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About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Fire Safety and Strategy Consultant who is passionate about fire safety and delivering the GOLD Standard in the built environment and enjoys working in a team of dedicated multi-skilled safety professionals.
Responsibilities
- Undertake retrospective fire strategies, and complex Type 1,2,3,4 fire risk assessments in complex residential and commercial buildings.
- Review and create building safety management systems.
- Undertake complex compartmentation surveys and make recommendations.
- Develop a corporate fire safety management system across client portfolios.
- Act as an internal source of expertise for the consultants.
- Support clients with contentious matters including fire brigade interventions.
- Implement fire safety advice and site management systems, audits and reviews.
- Design fire management plans for existing buildings.
- Create fire safety solutions across a range of sites (varying in complexity) within the built environment.
- Work with colleagues across Ark to contribute to new projects and developments.
- Monitor external wall/facade to confirm remedial work is assured.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience working as a Fire Safety Consultant in the built environment.
- Extensive experience in undertaking fire specialist work e.g. fire strategies, fire management plans, and complex fire risk assessments in high risk commercial and residential buildings.
- Strong interpersonal skills and excellent report writing abilities to deliver client reports in accordance with a forensic and pragmatic approach.
- Comprehensive understanding of current UK building regulations e.g. Approved Document B.
- Working knowledge of relevant Approved Documents and relevant Standards including BS9991, BS9999, BS9997, PAS 9980 etc.
- Ongoing dedication to your CPD.
Skills
- Fire Safety
- Fire Strategies
- Fire Risk Assessments
- Building Safety Management Systems
- Compartmentation Surveys
- Fire Management Plans
- Interpersonal Skills
- Report Writing
Location
- London
- Surrounding Areas
- National
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Travel Required
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Recognised fire safety memberships e.g. GIFireE or MIFireE or MIFSM
- Tier 3 IFSM, FRACS or IFE fire risk assessor register or operating at that level.
- Fire safety/ fire engineering diploma (Level 4 working towards Level 5).
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive package
Benefits
- Excellent professional development opportunities including training bursary.
- Working with a prestigious and diverse range of clients in the built environment, including residential and commercial.
- Excellent career development opportunities (fast tracking professional development).
- Opportunity to work on fire strategies for high-rise residential and complex buildings as well as various other fire safety assignments e.g. fire safety management systems as well as a variety of complex fire safety problems to solve.
- Private Healthcare plan
- 5% matched pension plan
- 4x salary life cover
- 25 days holiday plus all bank holidays
- Perkpal - perks and reward program.
- Social events with your colleagues.
- Professional Membership reimbursement.
About the Company
- Ark Workplace Risk empowers clients to confidently manage risk, compliance, and safety through a trusted partnership built on expert knowledge, innovative solutions, and proactive guidance and insight.
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.