21/02/2022
Fire Risk Assessors needed for large consultancy with offices across the UK.
As a member of my clients Fire Safety team, part of the Strategic Environmental & Safety Consulting (SESC) team, you will be working as a Fire Risk Assessor across various sectors including buildings, manufacturing, infrastructure, etc. and be responsible for undertaking Fire Risk Assessments and fire audits for their clients.
Your Day-to-Day:
• Carrying out site visits when needed for conducting Fire Risk Assessments
• Development of Fire Risk Assessment reports;
• Hazard Identification
• Risk Based Interpretation and Application of these fire safety documents
• Assessment and understanding of the main British fire safety legislation and standards applied to buildings, such as Approved Document B (AD B), BS9999, BS9991, BS7974.
• Evaluate passive fire protection arrangements in a wide range of buildings, together with identifying and confirming appropriate methods for applying fire stopping to service penetrations through compartment walls and ceilings.
• Conducting fire safety management audits.
• Presenting findings arising from fire risk assessments and/or fire safety management audits to clients.
• Supporting other Arcadis business units with fire safety enquiries.
• Maintaining your CPD and contributing to fire safety team meetings/Team CPD sessions.
Candidate Requirements :
• Fire Risk Assessors and/or Auditors qualifications by a professional institution, such as FPA, IFE etc.
• Experienced in conducting fire risk assessments (including Type 3), fire safety audits and writing fire risk assessment reports.
• As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) understanding and able to demonstrate applying this to different types of buildings/occupancy profiles during fire risk assessments.
• Knowledge of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and Regulation 38 as well as supporting guidance documents such as Approved Document B, BS 9999, BS 9991, BS 9997, BB 100, HTM 05 and the MHCLG fire risk assessment guides.
• Understanding on the Fire Safety Act 2021
• Understanding on the Building Safety Bill
• An understanding of passive fire protection, including the correct methods of applying fire stopping to different types of service penetrations through compartment walls floors and ceilings.
• An understanding of fire dynamics, heat transfer and smoke behaviour principles in built environments with regards to means of escape and life safety when conducting a fire risk assessment
• An understanding on Active Fire Protection (AFP), Passive Fire Protection (PFP) systems and RSETxASET and their impact on the evacuation strategy for the premises being risk assessed.
• Ability to travel to clients (travel will be paid).
• Desirable: Fire door inspection diploma/inspector qualification, passive fire protection inspection qualification/experience of conducting both visual and intrusive passive fire protection inspections and/or Fire extinguisher/fire warden trainer
