Ridge and Partners LLP
Senior Fire Risk Assessor
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Are you a Fire Risk Assessor or Senior Fire Risk Assessor looking for the next step in your career? We are recruiting for someone to join our team and can be based in any of our offices. You will be responsible for conducting site-based fire risk assessments within a variety of sectors, including industrial, commercial and residential.
If you have been carrying out work either on a consultancy or an in-house basis, are willing to travel regularly, or are an ex-fire and rescue service inspecting officer with extensive experience in auditing premises under the Fire Safety Order, have relevant qualifications and accreditation please apply directly to explore the role further or contact me.
What you need to do to be effective in this role
- Undertake regular communication with our Client’s team to coordinate programmes of inspections and remedial works
- Ensure buildings conform to the latest fire related building regulations and technical standards
- Taking particulars on site, writing up schedules of works required and in association with others, prepare specifications, obtain estimates, plan programmes of work, monitor progress of works on site, checking compliance with the specification
- Provide a practical and methodical approach to solving problems, working to fixed budgets and working within tight deadlines
- Provide advice in connection with applications for Building Regulations Approval on Fire Related matters
- Authorise and sign off Fire Risk Assessments before submission to clients
- Conduct annual internal audits on Fire Risk Assessors
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Requirements
To be successful in your application you must be fully conversant with current fire safety legislation including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order and technical standards as well as a full understanding of current fire safety issues, trends and best practice. We will be unable to consider your application if you do not meet the requirements stated. You will also have:
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- Demonstrable experience gained in a similar role
- Minimum Level 4 qualification in fire risk management, or a Level 5 qualification in fire risk assessment or fire engineering
- IFE-approved fire risk assessment course completion
- Registered on the national register of Fire Risk Assessors, either via IFE, FRACS or IFSM (the latter of which will require minimum registration on Tier 3 of the IFSM register)
- Experience as a Validator under the BAFE SP205-1 Scheme
- Driving licence required
- Experience of carrying out fire risk assessments in a range of premises
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