Fire, Health and Safety Consultant

Ark Workplace Risk; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Ark Workplace Risk is seeking a Fire, Health & Safety Consultant to join our market-leading team. Hybrid working across London, Birmingham and Manchester areas with risk assessments for diverse buildings.

You will deliver fire and health and safety assessments, produce client reports to our Gold Standard, and help shape safety management systems across residential, commercial and retail sectors. NEBOSH certificate essential; UK regulations knowledge required.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent.
• Memberships in fire-safety bodies are advantageous.
• Willing to apply/register on fire risk assessor registers (IFSM/FRACS/IFPO/IFE).
• 2+ years' fire, health & safety risk assessment experience in built environment.
• Knowledge of Approved Document B and BS 9999/9997.
• Ability to carry out Fire and General Risk Assessments for multi-floor buildings.

Responsibilities

• Undertake risk assessments including fire and health and safety.
• Deliver client reports within SLA to Ark's Gold Standard.
• Design health and safety site management systems per client needs.
• Advise on risk management improvements onsite.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and share knowledge.
• Stay up-to-date with UK risk/health & safety regulations.

Skills

Risk assessment

Fire safety knowledge

Report writing

UK regulations

Communication

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate in Health & Safety

Fire safety memberships (AIFireE / MIFireE / GIFireE / MIFSM / MIFPO)

Tools

IFSM / FRACS / IFPO / IFE registrations

Job description

Fire, Health & Safety Consultant | Hybrid | London, Birmingham & Manchester areas | Permanent | Competitive Package

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 trusted reputation among 200+ UK organisations, 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.

About the Role

Reporting into a Team Leader (each team is circa 5-7) and up to the Director of Professional Services, you will be joining a market leading team of professionals to undertake risk assessments and advise on fire, health and safety matters at a variety of buildings including mid-high rise buildings, to our established portfolio of clients across a variety of segments, including, residential, commercial and retail.

Responsibilities:

• Undertake risk assessments including fire and health and safety, ensuring the fee earning target is met.
• Undertake various fire, health and safety assignments within your competency.
• Deliver client reports within the agreed SLA, in accordance with a forensic and pragmatic approach to ensure the Ark ‘Gold Standard’ is achieved.
• Design health and safety site management systems where required, specific to client requirements.
• Undertake onsite briefings and advise on risk management improvements.
• Work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Work with other consultants to ensure we are constantly sharing knowledge across the team.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of controlling risks, compliances etc in relation to our online management system QUOODA®
• Remain up-to-date with the Technical and regulatory requirements impacting our clients.

The ideal candidate will have:

• At least 2+ years’ fire, health & safety risk assessment experience within the built environment in residential and/or commercial buildings
• Good working knowledge of Approved Document B
• Good working knowledge of BS 9999 / 9997
• Education suitable to be competent to carry out Fire and Health & Safety risk assessments on seven or more floors
• The ability to undertake Fire Risk Assessments and General Risk Assessments at the same time
• Articulate and clear communicators and report writing abilities as well as a comprehensive understanding of current UK regulations

Qualifications

• Must have NEBOSH General Certificate in Health & Safety and Fire Safety or equivalent as minimum.
• Recognised fire safety memberships e.g. AIFireE, MIFireE, GIFireE, MIFSM or MIFPO (ADVANTAGEOUS)
• Willing to apply for or have registered on any of the following fire risk assessors registers IFSM, FRACS, IFPO or IFE

Why Work for Us

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.

Reasons to join for us:

• An attractive package and training bursary contract.
• New game changing Building Safety software.
• Options to mentor others and management progression within Ark.
• Progress your career with continuous training and CPD opportunities.
• Ark is an innovative growing company that is recognised as a leader in safety within the built environment.
• Ark organises technical and knowledge sharing which is of enormous benefit to the Ark Professional Services Team.

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