Residential Fire Risk Assessor

Residential Management Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension (matched)

Life assurance

Healthcare cashback

Study sponsorship

Employee discounts

Job summary

Osterna, part of RMG and Places for People Group, is seeking an experienced Residential Fire Risk Assessor to join a proactive team covering Birmingham and surrounding areas. You will be home-based when not conducting site visits, typically completing up to 10 assessments per week with some national travel.

The role involves inspecting residential properties including blocks, sheltered housing, HMOs and high-rise buildings, and writing clear reports for managers. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Experience undertaking fire risk assessments in residential property, including high-rise buildings.
• NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Level 3 NEBOSH National General Certificate.
• Experience with HSFRA and Compartmentation Surveys.
• Strong report writing with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation as it applies to property management.
• Knowledge of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
• LaCORS experience would be great, though not essential.

Responsibilities

• Carry out inspections of residential properties including blocks, sheltered housing, HMOs and high-rise.
• Write up reports detailing findings for property managers and directors.
• Support safeguarding and safety culture across Places for People and Osterna.

Skills

UK driving licence

Residential fire risk experience

NEBOSH Fire Safety

HSFRA & Compartmentation

Fire Safety knowledge

LaCORS experience

Education

NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety

NEBOSH National General Certificate

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 Birmingham 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 the Birmingham area, 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?

As part of our commitment 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.

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. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

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.

Key Requirements

• 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
• 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!