Fire Consultant

**Department Overview**:
RLB offers a range of Building Consultancy services one of which is Fire Consultancy. Our fire consultants proactively manage and undertake surveys, formulate designs and specification, provide fire strategies, plus other bespoke services to ensure our client’s estates remain well maintained and achieve their potential in terms of fire safety management.

We provide inception to completion services throughout the life cycle of built assets including; fire strategies, retrospective fire strategies, clerk of works, design review, fire integrity surveys, remedial works specification and project and programme management. We pride ourselves on the quality of the service we provide to our clients and aim to enjoy long term working relationships.

Within out Fire Safety team, we have an experienced group of people experienced in the delivery of a wide range of fire safety services. In addition to the service we deliver directly to our clients the team provides support to the wider business both regionally and nationally on all things fire safety.

**Overview of Role**:
We are currently recruiting for a Fire Consultant, with a background in either Building Surveying or Fire Safety to join a client focused team within our Leeds or Sheffield office.

This is an exciting opportunity for a high calibre individual to join and strengthen our team. The role will be an excellent opportunity for a proactive individual to take responsibility for providing fire consultancy services from within our existing team.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To carry out assigned duties efficiently and in accordance with processes and procedures
- Comply with established procurement/commercial/contractual strategies
- Take personal responsibility for complying with Environmental, Health, safety, Security and Quality Standards.
- To support business objectives of delivering value for money in all circumstances
- Professional Skills:

- To undertake fire risk assessments across a variety of property types ranging from residential, healthcare, custodial, education and commercial
- To undertake fire integrity / compartmentation surveys to identify breaches, proposed remedial repairs through to preparation of specification and design
- To provide quality & technical monitoring on construction projects
- To provide fire safety advisor role to assist our clients with their property portfolio
- Ideally have good understanding of Approved Document B, Health Technical Memorandum 05-02, Building Bulletins, relevant British Standards
- To review contractors’ proposals on construction projects and provide comment on suitability for the intended purpose
- Project Management (not essential)
- Design & Specification writing

**Person Specification**:

- Fire Engineering/Safety qualification desirable
- Experience of undertaking Fire Risk Assessments
- Sound knowledge of UK fire safety legislation
- Accredited fire risk assessment qualification or equivalent would be advantageous
- Strong technical delivery experience
- Ability to successfully manage projects in a proactive and diligent manner
- Preferably experience in management of projects from inception to completion
- Client facing, ensuring high standards of technical delivery
- Able to build long-term relationships
- A track record of working with teams and prioritising workloads and delivering deadlines
- A team player, outgoing, flexible, enthusiastic and ambitious

**At RLB, our aim is to create and enhance an inclusive workplace culture where diversity is not only accepted but valued and built into our culture, creating opportunity for all. In order to support this, we recognise the importance of flexible and agile working and are open to having conversations on how this could work for you and our business from day one.