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.

Senior Fire Risk Assessor

Location: London / Hybrid

Hours: 35

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. Act as a point of contact for Clients providing Fire Risk Assessments
2. Co-ordinate with Clients delivering Fire Risk Assessments on time, in budget and to scope
3. Perform 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. Review and sign off work completed by other team members
10. Develop fee proposals and provide estimates for Fire Risk Assessments budget and schedule
11. Provide guidance to junior team members and graduates
12. Input into the team's workload resources schedule for budget and resource planning purposes
13. Communicate 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
• Mentor and manage junior members

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. You can find out more about our work on our website

Our values are integral in everything we do. They shape the way we work with clients and each other. Our values are:

• Collaboration- Being one team and supporting each other to achieve the best results and maximise our potential.
• Authenticity-Being true to ourselves and others and celebrating our differences.
• Giving Back - Recognizing and embracing the need for our work to have a positive social impact.
• Excellence- Striving to be up with the best and at the forefront of what we do.
• Support- Providing investment, encouragement and support to bring out the best in our People.
• Integrity- Being honest and doing the right thing

If you are a talented individual, with a commercial mind, and align to our values, please apply. If this job isn't quite right for you but you would like to start or progress a career within our construction consultancy, please connect with us so you can be notified about relevant future vacancies.

calfordseaden is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to supporting the principles of equality of opportunity in employment, training, and service delivery.