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Senior Health & Safety Risk Assessor
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Osterna, part of RMG and the Places for People Group, is looking for an experienced Senior Health & Safety Risk Assessor to join our proactive and highly successful Health & Safety team.
This is a senior, hands-on role combining people leadership with operational delivery, where you'll manage and support a team of Risk Assessors while completing your own programme of risk assessments and report validation.
With a strong emphasis on quality over quantity and a positive work/life balance, this role offers a flexible, home-based working arrangement alongside site visits.
Where will I be working?
Covering a patch across Northern England
What's our USP?
At Osterna, we place real value on professional standards, development, and balance. As a Senior Assessor, you'll play a key role in shaping how risk assessments are delivered across the business, supporting and developing a remote team while maintaining your own technical expertise.
You'll be trusted to manage your workload effectively, balancing leadership responsibilities with site work and report validation, within a supportive and experienced senior team.
What does the role involve?
As a Senior Health & Safety Risk Assessor, you will:
- Manage, support and develop a team of Osterna Risk Assessors, ensuring they are adequately trained, resourced and motivated
- Complete your own schedule of site visits and produce high-quality, accurate risk assessment reports
- Ensure KPIs, SLAs and quality standards are consistently met
- Carry out regular 1:1s and appraisals within agreed timescales
- Provide competent Health & Safety and Fire Safety advice to clients when required
- Support recruitment, onboarding and induction of new assessors
- Contribute positively to senior team meetings, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
What knowledge, skills and experience are we looking for?
Essential:
- Proven experience completing Fire Risk Assessments on residential blocks of flats
- Strong working knowledge of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and the Building Safety Act 2022
- Level 3 NEBOSH General Certificate and NEBOSH Fire Certificate (or equivalent)
- Membership of a recognised professional body such as IFE or IFSM
- Commitment to maintaining professional memberships, qualifications and CPD
Preferred:
- Experience managing and supporting remote-based assessors
- Ability to motivate and influence others, particularly during challenging periods
- Strong organisational and diary management skills
- Confident communicator with the ability to give and receive constructive feedback
- Experience managing performance where standards fall below expectations
- BAFE certified validator
- Level 5 diploma in fire safety and risk management
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What does RMG have to offer you?
- 27 days annual leave plus all Bank Holidays
- Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave
- Life Assurance
- Free Healthcare Cashback Plan, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and GP services
- Sponsorship for professional qualifications, including study days
- Pension scheme matched up to 7%
- Life assurance at 4x annual salary
- Access to Our Place Rewards, offering a wide range of discounts, cashback and exclusive offers
What's next?
If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.
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Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.
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We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.
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