Senior Health & Safety Risk Assessor in Manchester

Osterna, part of RMG and the Places for People Group, is looking for an experienced Senior Health & Safety Risk Assessor to join our proactive and highly successful Health & Safety team. This is a senior, hands-on role combining people leadership with operational delivery, where you'll manage and support a team of Risk Assessors while completing your own programme of risk assessments and report validation. With a strong emphasis on quality over quantity and a positive work/life balance, this role offers a flexible, home‑based working arrangement alongside site visits.

Where will I be working? Covering a patch across Northern England.

What's our USP? At Osterna, we place real value on professional standards, development, and balance. As a Senior Assessor, you'll play a key role in shaping how risk assessments are delivered across the business, supporting and developing a remote team while maintaining your own technical expertise. You'll be trusted to manage your workload effectively, balancing leadership responsibilities with site work and report validation, within a supportive and experienced senior team.

What does the role involve? As a Senior Health & Safety Risk Assessor, you will:

• Manage, support and develop a team of Osterna Risk Assessors, ensuring they are adequately trained, resourced and motivated.
• Complete your own schedule of site visits and produce high‑quality, accurate risk assessment reports.
• Ensure KPIs, SLAs and quality standards are consistently met.
• Carry out regular 1:1s and appraisals within agreed timescales.
• Provide competent Health & Safety and Fire Safety advice to clients when required.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and induction of new assessors.
• Contribute positively to senior team meetings, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

What knowledge, skills and experience are we looking for?

Essential:

• Proven experience completing Fire Risk Assessments on residential blocks of flats.
• Strong working knowledge of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and the Building Safety Act 2022.
• Level 3 NEBOSH General Certificate and NEBOSH Fire Certificate (or equivalent).
• Membership of a recognised professional body such as IFE or IFSM.
• Commitment to maintaining professional memberships, qualifications and CPD.

Preferred:

• Experience managing and supporting remote‑based assessors.
• Ability to motivate and influence others, particularly during challenging periods.
• Strong organisational and diary management skills.
• Confident communicator with the ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Experience managing performance where standards fall below expectations.
• BAFE certified validator.
• Level 5 diploma in fire safety and risk management.

What does RMG have to offer you?

• 27 days annual leave plus all Bank Holidays.
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave.
• Life Assurance.
• Free Healthcare Cashback Plan, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and GP services.
• Sponsorship for professional qualifications, including study days.
• Pension scheme matched up to 7%.
• Life assurance at 4x annual salary.
• Access to Our Place Rewards, offering a wide range of discounts, cashback and exclusive offers.

What's next? If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.

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. 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.

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.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk.

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.