high-profile projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The Fire team also work independently on fantastic projects.

Examples of projects where Hoare Lea has led the Fire Engineering design include Heathrow’s Terminal 2, a Multi-Megawatt Data Centre Campus, the £1 billion Elephant and Castle redevelopment in London, and the Great Ormond Street Hospital: Zayed Centre for Research. The team has also led the fire safety design on seven of Manchester’s ten tallest buildings, developed fire strategies for most of the UKs largest airport terminals, and designed two World Cup stadia.

In addition to Hoare Lea’s best-in-class training, the Fire group offer extensive additional training and development opportunities – weekly training sessions, regular training away-days, innovation days and access to external training and conferences. There is a particular emphasis on enabling team members to achieve Chartered Engineer status.

As a Graduate Fire Engineer, your day-to-day tasks will vary, exposing you to all aspects of the work:

• Working on live projects from day one.
• Working in a variety of sectors from healthcare to hotels, retail to residential.
• Producing detailed designs and drawings.
• Using the latest computer modelling software CAD and Revit.
• Undertaking site surveys.
• Researching ground-breaking technologies.
• Continuous CPD and learning opportunities.
• Review building designs to assess compliance and design solutions to bespoke fire engineering problems, as part of the overall design team, alongside the architect and Statutory Authorities.
• Undertake calculations for smoke and temperature spread, as well as complex smoke and evacuation modelling (CFD simulations), detailed fire dynamics and structural assessments.
• Analyse potential fires by researching problem areas and developing advice based on the outcome.
• Provide recommendations in relation to life safety systems for buildings and assist the production of fire strategy reports.

Communication will span all of these tasks, as you will regularly liaise with project teams, meet clients or end users, and attend collaborative meetings.

About You

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• An expected or achieved 2.2 or above in an Engineering Council accredited degree, ideally Fire Safety Engineering or equivalent qualification (such as Building Services, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering) or Science based degree (such as Maths, Physics).
• Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment and independently.
• A friendly, ambitious and confident individual with a flexible and resilient approach.

It would be an advantage, but not necessary, if you also had:

• A Masters or other relevant post graduate qualification.
• Previous placement or work experience in a similar industry.
• An understanding of CFD or similar modelling software.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and industry-leading training and development.
• Opportunity to participate in our 9-day fortnight scheme.
• Thriving community groups, varied social and networking events.
• Extensive professional and technical development schemes.
• Private medical cover.
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
• Stock options.
• 25 days of annual leave (increasing with service).
• Flexible and hybrid working.

How to Apply

To apply simply complete a CV profile, answer a couple questions, and submit your application.

Recruitment Process

• Applications close – 6th November 2026
• Telephone Interviews – November/December 2026
• Selection Event – January/February 2027
• Start Date – September 2027