Fire Safety Consultant; Zero

Fire Safety Consultant (Zero Hour Contact)

Make an Impact – Become a Fire Safety Consultant with SOCOTEC!

Location: Particularly in the South-east and London area

To support our ambitious growth, we’re excited to welcome new talent to our Environment & Safety Division. SOCOTEC’s Fire Safety teams are award-winning, innovative, and adaptable - delivering practical, cost-effective solutions across the full spectrum of fire safety challenges, backed by exceptional technical expertise.

We’re looking for someone who can provide;

We’re looking for a fire safety superstar to join our team and make a real impact. You’ll lead on fire risk assessments, compartmentation and fire door surveys, while also providing expert advice, reviewing plans, developing and auditing management procedures, and delivering engaging fire safety training. This is your chance to use your expertise to keep buildings safe, clients confident, and your career moving forward.

• Conducting Fire Risk Assessments
• Performing Fire Compartmentation & Integrity Surveys
• Carrying out Fire Door Inspection

• Minimum 5 years current experience of conducting full and comprehensive fire risk assessments
• Working knowledge of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Full understanding of building regulations and the associated requirements for fire safety and knowledge of relevant guidance documents
• Understanding and knowledge of the requirements for compartmentation within construction including floors, walls, doors, fire stopping installations, penetration sealing products and techniques and fire/smoke dampers
• Detailed knowledge of British Standards relating to fire safety and installations (fire alarms, emergency lighting, fire safety signage, fire extinguishers, suppression systems etc.)
• Identify hazards and associated risks, provide guidance to remove or reduce the risks to an acceptable level and manage the remaining risks
• Produce detailed reports using SOCOTEC UK Limited templates, in required timescales to meet project KPIs and to expected standards
• Help guide clients through the necessary statutory requirements to ensure compliance and ensure we maintain our expected service levels

SOCOTEC is the UK's leading provider of testing, inspection, and certification services. We offer an unrivalled range of technical expertise and services throughout the UK and worldwide. By joining us, you’ll be part of an 2,000+ strong team, where we will provide you with both the flexibility and a host of opportunities. We are committed to personal and professional development, and you will be supported and mentored at every step of your journey with us.

You will join a large team of industry-leading, expert professionals and receive exposure to some of the best opportunities and challenges available.

As well as a competitive salary, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including, 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more. Where applicable we also offer an electric car scheme, employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes and enhanced company pension.

Think you’ve got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.

Building a safer and more sustainable world is the core mission we set out to achieve at SOCOTEC, it is at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to acting as a key player in society, investing in innovative solutions to ensure social and environmental concerns are at the forefront of all of our business operations.