Fire Strategy Consultant

Job Title: Fire Strategy Consultant

Location: Birmingham

Contract Type: Permanent, Monday-Friday

As a Fire Strategy Consultant within the Fire and Building Safety Department, you will be responsible for designing and developing fire strategies to ensure effective fire safety and prevention.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the company to maintain and obtain new business and external accreditation
• Assist all Key Stakeholders in managing customer expectation and product ranges
• Provide Internal and External training to non-technical experts
• Produce fire strategy documents for existing buildings (table top and on-site validation)
• Produce fire safety management plans for existing buildings
• Advise on fire safety measures at post-occupation stages
• Support the development of appropriate internal policies and procedures
• Undertake Commercial, Industrial, Residential, and Complex Fire Risk Assessments (where required)
• Provide fire safety advice commensurate with levels of competence
• Maintain and provide CPD in line with Company requirements
• Escalate appropriate risks and hazards in line with current policies and procedures
• Follow current fire safety legislation and guidelines
• Keep up to date with changes in company guidelines and policies
• Work alongside key stakeholders and communicate effectively with clients and colleagues
• Manage own diary; including requesting travel and accommodation as required
• Travel to client sites or company properties where required

Additional Requirements:

• Previous experience completing retrospective fire and design strategies
• Appropriate formal fire safety or fire risk assessment qualification (L4+)
• Experience in reviewing fire strategy and fire engineering designs
• Strong Fire Safety and Risk Management experience
• Strong understanding of external walls and compartmentation requirements
• Experience with Residential and Commercial properties (where appropriate)
• Excellent attention to detail
• IT skills including Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong report writing skills
• Excellent technical understanding of fire safety mitigation, risk profiles, and appropriate guidance documentation
• Ability to prioritise and organise own and team workloads

What’s in it for you:

• Ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Healthcare scheme
• Regular company events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company reward scheme (vouchers, etc)
• Long Service Policy

Firntec Ltd values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.