Fire Risk & Compliance Assessor - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Tewkesbury
Salary
30000.00 - 40000.00 GBP Annual
Posted
04 Jun 2021
Closes
02 Jul 2021
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
If you want to put your experience to use where you can provide advice and support that helps keep people, their properties and their families safe - you belong at Bromford.

In your role as fire risk and compliance assessor, you will ensure we follow legal standards, regulatory requirements and in-house policies relating to fire safety. You will be responsible for identifying fire hazards and risks, recording and reporting your findings and advising on fire safety. You will also carry out the duty to manage inspections relating to asbestos to inform management decisions. Your role will help us to provide warm, safe, and secure homes where customers can thrive.

You will be carrying out post-inspections on remedial works, ensuring they meet agreed standards and specifications, pre-handover fire risk assessments on new build homes, asbestos duty to manage inspections in line with regulations and in-house policies.

We expect you to take responsibility for your own personal and professional development, ensuring you stay up to date on all fire risk and asbestos duty to manage training. With that, you will provide technical support and advice to your team, colleagues and customers, keeping up to date with changes in relevant policy and legislation to ensure delivery is effective and compliant. You will work with fire services and managers to develop, amend, and implement fire safety plans.

You will ensure full and accurate records are maintained, demonstrating compliance with legislation, guidance, and policy. You will work closely with Neighbourhood Coaches to ensure customers understand fire safety and take action to remove fire risk, carry out minor fire-related remedial works, advising on appropriate controls to reach and maintain compliance.

You will support and advise on improvement plans for areas of non-compliance, support the production and review of aligned compliance policies, procedures, and processes, and provide validated performance information and assurance to your leader. You will support internal and external audits, ensuring actions are complete within timescales and findings are communicated with teams. Carry out stock condition surveys, and support the wider compliance team and leaders, as required.

As a fire risk and compliance assessor, you will be required to:

Have BOHS P402 Building Surveys and Bulk Sampling for Asbestos
Have NEBOSH Level 3 National General Certificate in Fire Safety or equivalent
Have an HNC or equivalent in construction or building-related subject
Have flexible working attitude with time, travel and demonstrated reliability
Have experience carrying out risk assessments.
Be comfortable using and working from mobile devices; tablets, smartphones etc.
Be a confident user of systems such as Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel
Have knowledge of the industry' standards and regulations
Bring excellent knowledge of reporting procedures and record-keeping
Be comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
Maintain 100% compliance at all times
Have a full UK driving license.
Be committed to our DNA and be a great ambassador for Bromford.Your previous experience could be in roles such as fire risk assessor, fire safety surveyor, asbestos surveyor, commercial surveyor or property surveyor.

A place to be you!

Being able to express yourself at work helps you connect with people and gives you the freedom to perform better at your job. We believe diversity helps drive success, so we want to build a culture where all our differences are celebrated. Everybody should feel that they belong and are able to bring their true, authentic selves to work. We want an organisation that reflects the communities and the people that we serve and if we can achieve this, we know that we will create an environment where everyone is included and can thrive.

Closing date for applications is 14th June.

If this sounds like you, you'll feel right at home here. At Bromford we give both customers and colleagues the opportunity to realise their potential. In our team you'll do incredible work and be rewarded for doing so. Not just in the smiling faces of the thriving communities that you help build, but in the trust, support, training, success and friendship you'll find in our team.

If you can be bold, be honest, be you and be brilliant??? you belong at Bromford. Apply now.

In addition to a competitive salary, we will offer you a fantastic benefits package. This includes; 27 days holiday (plus statutory bank holidays); a choice of defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes; trust-based flexible working, and a GBP500 personal allowance to spend on your choice of things like private medical cover, dental treatment and gym membership. to see the full list.

Bromford Housing Group is committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding employees and customers, as a result we will carry out pre-employment checks. The nature of these checks will vary according to the role applied for, and may include details of current/previous employment, unspent criminal convictions, education and proof of relevant qualifications. We will also be asking for references for everyone who is offered employment with us which must cover the last two years. In addition to this, all employees will be asked for evidence of their right to live and work in the UK - further information is available on the