Senior Fire Risk Assessor

calfordseaden is a leading multi-disciplinary construction and property consultancy. We provide a comprehensive range of services across the built environment, including Architecture, Building Information Management (BIM), Building Safety, Engineering, Fire Safety, Health and Safety, Surveying, Sustainability, and more.

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Senior Fire Risk Assessor

Location: London / Hybrid

Hours: 35

We're expanding our Fire Safety team! You can find out more about the services they offer clients here

The role:

The role involves in providing Fire Safety Consultation and developing Fire Safety Strategy for a variety of projects in Built Environment. This involves using relevant fire safety guidance documents and if required, utilising Fire Engineering methods and tools in designing a performance-based fire strategy in collaboration with the project stakeholders, design team and Approving Authorities.

What you'll be doing:

1. Acting as a point of contact for Clients providing Fire Risk Assessments
2. Co-ordinating with Clients delivering Fire Risk Assessments on time, in budget and to scope
3. Acting as Fire Risk Assessor on projects undertaking desktop reviews and site visits
4. Carrying out both pre-occupation and post-occupation fire risk assessments including FRAEWs and Fire Door surveys
5. Undertaking Fire Risk Assessments and fire surveys on a wide range of new and existing buildings such as high-rise residential and non-residential buildings
6. Carrying out active and passive fire protection systems review
7. Preparing Fire Risk Assessment reports
8. Undertaking external façade assessment to industry standard such as EWS1 Form
9. Reviewing and signing off work completed by other team members
10. Developing fee proposals and provide estimates for Fire Risk Assessments budget and schedule
11. Providing guidance to junior team members and graduates
12. Inputting into the team’s workload resources schedule for budget and resource planning purposes
13. Communicating effectively with clients, seeks feedback and develops or fosters client relationships

What you'll need

Qualifications:

• Fire Safety Level 3 and Level 4 Diploma (or working towards)
• FPA/Fire Service College fire safety training modules or fire service in-house equivalent
• Fire Door Inspection Qualification – CertFDI / DipFD / CertFD
• Passive Fire Protection training – ASFP or Equivalent
• Member of either professional institutes of IFE, IFSM or IFPO and being registered on the National Fire Risk Assessor Listing

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in undertaking Fire Risk Assessments in the UK
• Strong knowledge and experience of conducting Type 1-4 Fire Risk Assessments

Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal and presentational skills
• Strong organisational ability
• IT literacy with proficiency in the use of a range of design software such as MS Office and Bluebeam
• A full and detailed knowledge of Fire Safety and building construction
• Produce written reports in good English and where appropriate use technical language
• Proficient in the use of basic software (word, excel, MS Project etc).
• Able to work with minimum supervision and to supervise others
• Team worker - working on own initiative but accept guidance or constructive criticism, as well as understanding own boundaries.
• Strong communication and people skills
• Personable and confident

What we offer

People are at the heart of everything we do, which is why we invest in them at every stage of their career. We are proud to hold the Investors in People Gold award, which we believe demonstrates our commitment to nurturing our people. Structured Apprenticeships and work experience opportunities are available across the organisation to support those at the beginning of their careers. We also have career development pathways to help you understand and structure your professional development.

We provide a range of benefits including hybrid working, the option to buy and sell annual leave, enhanced annual leave for long service, sponsorship for qualifications, a recruitment referral bonus scheme, enhanced family leave policies, an employee assistance programme, and more!

Who we are

We’re a multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy with offices in Orpington, London, Birmingham, Essex, Cambridge, and Hampshire. With 80 years of experience of delivering award-winning projects across all major sectors, we’re committed to making a positive difference in the communities we serve.

Our vision is to be identified as a trusted client advisor; national in reach, local in service, and selected for our quality and expertise in the built environment. Our brilliant team consists of individuals who are passionate about delivering the best results and continuously demonstrate why our clients choose us to help bring their projects to life.