Fire Risk Assessor

Metropolitan Thames Valley; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Fire Risk Assessor to join their Compliance Services team. This pivotal role involves conducting thorough fire risk assessments and ensuring regulatory compliance across a diverse property portfolio. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background in fire safety legislation, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and inclusion, and offers a supportive environment for career growth and development. If you are passionate about fire safety and making a difference, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

2 volunteering days per year

Enhanced pension with matched contributions

Life assurance cover 3 x salary

Health cash plan scheme

Career progression opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Must have a strong technical background in fire safety legislation.
• Experience in social housing fire risk assessments is essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fire risk assessments and ensure compliance across properties.
• Provide technical fire safety advice and communicate risks effectively.

Skills

Fire Risk Assessment

Communication Skills

Technical Fire Safety Knowledge

Regulatory Compliance

Education

NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management

Tier 2 accreditation via IFSM

Minimum grade 3 qualification in fire risk assessment

Job description

Fire Risk Assessor

Location: Nottingham

Salary: £47,202 - £49,686

Are you an experienced Fire Risk Assessor looking for a new opportunity? MTVH are currently seeking a diligent and qualified professional to join our Compliance Services team, operating within the Property Directorate. This is a crucial role that will involve conducting fire risk assessments, audits, inspections and surveys across our housing stock, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and minimising risk.

We are looking to recruit Fire Risk Assessors to carry out assessments on a Type 1, 2 and 3 buildings. The role will involve:

• Being primarily responsible for providing and delivering 100% compliance for Fire Risk Assessments across the MTVH property portfolio.
• Working as part of a team of Fire Risk Assessors, utilising an excellent knowledge of the FRA process to view fire risk holistically and ensure that risk is identified and communicated accurately.
• Being responsible for ensuring suitable and accurate remedial works are identified and communicated in assessments, and that they align with the timeframes recommended in the MTVH FRA Process documents.
• Where required, being responsible for providing technical fire safety advice to colleagues across the organisation and being a point of contact for external organisations in relation to fire safety.

To Succeed you will need:

The successful candidate will have a strong technical background with a clear understanding of the Regulatory reform Fire Safety Order (2005) and relevant fire safety legislation and guidance documents with some experience gained in housing. You must have excellent communication skills and have an ability to communicate fire risk and good fire safety practice to all relevant persons.

• Must hold Tier 2 accreditation via IFSM as a minimum (or be willing to obtain prior to employment)
• Hold a valid nationally recognised fire safety qualification such as - NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management, Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) or similar.
• A recognised minimum grade 3 qualification within fire risk assessment such as the FPA, IFE or similar or registered by a competent body for FRA.
• Must have a minimum of 2 years experience in the fire safety industry.
• Experience of carrying out FRA's in social housing.

To meet our commitment to providing safe, high quality services to our customers, this role requires a Basic check with the Disclosure and Barring Service once an offer of employment is made. A new check will be completed every three years.

Please note: we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Cycle2work scheme
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members to
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme - We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and others’ wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people-focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.