We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Fire Risk Management Consultant to join our growing Fire team in our Midlands, South West & Wales team.
Salary Starting at £56,000 - Dependant Upon Experience
The Team – Our Fire Safety Division
Our Fire Safety team has earned a reputation for delivering technically excellent work and responsiveness, together with a large team winning new work, resulting in exceptional growth.
Our Fire Safety Division is represented in all regional capitals within England and Wales as well as Scotland with a large team of colleagues to help win new work. We are in Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, Plymouth, and Stoke-on-Trent.
From concept to construction, our fire engineering expertise helps to optimise design and ensure complex buildings are compliant with regulations. Our team has extensive experience working on public sector, residential, commercial, industrial, and high hazard process construction projects. We deliver a range of engineering services throughout each step of the development process; from site appraisal, through to planning, design, and delivery services for all types of projects.
The Role:
Opportunity for a Fire Risk Management Consultant/Senior Fire Risk Management Consultant to join our thriving Fire Risk Management team in the Midlands, South West & Wales. This is an opportunity for you to join our successful, fun, highly engaged Fire Safety team in an influential role with lots of opportunity for you to develop and progress in your career.
You will play a key part in supporting our Fire Risk Management business in the region, working collaboratively with your multidisciplinary colleagues within and outside the Fire Division to optimise our business development and project delivery activities.
You will be home-based with daily travel to various sites across your region with infrequent visits to your nominated office, unless it is your preference to attend more frequently. Occasional further travel may be required to support isolated projects or when attending departmental meetings/conferences and continual personnel development training, during which overnight accommodation may be required.
Requirements
1. A minimum of 4 years' experience.
2. Experience as a consultant carrying out pre and post inspections with a minimum Level 4 Fire Qualification equivalent.
3. A passion for fire risk management, with a focus on end-user experience and safety.
4. Minimum Technician level Membership of the Institute of Fire Engineers with an aim to achieve Member status (MIFireE).
5. Membership of a recognised 3rd Party Accreditation with the Institution of Fire Engineers Register of Fire Risk Assessors or a similar industry-related scheme or willing to commence the process of enrolling onto one.
6. Knowledge of relevant and current codes of practice, building regulations, health and safety legislation, standards, and materials.
7. Proven and previous experience in the completion of all types of Fire Risk Assessments in some of the areas listed below:
1. High hazard
2. Conduct detailed audits of fire risk management protocols for clients' facilities.
3. Provide strategic guidance on fire risk management for multi-site portfolios and complex buildings.
4. Collaborate with clients to develop and implement pragmatic design solutions to mitigate fire risks.
5. Continuously review and update fire risk management protocols to ensure effectiveness and compliance.
6. Educate stakeholders on the importance of proactive fire prevention measures.
8. Commitment to ongoing professional development, maintaining current awareness of the latest industry developments, and an ability to undertake independent learning.
9. An understanding of active and passive fire protection systems.
10. Excellent communication skills for effectively communicating with clients, stakeholders, and team members, including the ability to write clear and concise reports, deliver presentations, and provide expert advice on fire safety matters.
11. An understanding of external wall systems including the materials, construction, and their fire safety performance and their impact on PAS 9980 guidance would also be desirable.
12. Efficient time management and organisational skills. Ability to plan individual workloads to meet the timeframes for service delivery.
13. Experience in delivering fire risk management consultancy services to a range of clients in a variety of project sectors in the UK market.
What's great about Hydrocknow Stantec
* An opportunity to develop your soft skills, as well as your technical skills.
* Excellent health benefits and 25 days of holiday (buy/sell up to five days), accruing 1 day extra every 2 years, with bonus holidays too!
* An earlier finish on Friday (4pm!).
* An opportunity to give back: “Day off for good cause” (on a workday).
* A huge range of flexible benefits, including climate perks and an EV car leasing scheme.
A place to feel included
We champion diversity, equity, and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we commit to supporting our employees and ensuring we create a safe environment that nurtures you to perform at your best. Offering our people flexibility is an important factor in achieving this aim.
We consider all applications individually with the required qualifications and knowledge without regard to any of the protected characteristics. We would like to provide everyone with a fair selection, assessment, and employment experience so we ask that you make us aware of any physical or neurodiverse condition within your application for which appropriate reasonable adjustments can be made by us.
Looking for the next steps?
Once you have completed your application through our careers site, we aim to review and respond to you as soon as your application has been reviewed.
If shortlisted, a member of our Talent Acquisition Team will call you for an initial pre-screen by phone (typically 30 minutes) to help us assess your motivations and interest in the position and Hydrock now Stantec.
If you progress following this telephone pre-screen, you will be invited to attend a formal interview by video conference (Microsoft Teams) or in our offices.
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Department:
Contract type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full Time
Competitive and Varied!
Competitive salary and excellent benefits package.
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