Lead Fire Safety Consultant, Building Safety Assurance

Ark Workplace Risk; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Ark Workplace Risk as a Senior Fire Safety Consultant and leverage your expertise in fire safety assessment and compliance within the built environment. You will collaborate with a diverse range of clients on complex projects, ensuring safety and regulatory adherence while developing professionally in a supportive environment. An attractive salary package awaits you, reflecting your significant contributions and skills.

Benefits

Private Healthcare plan

5% matched pension plan

4x salary life cover

25 days holiday with option to increase via salary sacrifice

Perkpal - perks and reward program

2 Professional Membership reimbursements

Excellent career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in fire safety within the built environment.
• Fire risk assessment expertise in high-rise residential buildings.
• Completed fire strategy reviews and management plans for various premises.

Responsibilities

• Contribute as part of a team supporting clients with fire safety solutions.
• Deliver direction on high-level consulting projects as required.
• Recognize and manage documented information accurately.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Report writing

Multi-tasking

Education

Level 4 Fire Safety Diploma (or equivalent)

Full membership of a relevant institution, such as IFE or IFSM

Job description

Lead Fire Safety Consultant, Building Safety Assurance

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 prestigious and diverse portfolio of around 200 UK clients, 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.

Reasons to join us

• Working with our prestigious and diverse range of clients
• Exposure to complex designs and landmark buildings
• Opportunity to grow and develop within a team of industry leading professionals
• A wide range of benefits including Private Healthcare plan, 5% matched pension plan, 4x salary life cover, 25 days holiday with option to increase via salary sacrifice, and Perkpal - perks and reward program
• 2 Professional Membership reimbursements
• Excellent career development opportunities

As a Senior Fire Safety Consultant (Building Safety), you will contribute as part of a specialist team of multi-disciplinary professionals supporting our diverse range of clients.

The ideal candidate will have;

• Extensive experience of Fire Safety within the built environment
• Fire risk assessment experience in high-rise residential buildings
• Experience of undertaking fire safety related work at residential buildings over 7 storeys
• Completed design and retrospective fire strategy review across residential and multi-use premises
• Completed fire management plans for residential and multi-use premises
• Undertaken or reviewed FRAEW in accordance with PAS9980 (desirable)
• Experience with BS9997 Fire safety management systems
• Knowledge of the Construction Gateway process
• Have the ability to recognise the importance of accurate and reliable documented information, including knowing how to deal with missing information and assess the suitability of information management systems
• Ability to deliver direction on high-level consulting projects and assignments as required
• An understanding of the environment in which a building operates including the legal framework, responsibilities and accountabilities, due diligence, evidence management and verification, safety management, and information management
• An understanding of the practical measures for fire prevention/ protection and structural safety and be comfortable working with structural safety professionals
• Desire and ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of internal stakeholders to ensure optimal solutions for our clients

Qualifications And Memberships

• Full member of a relevant institution, such as the IFE or IFSM
• Minimum Level 4 Fire Safety Diploma (or equivalent) such as FPA-E Dip, etc.

Essential Skills

• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and report writing ability
• Capability to multi-task and manage multiple projects
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of internal stakeholders to ensure optimal solutions for our clients
• Strong interpersonal skills and report writing ability as well as a comprehensive understanding of current UK regulations

NEXT STEPS

Send your CV to our specialist Talent Team by completing the form on this page and we will be in touch within seven days.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) for everyone. All applicants will be treated fairly and without prejudice. No one will receive less favourable treatment or be discriminated irrespective of the following protected characteristics: Age, disability, gender reassignment (and identity), marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex (formerly gender) and sexual orientation

• £80000 - £95000 per annum + strong co bens and bonus scheme
• £80000 - £95000 per annum + strong co bens and bonus scheme