Residential Fire Risk Assessor

Residential Management Group (RMG); Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Life Assurance

Healthcare cashback plan

Pension scheme

Sponsorship for study

Access to Our Place Rewards

Job summary

Osterna, part of RMG and Places for People Group, seeks an experienced Residential Fire Risk Assessor to cover Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas. You will balance site visits with home-based report writing, typically handling up to 10 site visits per week with national travel when needed.

Essential criteria include a full UK driving licence, fire risk assessment experience in residential housing (including high rise), and NEBOSH Fire Safety and General certificates.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Experience undertaking fire risk assessments in the residential property sector, including high rise buildings.
• NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and NEBOSH National General Certificate.
• Experience with HSFRA and Compartmentation surveys.
• Knowledge of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and local guidance.

Responsibilities

• Carry out inspections on residential properties such as traditional blocks, sheltered housing, HMOs and high‑rise buildings.
• Write up clear risk assessment reports for property managers and directors.
• Identify repairs or procedures needed to maintain safe common areas.
• Support safeguarding and safety compliance across sites as required.

Skills

Residential Fire Risk Assessments

High Rise Buildings

Health & Safety Knowledge

LaCORS knowledge

NFRA register preferred

Education

NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety

NEBOSH National General Certificate

Tools

Vehicle access

Job description

Osterna, part of RMG and Places for People Group, is looking for an experienced Residential Fire Risk Assessor to join a proactive and highly successful team of Health & Safety Professionals covering a patch across Cambridgeshire and Surrounding areas

With a positive work / life balance, you will be homebased when not undertaking site visits. You will typically complete up to 10 site visits a week (Monday to Friday). Although we are seeking an assessor based in Cambridgeshire, national travel may be required

What's our USP?

With the emphasis on quality over quantity, Osterna residential Fire Risk Assessors really do benefit from having a work life balance rarely seen in this sector.

You will have the flexibility to choose which days you're out and about and which days you choose to work from home, when you will complete your report writing. Risk assessment reports will, in most cases, be confined to the common internal and external areas for residential developments.

What does the role involve?

Specialising in the residential housing sector, Osterna's Residential Fire Risk Assessors carry out inspections to a range of property types including traditional residential blocks, sheltered housing, HMO and high-rise (over 18 metres +) housing and write up reports with your findings.

Completed risk assessments are used by the Property Managers and Directors of the management companies to initiate repairs or any other procedures required, to ensure the residential common areas remain a safe environment.

What knowledge, skills and experience are we looking for from our Fire Risk Assessor?

Essential criteria -

• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential
• Experience undertaking fire risk assessment work within the residential property sector on High Rise Buildings
• It's essential you have a NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Level 3 NEBOSH National General Certificate
• Experience of undertaking suitable and sufficient Health and Safety and Type's 1 and Type 3 Fire Risk Assessments (HSFRA), and Compartmentation Surveys.
• Accuracy and attention to detail within your reports is essential, along with a comprehensive knowledge of the current Health and Safety legislation and its application to property management.
• Knowledge of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and supporting local government guidance and its application to our sector.
• LaCORS experience would be great, although not essential and training will be provided.

Preferred

• Preferably you will need to be on a NFRA register with the IFSM or IFE or willing to work towards

What does RMG have to offer you?

• 27 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days annual leave each holiday year
• Life Assurance Cover
• Free Healthcare cashback Plan (re-claiming for things like optical treatment (plus an optical discount voucher) and dental care, physiotherapy and GP Charges – plus more! (all to a generous fixed amount), plus 24/7 access to remote GP Services
• Sponsorship for study and professional qualifications (up to 4 study days)
• Pension scheme (matched up to 7%) and Life assurance (4 x annual salary)
• As part of Places for People Group (RMG's parent company), you will have access to Our Place Rewards, where you can choose from a huge range of shopping discounts, instore vouchers and reloadable e-cards, earn cashback on on-line purchases and take advantage of many exclusive offers!

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities

As part of ourcommitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.