Fire and Safety Lead

Ocado; Kirk Bramwith; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

22 weeks maternity leave & 6 weeks p.p

Pension with employer matching up to 7

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounts at Ocado.com

Job summary

Ocado is seeking an experienced Senior Fire Risk Governance professional to lead fire safety strategy across UK sites and scalable operations. You will advise engineering and operations on risk controls, embed fire safety in contracts, and manage external regulators and auditors.

You will contribute to the HSFE governance framework, providing clear, business-focused guidance on complex fire risk issues for multi-site operations and new territory entries.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent recognised professional qualification with demonstrable industry experience.
• Current professional membership of a recognised fire safety, risk management or related institution.
• Experience of fire risk management in a relevant industrial setting, including multi-site and multi-jurisdictional level with demonstrable strategic and commercial judgement.
• Competence to determine and oversee fire risk assessment methodology, standards and competent-person requirements, directing and quality-assuring specialist work.
• Experience advising and influencing senior operational leaders on fire risk with clear, business-risk, decision-ready advice.

Responsibilities

• Leading external fire safety relationships with regulators, fire and rescue authorities, and 3rd party auditors.
• Contributing to HSFE Governance with shared frameworks, accountability models, and committee structures beyond fire.
• Advising on emerging thermal risks from robotic automation and scale, incl. lithium-ion batteries and high-bay environments.
• Advising on fire risk and legal compliance across territories, testing control effectiveness and holding first-line operations to account.
• Providing specialist technical review of entry into new territories and embedding fire safety in contracts, design and project delivery.

Skills

Fire risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic business judgement

Risk assessment methodology

Technical advisory

Education

Degree-level qualification in risk management or fire safety

Job description

fire safety standards, methodology and assurance approach, giving competent, independent advice and challenge across every operating territory.Operating as a second-line function: advising business operations and engineering functions on fire risk and legal compliance, testing the effectiveness of controls and holding first-line operations to account, without owning their decisions.Integrating fire risk into the Group's wider HSFE risk, governance and assurance framework.Providing specialist technical review of entry into new territories, and ensuring fire safety considerations are embedded into contract negotiations, design, project delivery, engineering and change from concept onwards.Advising the business on emerging thermal risks that come with robotic automation and scale, including lithium-ion battery systems, thermal events and high-bay environments.Leading the Group's external fire safety relationships with regulators, fire and rescue authorities, and 3rd party auditorsContributing
breadth across the wider HSFE Governance function: shared governance frameworks, accountability models, competence and role definitions, committee structures and assurance approaches beyond fire alone.

About you

Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. risk management, fire safety,or built-environment discipline), or an equivalent recognised professional qualification supported by demonstrable industry experience.Current professional membership, at a grade evidencing professional competence, of a recognised fire safety, risk management or related institution (e.g. Institute of Fire Safety Managers, Institution of Fire Engineers, Institute of Risk Management, or an equivalent body in a relevant operating territory).Experience of fire risk management in a relevant industrial setting, including at Group, multi-site and multi-jurisdictional level, with demonstrable strategic and commercial judgement in managing risk organisationally.Demonstrable, competence to determine and
oversee fire risk assessment methodology, standards and competent-person requirements, and to direct, commission and quality-assure specialist technical work (fire engineering, fire protection, fire risk assessment).Experience advising and influencing senior operational leaders on fire risk, translating complex technical issues into clear business-risk, decision-ready advice.

What we offer

We believe in supporting our people with meaningful, flexible benefits that prioritise well-being and work-life balance. Here's a snapshot of what you can expect:

• Time to recharge:25 days annual leave (rising to 27 after 5 years), plus the option to buy more - and 30 days a year to work from anywhere in the world.
• Health & wellbeing:Private Medical Insurance from your first month, wellbeing support through specialist apps and EAP, plus Income Protection and Life Assurance.
• Family-first policies:22 weeks paid maternity/primary carer leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave
• Financial support:Pension with employer matching up to 7%, share schemes (Sharesave & BAYE), and interest-free loans for train tickets.
• Commuter perks:Cycle to Work Scheme and free shuttle buses to/from Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City stations.
• Exclusive discounts:15% off at Ocado.com with free delivery (starting in your first month).

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