Fire Risk Assessor

**FIRE RISK ASSESSOR / FULL TIME / MONDAY to FRIDAY / PERMANENT**

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

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

**With a positive work / life balance, you will be homebased when not undertaking site visits.**

**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
- Generous Pension
- Life Assurance x 4
- Free Healthcare cashback Plan (re-claiming for things like optical treatment (plus an optical discount voucher) and dental care, physiotherapy and GP Charges - plus more (all to a generous fixed amount), plus 24/7 access to remote GP Services
- Company discount portal
- Plus much much more

**What’s our USP?**

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.

You will typically complete up to 7 site visits a week (Monday to Friday), within approximately a 50 mile radius from your 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.

**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 6m) housing and write up reports with your findings.

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.

**What knowledge, skills and experience are we looking for from our Fire Risk Assessor?**
- It’s **essential you have a NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety** and NEBOSH National General Certificate (if you don’t have the General Certificate, we may be able to support you completing this during your probationary period).
- Experience of undertaking suitable and sufficient Health and Safety and Type’s 1 and Type 3 Fire Risk Assessments (HSFRA), and Compartmentation Surveys.
- 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 and access to a vehicle is required

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
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- 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: In person