Graduates

We are currently hiring for graduate fire engineers, starting September 2027.

We are a commercially minded fire engineering consultancy who pride ourselves on providing practical solutions to our client’s problems. As a graduate fire engineer you will work on helping design safe and efficient buildings.

SAFE was founded in 2026 and you would be part of a small, fast-growing team. This means you will be exposed to responsibility and opportunities early in your career you might not get at larger businesses, including managing your own projects, dealing directly with clients and the commercial side of project work, not just the technical.

This role is hybrid working with 2-3 days a week in our central Manchester office. We operate flexible working with core hours of 10am to 4pm. The role involves regular travel within the UK.

You would be working on a wide variety of projects and our current work includes:

Large logistics and warehouse buildings.
New buildings for well-known hotel brands.
Existing shopping centres.
Tall and Very Tall buildings including Higher Risk Buildings under the new Building Safety Regime.
New school, hospital and prison buildings.
Assisting solicitors with litigation.

We aim to be a great place to work and will provide the following salary and benefits:

4-day, 32 hour, working week as standard for all staff with no reduction in pay. We are Gold Standard accredited with the 4 Day Week Foundation.
Salary starting at £35,000 per annum.
Salary of circa £45,000 upon promotion from graduate engineer. This is achievable within two years.
Hybrid working as standard with office working flexible around your life.
Matched pension contribution of up to 8%.
29 holiday days per year.
Healthcare Cash Plan.
Annual bonus.
Professional Recognition bonuses including £3,000 on achieving registration as Chartered Engineer.

To be considered for this role you should have the following:

Master’s degree in one of the following subjects or similar. This could be an integrated MEng or a separated Master’s Degree. (Grade 2:1/Merit as a minimum)
- Fire Engineering
- Mechanical, Aerospace or Structural/Civil Engineering
- Physics
The right to work in the UK.

This role will suit candidates:

Who are looking for a consulting role and will be comfortable with lots of in person and phone interaction with a wide range of clients and collaborators.
Who have a problem-solving mindset.
Who are happy with regular travel within the UK.
Who have excellent written and spoken English.
No previous knowledge of fire engineering is required for this role.

Our application process:

Please send your CV in PDF format and a covering email to contact@safeltd.uk. Your covering email should indicate whether you have the right to work in the UK, require a Graduate Visa or a different type of Visa.

The application period is open until 24/12/2026. Applications received after this date will not be considered.

Successful candidates will be invited to a single in-person interview in early 2027. Interviews will be held at our office in central Manchester.
We will reimburse public transport costs within the UK for all interviewees.
Following completion of all interviews, job offers will be made to successful candidates.
Written feedback will be available for any unsuccessful interviewees who request it. We will not be able to provide feedback for applicants who are not invited to interview.
No AI will be used to review applications or as part of the interview process. Similarly, applications and CVs which have text which is obviously copied from AI LLMs will not be considered.
Please, no recruiters for this role.