Senior Consultant (Fire Safety & Risk Management) (Grade 5)

Qualifications, memberships and registration

Essential:

• Building Studies, Civil Engineering, fire safety engineering/management or science-based Bachelor’s degree as a minimum.
• NEBOSH Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals.
• Lead Auditor Qualification/Training.
• Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH).
• Member Grade of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)

Desirable:

• NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety.
• Fire Risk Assessor accreditation.
• Training qualification.

Skills and experience

Essential:

• Approx. 5 years’ practical experience of working in fire safety and risk management advisory capacity, dealing with audits, reviews and development of policies, procedures, standards, management systems action plans and statutory compliance regimes for large and complex buildings.
• Share in our vision to ensure that people can live, work and sleep safe from the effects of fire.
• Enthusiasm to become part of an Employee Owned Company.
• Experience of developing and delivering fire safety training packages.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Project management, budget control and reporting experience.
• Team management experience.
• Experience in client management and managing client expectations.

You will be working with Chartered Safety and Health Professionals and Chartered Fire Engineers to assess and evaluate the adequacy of fire safety and risk management systems across a diverse range of property portfolios benchmarked to determine compliance or otherwise, with statutory requirements and when requested, best practice.

You will manage projects situated across the UK which are varied in nature, such as Schools, Healthcare Facilities, Hospitals, Residential, Commercial and Public Buildings. You will be involved in desktop reviews and site surveys, liaising with clients and their representatives, risk profiling of complex property portfolios, generating a range of documentation including reports, visual platforms, action plans, audit protocols, policies, procedures and training packages.

You will develop fee proposals and scope of service documentation for prospective and existing clients and look to build and maintain client relationships. You will be required to attend site visits, client/project team meetings, and engage with enforcing authorities with a collaborative solution-based approach.

You will have the opportunity to mentor less experienced Consultants, Surveyors, Engineers and Graduates to help them develop their skills and knowledge, as well as focusing on developing your own.

You will review technical documents and simple fee proposals as part of Tenos’ Quality Assurance procedures. You will adhere to, uphold and train other Consultants in the Quality Management System.

Our development programme will help advance your core technical knowledge and consultancy skills to support your application to become professionally registered with IOSH/IFE.

Technical

• Independent application of detailed technical knowledge on a broad range of fire safety projects, demonstrating an extensive knowledge of specialist area.
• Attend as an individual or accompany more junior colleagues on site visits and client/project team meetings.
• Put forward solutions based on codes, standards, technical evidence and previous work/case studies.
• Lead Project Kick-Off and Close Out meetings.
• Undertake self-analysis of technical development needs and actively seek out support to address knowledge shortfall.
• Maintain continued professional development (CPD) records.
• Take the lead, manage resources, present and report on new and existing Tenos research and development projects.
• Contribute to technical discussions in Tenos forums e.g. Technical Committee, Project Breakfast Review, CPD events.
• Undertake reviews of Graduate, Surveyor and Senior Surveyor (Grade 4) technical deliverables and fee proposals.

Commercial

• Project delivery, project team and financial management of complex projects.
• Assist more junior colleagues to develop detailed fee proposals on projects. Preparation and review of fee proposals.
• Establish, build and maintain client relationships. Gains a thorough understanding of client needs through discussion, understanding and research.
• Demonstrates an understanding of Tenos’ terms of business; how clients’ terms of business may differ from our own and makes recommendations when asked to consider an alternative form of contract.
• Display a detailed understanding of Tenos finance procedures e.g. timesheets, invoicing, PIM project finances, workload forecasting tools, debt management.
• Know how own commercial objectives and financial targets relate to those of Tenos. Contribute to continuous improvement of efficiency and profitability.
• Deliver on commitments made, prioritise daily workload and be responsible for time management.
• Competent in use of Tenos project filing and project management systems and able to instruct others in its use. Contributes to the continuous improvement of these systems by making suggestions on how they may be improved.
• Follow Tenos’s Core Business Quality Management System (QMS) and be able to instruct others in its use. Have a good knowledge and understanding of other Tenos QMSs and be able to advise others.

Professional

• Comply with the IFE/IOSH Code of Professional Conduct.

Communication

• Demonstrate clarity and precision in communication. Able to give clear direction on what needs to be done, by whom and by when.
• Listen to others and adopt a communication style appropriate to the audience. Spot problems with communication between others and positively intervene to resolve.
• Accept critique and try to learn from it.

Teamwork

• Embrace working as part of a team. Display a willingness to lead colleagues to achieve a common goal.
• Demonstrates coaching and mentoring skills, behaviours and attitudes that support and encourage progression of others.
• Displays commercial, technical and professional leadership to more junior engineers.
• Actively participate in the Tenos Mentor Programme.
• Provides support and assistance to Graduate colleagues in their development.
• Understands the need to cascade work to the appropriate skill level.
• Engage, contribute and encourage others to contribute as members 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: Principal Consultant (FS&RM) or above.
• Responsible for: Graduate (FS&RM), Consultant, Senior Consultant (Grade 4) roles.
• Mentored by: Principal Consultant (FS&RM) or above
• Liaises with: Internal: Directors, managers, technical colleagues and the Corporate Services Team. External: Responsible Persons, Project Managers, Representatives of Responsible Persons, Contractors, Site Operatives and Construction workers.