Title: Fire/Health and Safety and Reinstatement Cost Assessment Surveyor.
Location: National (Preferred - London, Midlands, Manchester, Liverpool)
Job Purpose
This is a crucial role that will involve conducting on-site surveys to produce fire risk assessments, general health, safety and risk assessments. We work across a diverse property base, including multi-occupied residential blocks of flats, high-risk residential buildings, educational buildings, care homes, health property, offices and industrial properties.
Responsibilities
- Being primarily responsible for providing and delivering 100% compliance for Fire Risk Assessments in line with company and customer contractual obligations and expectations
- Working as part of a team of Fire Risk Assessors, utilising an excellent knowledge of the FRA process to view fire risk holistically and ensure that risk is identified and communicated accurately.
- Where required, being responsible for providing technical fire safety advice to colleagues and clients across the organisation and being a point of contact for external organisations in relation to fire safety.
- Validating Monitor and oversee the quality of outgoing surveys and consistency of approach across all survey teams, while ensuring our clients receive the expected level of service.
- To assist the Senior Insurance Risk Coordinator and the Property and Insurance Sales Team
- To maintain and manage data in the INDIGO system
- To ensure all data entry activities are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
- To liaise with surveyors, customers and the sales team to ensure timely booking of surveys
- To resolve or escalate, where appropriate, customer and surveyor issues, initiating communication with the sales team and keeping them informed
- To assist the Line Manager with internal team projects
- Undertake any other responsibilities that may become necessary for the proper performance of the role
Personal Attributes
Knowledge/Skills/Qualifications
- The successful candidate(s) will have a strong technical background with a clear understanding of the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order (2005) and relevant fire safety legislation and guidance documents with some experience in general practice.
- Can manage own workload and act independently if required
- Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
- You must have excellent communication skills, report writing skills and have an ability to communicate fire risk and good fire safety practice to all relevant persons.
- Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience in the fire safety industry.
- Experience of carrying out FRA's
- Hold current membership of a relevant trade body, i.e. IFE, IFSM, or similar.
- Must hold Tier 2 accreditation via IFSM as a minimum (or be willing to obtain prior to employment) OR similar accreditation.
- Hold or work towards Tier 3 accreditation (Cardinus will support this)
- Hold a valid nationally recognised fire safety qualification, minimum grade 3, such as - NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management, Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE), FPA, or similar
- Ideally Member of RICS
- Ideally, experience of validation audits and surveys, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and minimising risk.
- On-going satisfactory CPD records demonstrating that every effort is made to keep abreast of technical developments in all areas of fire precautions and fire safety.
- To meet our commitment to providing safe, high-quality services to our customers, this role requires a Basic check with the Disclosure and Barring Service once an offer of employment is made. A new check will be completed every three years.
- We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found, so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
