What's the role?
At Hilti, we’re on a mission to transform Passive Fire Protection. We’re currently looking for a Lead Passive Fire Engineer to join our team, make a meaningful impact, and help drive our vision to lead in customer excellence—delivering the right solutions with safety at the forefront of everything we do.
As a Lead Engineer specialising in Passive Fire Protection, you’ll work on the most complex customer requirements, placing you at the heart of Fire Safety strategy. Your expertise will be key in analysing challenges, developing solutions, and ensuring they align with both customer needs and regulatory standards.
You’ll draw on your experience in the Fire Protection industry to challenge norms, solve problems, and present tailored solutions. To stay at the cutting edge, you’ll continue your CPD through our Engineering Academy, attend upskilling sessions, immerse yourself in our innovative products, and act as an ambassador for both your field and Hilti.
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Who is Hilti?
At Hilti, we’re a passionate global team committed to making construction better. As a leader in the Passive Fire Protection (Firestop) industry, our reputation is recognised worldwide thanks to our dedication to productivity, safety, and sustainability. We deliver innovative solutions that shape the infrastructure people rely on every day.
Hilti is a place where individuals build lasting careers—exploring new possibilities, maximising their potential, owning their development, and making a real impact every single day.
What does the role involve?
As a Lead Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional service to both internal and external stakeholders. You’ll apply your expertise to propose bespoke Passive Fire Protection solutions and develop engineering judgments that ensure the safety and viability of our offerings—always aligned with fire safety standards and tailored to the specific build type.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Reviewing and responding to customer requirements and queries —interpreting specifications and analysing technical construction documents, including plans and designs, to understand the customer’s Passive Fire Protection needs.
- Creating and certifying engineering judgments —assessing, analysing, and reporting to ensure our products meet both the customer’s needs and project safety standards.
- Staying ahead of industry standards —proactively keeping up with changes in Passive Fire Protection regulations, maintaining sharp and up-to-date skills. You’ll also take every opportunity to deepen your knowledge of Hilti’s latest fire protection products, ensuring all quality and safety standards are consistently met.
93% of our people say they’re proud to work for Hilti, thanks to the quality of our products and the way we look after our people.
What do we offer?
We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include:
- Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
- 6% employer pension contributions
- Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
- 33 days' holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually
- Paid leave to work on charitable projects
- Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback
- Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours
- Employee resource groups focused on gender, mental health, race, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability topics
- Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams
What you need is:
Essential;
- A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Fire Engineering, Civil, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering.
- Proven experience in Passive Fire Protection, including conducting assessments or engineering judgments on safety, suitability, and compliance with standards. Strong technical writing skills to clearly present your findings.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse complex technical and theoretical datasets, interpreting the information to develop practical solutions to engineering challenges.
- Capability to use data-driven insights to propose creative and innovative solutions that meet customer needs, regulatory requirements, and Hilti’s standards.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information clearly to a range of stakeholders—including non-technical audiences—and collaborate effectively within a team.
- Strong proficiency in AutoCAD.
- Fluent in both spoken and written English.
Who should apply?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and have the expertise to deliver engineering assessments in Passive Fire Protection, along with the drive to grow and contribute to a global initiative shaping the future of the industry—we’d love to connect.
What you can expect when applying to a position with Hilti:
1. We are committed to having all applications reviewed by a human and while nobody is infallible, we stand by our people centric approach to everything we do
2. Once you submit your application you can expect to receive automated notifications from our system (triggered by our recruiting team)
3. Applications that do not make it to the interview stage (with a hiring manager) will not receive personalized feedback.
4. Our end-to-end recruitment process (including evaluation time and interviews) may last between 3 and 6 weeks. You can expect to hear back from us within 2-3 weeks (on average) regardless of outcome 5. We wish you the best in your application process. Check out our career frequently asked questions for application and interview tips.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value the contributions of all our team members regardless of sex, gender identity/expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion or family status.
