Fire Risk Assessor

As the Fire Risk Assessor you will deliver an excellent fire risk assessment service within domestic housing and properties where housing has responsibility. You will undertake surveys and to follow these up to ensure we adhere to health and safety legislation and council procedures.

Client Details

The client are a large London Association with a patch based across London.

Description

The key responsibilities as the Fire Risk Assessor are as follows:

• To carry out a type 1, 2, 3 and 4 fire risk assessment program in domestic housing, care and support schemes and in properties where housing has responsibility such as community halls, and
  • Identify hazards and risks associated with fire in general and specialist buildings and processes
  • Report fire risk issues including any directly related to awareness of reporting arrangements for residents and occupants
  • Evaluate existing fire risk assessments including appropriateness for the risk
  • Audit management of fire safety systems
  • Recommend controls to manage residual risks, including where necessary in higher risk situations temporary controls that might be required until a permanent control is implemented
• Liaise with the Fire Risk Assessment Manager and Senior Fire Risk Assessor to deliver risk assessments in line with the Fire Safety Management System.
• Management and coordination of contractors required to support destructive inspections as part of the type 4 fire risk assessment process.
• Ensuring that all making good of intrusive survey complies to fire safety standards and is of a high quality
• Provide concise and sufficiently detailed fire risk assessments for all type 1, 3 and 4 assessments
• To carry out surveys as per the fire risk assessment program and following any major works carried out on properties.
• To carry out pre-occupation and post-occupation surveys as part of the handover process for new build properties
• Carry out inspections of all new build properties to ensure it complies with the RRO (Fire Safety) Regulations, Building Regulations and other associated legislation.
• During or following assessments - provide advice to managers and staff to assist them in the fulfilment of their responsibilities and therefore organisational compliance with legislative requirements and where appropriate internal standards and best practice.
• Such advice should be pragmatic, presenting achievable options to eliminate or sufficiently mitigate risk.
• To conduct site visits to liaise with residents where appropriate to the benefit of the council

Profile

The successful Fire Risk Assessor will need to have the following:

• Experience of Working as a fire risk assessment for residential housing and care and support schemes and evidence of applying PAS 79.
• Minimum practical experience of 20+ Fire risk assessments low/moderate risk buildings and 12 months experience.
• Ability to carry out site visits and physical inspections of work, including accessing loft spaces by means of ladders.
• High understanding of risk mitigation and how it should be applied.
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate/Diploma or Certified in Applied Fire Risk Assessment (previously FRA and Fire Safety Management) or equivalent with ability to meet the proposed Accountable person role competence requirements under the Building Safety Act.
• EQF level 3-4 i.e. Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety or equivalent, ASFP Level 3 in Passive Fire Protection or equivalent.
• Membership of Third Party Accreditation Scheme i.e., institute of fire engineers MIFE or equivalent.
• In depth knowledge of Fire & Building / Structural Safety within Social Housing, including government and industry guidance, British standards, building regulations and the requirements of Fire Safety Order 2005 (RRO), Fire Safety Act 2022 and British standards , Approved Document B.
• High levels of literacy and excellent communication skills with a diverse range of people and Ability to co-ordinate and manage internal and external stakeholders, including statutory organisations, with good presentation skills
• An awareness of personal emergency evacuation plans and who they are for and when they should be used and an understanding of the different types of evacuation strategies including simultaneous evacuation, planned evacuation, progressive horizontal evacuation and zoned evacuation
• Customer Focused and an ability to present reports and data and to clearly explain to and influence a wide range of people in regard to fire safety and its management.
• Ability to use various IT systems, to interrogate database information to produce risk-based programs of works. To be able to update the database as work items are completed.
• Excellent team player with the ability to work under pressure, deliver to strict deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.
• The ability to drive and travel around London on a regular basis

Job Offer

The successful Fire Risk Assessor will be joining a growing team and a team focused on providing excellent service to residents and importantly, assurance on all things Fire Safety within their properties.