Fire Risk Assessor

**MANCHESTER - OR LIVING WITHIN 1 HOUR OF MANCHESTER**

**Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 + £4,320 Car Allowance**

Due to internal move, Osterna, part of the Places for People Group, are now looking for an experienced Health & Safety Fire Risk Assessor to join a proactive and highly successful team of Health & Safety Professionals.

**You will currently be living in or within 1 hour drive of Manchester, to adequately cover the patch. There will also be occasions to attend our Northwich Office.**

**Benefits for the Health & Safety Fire Risk Assessor Role**:

- A **competitive salary of £35,000 - £40,000**:

- A **car allowance of £4,320**:

- Up to **10% productivity bonus**:

- **25 days holiday + Bank holidays + Birthday off + 2 extra days (criteria dependent)**:

- Company funded qualifications and CPD
- Excellent progression paths and programs
- Life Assurance & Pension
- Company discount portal
- Plus much much more

**What does the role involve?**

Specialising in the residential housing sector, Osterna’s Health & Safety Fire Risk Assessors carry out inspections to a range of property types including traditional residential blocks, sheltered housing, HMO and high-rise (over 6 m) housing.

You will typically complete up to 7 site visits a Monday to Friday, within approximately a 50 mile radius from you home.

You will have the flexibility to choose which days you’re out and about and which days you choose to work from home, when you will complete your report writing. Risk assessment reports will, in most cases, be confined to the common internal and external areas for residential developments.

Completed risk assessments are used by the Property Managers and Directors of the management companies to initiate repairs or any other procedures required, to ensure the residential common areas remain a safe environment.

With the emphasis on quality over quantity, Osterna Health & Safety Fire Risk Assessors really do benefit from having a work life balance rarely seen in this sector.

**What knowledge, skills and experience are we looking for from our Fire Risk Assessor?**
- Experience of undertaking suitable and sufficient Health and Safety and Type’s 1 and Type 3 Fire Risk Assessments (HSFRA), and Compartmentation Surveys
- **You will need NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and NEBOSH National General Certificate**:

- Accuracy and attention to detail within such reports is essential along with a comprehensive knowledge of the current Health and Safety legislation.
- Experience undertaking fire risk assessment work preferably within the public/private residential property sector.
- LaCORS experience would be great although not essential and training will be provided
- A full UK driving licence

Osterna Limited specialise in Health & Safety compliance in the residential property sector. We are Safe Contractor approved and an NSI approved provider of high quality and fully compliant BAFESP205 Fire Risk Assessments on property throughout the UK.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Application question(s):

- Do you have NEBOSH Fire Certificate Qualification?
- Do you have Fire Risk Assessment experience of block properties (incl high rise flats/apartments)?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Manchester