Fire Assessor Senior Consultant

Electus Recruitment; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Fire Assessor to deliver fire strategies and risk assessments for critical infrastructure projects. The role involves collaborating with architects and clients to ensure safety across high-risk environments. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Fire Safety Engineering and have strong analytical and communication skills. This is a permanent opportunity available as remote or hybrid employment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Fire Safety Engineering or related discipline required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities necessary.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop fire safety strategies and compliance documentation.
• Conduct fire engineering analysis including smoke modelling.
• Lead design reviews and propose effective safety solutions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving capabilities

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in Fire Safety Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Evacuation modelling tools

Fire dynamics assessment software

Job description

Overview

Location: Remote / Hybrid

Type: Permanent

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.

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

Qualifications

• 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.