Fire Surveyor

Qualifications, memberships and registration

Essential:

• Industry qualification such as a BTEC HNC/HND in Building Studies or Civil Engineering as a minimum, or Construction, Surveying or Engineering Degree.
• Membership of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE).

Desirable:

• Engineering Council accredited Bachelor’s degree with honours in engineering.
• Engineering Council accredited or approved Master’s degree or approved further learning to Master’s level.
• CSCS card holder.
• Holding or willing to work towards Fire Risk Assessor accreditation.

Skills and experience

Essential:

• Approx. 2 years’ practical experience of working in the construction industry in a similar capacity, dealing with quality control and/or enforcement of codes and standards (inspection and/or verification of fire protection installations).
• Share in our vision to ensure that people can live, work, and sleep safe from the effects of fire.
• Self-motivation to learn and develop to become professionally registered with the Engineering Council.
• Enthusiasm to become part of an Employee-Owned Company.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Surveying software.

As a Tenos Fire Surveyor, you will be involved in a wide variety of interesting Projects and will have the opportunity to broaden your skillset and develop specialisms in line with your interests.

You will be working with experienced Fire Surveyors and Engineers to assess and evaluate the adequacy of both active and passive fire protection installations in buildings benchmarked against fire tests reports, manufacturers literature and/or certification to determine compliance, or otherwise, with the statutory requirements.

The Projects are situated across the UK and are varied in nature, such as Schools, Hospitals, Residential, Commercial and Public Buildings. You will be involved in desktop reviews and site surveys, liaising with clients and their representatives, generating survey field reports from a tablet using a proprietary software application.

You will develop fee proposal and scope of service documents. You will be required to attend site visits; client / project team meetings and engage with enforcing authorities. You will adhere to and uphold Tenos Quality Assurance procedures throughout the organisation.

Our development programme will help advance your core technical knowledge and consultancy skills to support your application to become professionally registered with the Engineering Council.

Technical

• Independent application of Core Technical Knowledge e.g., fire industry codes and standards, tested or certified details, and industry best practice on simple projects.
• Develop peripheral Core Technical Knowledge e.g., product knowledge and testing standards through observation, shadowing of more senior colleagues and self-development.
• Attend as an individual or accompany colleagues on site visits and client / project team meetings.
• Adhere to Health & Safety guidelines, working in accordance with Risk Assessment Method Statements (RAMS).
• Produce accurate and well-presented site field reports and technical notes.
• Put forward solutions based on codes, standards, technical evidence, and previous work / case studies.
• Undertake self-analysis of technical development needs and actively seek out support to address knowledge shortfall.
• Maintain continued professional development (CPD) records.
• Suggest new, and seek out opportunities on existing, Tenos research and development projects.
• Contribute to technical discussions in Tenos forums e.g., Technical Committee, Project Breakfast Review, CPD events.

Commercial

• Project manage small schemes from inception to completion (under the direction of a Project Director), including the preparation of fee proposals.
• Assist more senior colleagues to develop detailed fee proposals on complex projects.
• Display a detailed understanding of Tenos finance procedures e.g., timesheets and invoicing and be able to navigate PIM project finances. Seeks assistance when things are going wrong.
• Know how own commercial objectives and financial targets relate to those of Tenos.
• Deliver on commitments made, prioritise daily workload and be responsible for time management.
• Competent and confident using Tenos project filing and project management systems.
• Follow Tenos’s Core Business Quality Management System (QMS). Display an awareness of other Tenos QMS.

Professional

• Comply with the IFE Code of Professional Conduct.
• Develop an awareness of responsibilities of a professionally registered engineer.
• Record Career Episode Reports against specific Engineering Council Initial Professional Development (IPD) objectives.

Communication

• Demonstrate clarity and precision in the written word.
• Listen to others and adopt an oral communication style appropriate to the audience.
• Accept critique and try to learn from it.

Teamwork

• Embrace working as part of a team. Display a willingness to take the lead to collaborate with colleagues to achieve a common goal.
• Actively participate in the Tenos Mentor Programme.
• Provides assistance to graduate engineers to assist their integration and development.
• Engage and contribute as a member of an Employee-Owned company.

Other

• Ensure your own well-being.
• Adapt and be flexible to the needs of the business.
• Promote dignity and respect in the workplace.
• Adhere to Tenos’ Employee Handbook and Policies.

• Reporting to: Senior Fire Surveyor (Grade 5) or above.
• Responsible for: No reporting responsibilities.
• Mentored by: Senior Fire Surveyor (Grade 4) or above
• Liaises with: Internal: Directors, line managers and colleagues. External: Clients, their representatives, other technical professionals, contractors, and enforcing authorities.