Fire Safety Consultant & Validator

SOCOTEC UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

Fire Safety Consultant & Validator

Are you interested in Fire Safety Practice? This could be your opportunity to excel as a Fire Safety Consultant & Validator, as well as playing a vital role in helping our business succeed.

As our company grows and develops, we are ever expanding our teams. We have a great opportunity for a dedicated Fire Safety Consultant & Validator to join our Building & Real Estate Division and wear the SOCOTEC badge with pride.

We are looking for a motivated, dedicated, and reliable Fire Safety Consultant to join our team, ideally with experience in a similar role. Working across a variety of projects both autonomously and as part of a wider team, it is key that you are able to work efficiently as part of a team, as well as independently.

The tasks you will undertake will include (but are not limited to):

• Validate technical aspects of Fire Risk Assessments
• Conduct Fire Risk Assessments on-site
• Perform Compartmentation Surveys to assess fire containment measures
• Carry out Fire Door Surveys to ensure compliance with fire safety standards

To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Validate Fire Risk Assessments and conduct site surveys
• Identify fire hazards, provide risk mitigation guidance, and ensure compliance
• Produce detailed reports and policies using company templates
• Assist clients in meeting statutory fire safety requirements
• Deliver fire safety training and provide technical support
• Support quality audits and maintain records in line with company procedures
• Ensure Health & Safety compliance and proper use of safety equipment
• Collaborate with teams to promote company-wide objectives
• Adhere to SOCOTEC UK Limited policies and quality assurance standards

About Fire Safety Practice

Our Fire Safety Practice team handles the consultancy side of fire safety. When it comes to fire safety, we provide a host of services including risk assessing, compartmentation surveys, creating fire evacuation plans and fire door surveys. Our services apply to current built assets, and we work on everything from commercial properties to residential, including retail through to educational buildings. In addition to Fire Safety Practice, our Building & Real Estate division provides many other important services including Fire Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Building Control services.

What’s in it for you?

We can offer you a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more, an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes, and enhanced company pension. We also offer flexible working arrangements with the possibility of working from various SOCOTEC offices. SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.

Why SOCOTEC?

Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world-class services to our customers. We provide an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent. As a Fire Safety Consultant and Validator, you will play a pivotal role in providing these services.

We offer transversal career pathways as well as linear pathways, and we will support you in attaining a portfolio career in one place.