Fire Assessor Senior Consultant

Electus Recruitment Solutions; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Fire Assessor to support the safety of critical infrastructure projects. You will develop fire strategies, conduct risk assessments, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure effective fire safety solutions. This permanent role requires a degree in Fire Safety Engineering and experience in fire risk assessment. Ideal candidates are skilled in analytical problem-solving and proficient with fire dynamics tools.

Qualifications

• Degree in Fire Safety Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in fire risk assessment and strategy development.
• Familiarity with evacuation modelling and fire dynamics tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop fire safety strategies and compliance documentation.
• Lead design reviews and propose effective fire safety solutions.
• Conduct fire engineering analysis, including smoke modelling.
• Collaborate with architects and regulatory bodies on fire safety measures.
• Use advanced modelling software for fire dynamics assessments.

Skills

Analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Fire risk assessment experience

Familiarity with evacuation modelling tools

Education

Degree in Fire Safety Engineering

Tools

Fire dynamics tools

Job description

Overview

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Fire Assessor to support the safety of critical infrastructure projects. This role involves delivering fire strategies, risk assessments and design-stage consultancy across high-risk environments including defence, energy and hazardous facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop fire safety strategies, technical reports and compliance documentation
• Lead or contribute to design reviews and propose effective fire safety solutions
• Conduct fire engineering analysis, including smoke and evacuation modelling
• Collaborate with architects, clients and regulatory bodies to align fire safety measures
• Use advanced modelling software to perform fire dynamics assessments

Essential Skills and Experience

• Degree in Fire Safety Engineering or related discipline
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience in fire risk assessment and strategy development
• Familiarity with evacuation modelling and fire dynamics tools

Desirable

• Prior consultancy experience
• Knowledge of DSEAR regulations
• Experience mentoring junior assessors or leading technical reviews

Clearance and Nationality

Due to the nature of work at our client\'s site, these vacancies are only open to British nationals.

This is a permanent role.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are free to resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.