Lead Fire Safety Consultant | Hybrid | London & Surrounding | Contractor | Competitive Day Rate
What they ask for
3+ years experience working as a Fire Safety Consultant in the built environment.
Extensive experience in undertaking fire specialist work e.g. fire strategies, fire management plans, and complex fire risk assessments in high risk commercial and residential buildings.
Strong interpersonal skills and excellent report writing abilities to deliver client reports in accordance with a forensic and pragmatic approach.
Comprehensive understanding of current UK building regulations e.g. Approved Document B.
Working knowledge of relevant Approved Documents and relevant Standards including BS9991, BS9999, BS9997, PAS 9980 etc.
Recognised fire safety memberships e.g. GIFireE or MIFireE or MIFSM
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Lead Fire Safety Consultant | Hybrid | London & Surrounding | Contractor | Competitive Day Rate
At Ark Workplace Risk, we empower our clients to confidently manage risk, compliance, and safety through a trusted partnership built on expert knowledge, innovative solutions, and proactive guidance and insight.
About Ark Workplace Risk:
• Proven Expert Knowledge: With over 30 years of experience and a prestigious and diverse portfolio of around 200 UK clients, we provide workable solutions that align with our clients' organisational and business goals, as well as regulatory requirements.
• Industry-Leading Software: Our innovative tools streamline risk and compliance management, putting clients in control and enabling them to demonstrate accountability to stakeholders.
• Insight-Driven Solutions: As industry thought leaders, we provide actionable insights into emerging legislation, guidance, and industry trends, ensuring court-readiness for their business.
• Responsive Partnership: From every day, business-as-usual guidance to urgent, critical, complex, and contentious scenarios, we work in partnership with clients, becoming their trusted advisor and solution provider, whenever and wherever they need us most.
We're looking for a Senior Fire Safety and Strategy Consultant who is passionate about fire safety and delivering the GOLD Standard in the built environment and enjoys working in a team of dedicated multi-skilled safety professionals.
Duties
• Undertake retrospective fire strategies, and complex Type 1,2,3,4 fire risk assessments in complex residential and commercial buildings.
• Undertake complex compartmentation surveys and make recommendations.
• Implement fire safety advice and site management systems, audits and reviews.
• Design fire management plans for existing buildings.
• Create fire safety solutions across a range of sites (varying in complexity) within the built environment.
• Monitoring of External Wall/ facade to confirm remedial work is assured.
Requirements
• 3+ years experience working as a Fire Safety Consultant in the built environment.
• Extensive experience in undertaking fire specialist work e.g. fire strategies, fire management plans, and complex fire risk assessments in high risk commercial and residential buildings.
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent report writing abilities to deliver client reports in accordance with a forensic and pragmatic approach.
• Comprehensive understanding of current UK building regulations e.g. Approved Document B.
• Working knowledge of relevant Approved Documents and relevant Standards including BS9991, BS9999, BS9997, PAS 9980 etc.
Qualifications and Memberships
• Recognised fire safety memberships e.g. GIFireE or MIFireE or MIFSM
• Ideally on Advanced (Tier 3)
• IFSM, or IFE fire risk assessor register or operating at that level.
• Fire safety/ fire engineering diploma (Level 4 working towards Level 5).
Job Specifics
• We are offering a competitive package (subject to location, skills, experience and track record)
• The majority of our work is around London. This role also has a national remit and you will be required to travel outside of London from time to time, so you must have the flexibility and willingness to travel as required.
ABOUT ARK WORKPLACE RISK
Ark is a market leader providing an innovative suite of; Professional Service Solutions, Outsourcing and future-proofed Software and Analytics to mid/major organisations in the UK. With over 500 global and premium brands trusting Ark to deliver smarter Risk, Compliance, Safety.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) for everyone. All applicants will be treated fairly and without prejudice. No one will receive less favourable treatment or be discriminated irrespective of the following protected characteristics: Age, disability, gender reassignment (and identity), marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex (formerly gender) and sexual orientation.
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