Senior Fire, Health and Safety Consultant

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.

Proven Expert Knowledge: With over 30 years of experience and a trusted reputation among 200+ UK organisations, 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 everyday 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.

About The Role: Reporting into a Team Leader (each team is circa 5-7) and up to the Director of Professional Services, you will be joining a market leading team of professionals to undertake risk assessments and advise on fire, health and safety matters at a variety of buildings including mid-high rise buildings, to our established portfolio of clients across a variety of segments, including residential, commercial and retail.

Responsibilities:

• Undertake risk assessments including fire and health and safety, ensuring the fee earning target is met.
• Undertake various fire, health and safety assignments within your competency.
• Deliver client reports within the agreed SLA, in accordance with a forensic and pragmatic approach to ensure the Ark 'Gold Standard' is achieved.
• Design health and safety site management systems where required, specific to client requirements.
• Undertake onsite briefings and advise on risk management improvements.
• Work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Work with other consultants to ensure we are constantly sharing knowledge across the team.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of controlling risks, compliances etc in relation to our online management system QUOODA.
• Remain up to date with the Technical and regulatory requirements impacting our clients.
• The employee shall keep up with CPD in their own time as well as attend briefings and participate in CPD activities as directed by the Professional Services Director.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• At least 5+ years' fire, health & safety risk assessment experience within the built environment in residential and/or commercial buildings.
• Good working knowledge of Approved Document B.
• Good working knowledge of BS 9999 / 9997.
• Education suitable to be competent to carry out Fire and Health & Safety risk assessments on seven or more floors.
• The ability to undertake Fire Risk Assessments and General Risk Assessments at the same time.
• Articulate and clear communicators and report writing abilities as well as a comprehensive understanding of current UK regulations.

Qualifications:

• Must have NEBOSH General Certificate in Health & Safety or equivalent as minimum.
• Minimum of level 4 in fire safety/risk assessment.
• Recognised fire safety memberships e.g. AIFireE, MIFireE, GIFireE, MIFSM or MIFPO (ADVANTAGEOUS).
• Willing to apply for or have registered on any of the following fire risk assessors registers IFSM, FRACS, IFPO or IFE.

Practical Requirements:

• Ability to facilitate hybrid working with home office that is suitable for connectivity to the office and clients, a safe and productive place to work conducive for delivering daily duties.

Benefits:

• Private Healthcare plan.
• 5% matched pension plan.
• 4x salary life cover.
• 25 days holiday.
• Perkpal - perks and reward program.
• Training bursary of £2,000 per year for the first two years of your employment.
• Professional Membership reimbursement.
• All tech provided including laptop, mobile etc.
• Excellent career and technical development opportunities (fast tracking professional development).
• Social events with your colleagues (Summer & Christmas parties, etc.).
• Working with our prestigious and diverse range of clients.

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.