Senior Fire Consultant

Why your role matters

As a Senior Fire Safety Consultant, you will be expected to undertake fire risk assessments in a wide range of premises, including complex and sleeping risk premises. Supporting our clients with their fire safety requirements, providing practical solutions and advice on onsite issues. Regional and national travel is required.

What you’ll be doing

The Senior Fire Safety Consultant will conduct a diverse range of daily fire risk assessments in various premises, offering guidance and assistance to clients in alignment with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Approved Codes of Practices, and current fire safety recommendations. Additionally, you will assist the Head of Fire Safety by conducting onsite evaluations of our fire safety consultants performing risk assessments, providing resilience, and aiding the Head of Fire Safety as needed, including the Quality Assurance of fire risk assessments. Furthermore, you will provide fire safety training to clients when necessary. Additionally, there may be occasional involvement in supporting clients with general health and safety requirements, such as workplace inspections and audits. Although not mandatory, qualifications in health and safety and membership in IOSH or IIRSM are desirable.

About you

You will have a minimum of 5 years' experience in conducting Fire Risk Assessments in diverse and intricate premises with sleeping risk considerations, along with holding an A Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety or its equivalent. Your experience will demonstrate proficiency in conducting compartmentation and fire door surveys across various premises, showcasing a solid understanding of regulatory frameworks such as Approved Document B, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, DCLG Guidance documents, and British Standards including BS9999 & BS9991.

Additionally, you should be accredited by IFE, IFSM, FRACS, or IFPO and be registered on a Fire Risk Assessors register. Your experience should extend to providing fire safety support and guidance to fellow fire safety consultants. It's imperative to hold Professional Indemnity Insurance for fire safety services and fire risk assessments, with a minimum coverage of £1 million.

Where you’ll be working

Central UK (Midlands) & Homeworking with nationwide travel.

The Package

This role attracts a salary of £45,000 - £50,000 per annum (depending on experience), plus £5,000 car allowance and an attractive company benefits package including:

• Health Cash plan
• Life Assurance
• Up to £15 per month fitness subsidence
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Auto Enrolment Pension contributions after 3 months service
• Birthday Day off
• VITO Days - up to 2 days per holiday year paid volunteering
• Free Will writing service.

The Company

WorkNest is part of the GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) division within Marlowe PLC. We are a powerhouse of employment law, HR, Health and Safety, CQC Compliance support services, weaving pragmatic advice with powerful technology platforms. We have experienced exceptional growth over the last 24 months, fuelled by the acquisition of several leading business services groups, including: Law at Work, Ellis Whittam, Youmanage, esphr, HRSP, HR Solutions and Vista. Our purpose is to advance the way people work. We achieve this by helping employers proactively overcome their employment, safety, and wellbeing challenges, working alongside internal teams, or providing a fully outsourced solution. In fact, over 40,000 UK employers (in 45 vertical sectors) now seek our help on some of their most sensitive issues. We like to think that this is due to our focus on high quality, pragmatic and professional advice, and service.

We have a national presence with main offices in Chester and Glasgow, where our 400-strong team - including more than 75 qualified employment law solicitors, 50 qualified HR consultants and over 50 qualified Health & safety consultants, - strive to be the organisation of excellence that employers turn to for nurture and protection. We’re known for our personalised, high-quality support and pragmatic, commercially-minded approach - as well as being a great place to work!

So what’s next?

Does this sound like you? Are you up for the challenge?

If you think this role is a good fit for you, please use the 'apply now’ button to begin your application. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and covering letter outlining how you fulfil the person specification for this post.

WorkNest is committed to creating a culture of Inclusionand ensuring that everyone - job applicants, clients, colleagues, and anyone else we deal with - is treated fairly and with respect. We continuously review our policies and processes to support our aim to create a diverse team, however, please speak to our Talent and Recruitment specialist if there are any adjustments, we need to make in order to ensure, a genuine equality of opportunity.