Summary
What if you could imagine a better future for us all and a better future for you? With us you can. Our community of over 9,000 employees design and deliver projects such as skyscrapers, train stations, carbon emission reduction and highways that help shape the environment. It inspires us to stay curious, act locally, and think internationally.
Wage
£21,000 a year
Training course
Fire safety engineer (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week. Exact working hours to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start date
Monday 1 September 2025
Duration
5 years
Positions available
2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
As a Fire Engineering Degree Apprentice in our Building Specialists team in Manchester you will work on diverse projects, ensuring modern designs align with fire safety. Our Fire Engineers protect people, buildings and businesses from the dangers of fire and smoke and work with architects, local authorities and fire services to improve fire safety.
Where you’ll work
8 First Street
Manchester
M15 4RP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
Your training course
Fire safety engineer (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
* Use and evaluate modelling software including smoke and evacuation models.
* Develop or review, safe, technical solutions to fire safety engineering problems through the use of research techniques, current and emerging technologies, products and innovations as well as best practice. Examples include: ability to use of range of research methods to collect and analyses data to draw well-founded practical conclusions for implementation, applicable research strategy and methodology, literature searches.
* Communicate and provide guidance to others using language to suit the audience through varying methods: design models, calculations, reports, drawings, specifications, presentations, digital media and discussions with those both inside and outside the industry.
* Demonstrate solutions proposed are safe and the level of safety they provide. Critically analyse prescriptive recommendations and alternative solutions, the use of bench-marking, cost and or benefit and sensitivity analysis.
* Present detailed fire safety engineering solutions for concept design and detailed design.
* Coordinate fire safety solutions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Review and interpret fire related information such as product certification and test reports, cause and effect information and design detail drawings.
* Carry out and record the continuing professional development necessary to maintain and enhance knowledge and competence as a fire safety engineer.
* Interpret and apply design and quality standards including codes of practice, legal and regulatory frameworks, in the development of fire engineering solutions, Examples include: planning, designing, construction and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure in compliance with current codes, standards and legislation, industry regulations.
* Evaluate the impact of fire safety engineering on society and the environment taking account of business, client and end user needs in its construction, management and use.
* Monitor and manage the planning, budgeting and organisation of tasks, people and resources for projects and change management activities, working to agreed quality standards, project programme and budget, legal, contractual and statutory requirements.
* Apply the principles of teamworking and developing staff across disciplines.
* Develop or review fire safety solutions and be able to objectively review, identify issues, offer alternative solutions or opinions including, fire engineered analysis, means of escape calculations, smoke ventilation calculations, heat transfer calculations and hazard identification and fire risk assessments.
* Use and evaluate modelling software including smoke and evacuation models.
* Develop or review, safe, technical solutions to fire safety engineering problems through the use of research techniques, current and emerging technologies, products and innovations as well as best practice. Examples include: ability to use of range of research methods to collect and analyses data to draw well-founded practical conclusions for implementation, applicable research strategy and methodology, literature searches.
* Communicate and provide guidance to others using language to suit the audience through varying methods: design models, calculations, reports, drawings, specifications, presentations, digital media and discussions with those both inside and outside the industry.
* Demonstrate solutions proposed are safe and the level of safety they provide. Critically analyse prescriptive recommendations and alternative solutions, the use of bench-marking, cost and or benefit and sensitivity analysis.
* Present detailed fire safety engineering solutions for concept design and detailed design.
* Coordinate fire safety solutions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Review and interpret fire related information such as product certification and test reports, cause and effect information and design detail drawings.
* Carry out and record the continuing professional development necessary to maintain and enhance knowledge and competence as a fire safety engineer.
* Interpret and apply design and quality standards including codes of practice, legal and regulatory frameworks, in the development of fire engineering solutions, Examples include: planning, designing, construction and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure in compliance with current codes, standards and legislation, industry regulations.
* Evaluate the impact of fire safety engineering on society and the environment taking account of business, client and end user needs in its construction, management and use.
* Monitor and manage the planning, budgeting and organisation of tasks, people and resources for projects and change management activities, working to agreed quality standards, project programme and budget, legal, contractual and statutory requirements.
* Apply the principles of teamworking and developing staff across disciplines.
* Develop or review fire safety solutions and be able to objectively review, identify issues, offer alternative solutions or opinions including, fire engineered analysis, means of escape calculations, smoke ventilation calculations, heat transfer calculations and hazard identification and fire risk assessments.
Your training plan
* You will attend University to study a Fire Engineering Degree Apprenticeship and gain a bachelor's qualification, as well as completing your End-Point Assessment (and your Incorporated Engineer status)
* You will be enrolled onto a bespoke internal development programme to help you to attain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to successfully achieve your apprenticeship, and support your career in Fire Safety Engineering
* You will have the support of your team, line manager, mentor and buddy as well as a dedicated early careers team
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* 5 GCSEs including English, Maths, Science (grade Level 5 or above)
A Level in:
* 3 A Levels to include Maths (grade BBC)
BTEC in:
* an Engineering-related subject (grade DDM with Further Maths unit)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Team working
Other requirements
Candidates must complete the application form in full, answering all specified questions. This is mandatory for all candidates inclusive of their background. Those who pass this initial stage are required to complete an online behavioural assessment. The application form and the behavioural assessment are essential parts of our recruitment process.