Senior Fire Risk Assessor | Ridge | UK Wide | Full Time | Competitive

Ridge is looking for a Fire Risk Assessor or Senior Fire Risk Assessor to join its growing team. This role can be based in any of its offices across the UK.

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced professional who wants to work across a wide range of buildings and help clients improve safety, compliance, and building standards.

Ridge is a built environment consultancy that helps clients improve the quality and sustainability of the places they manage, design, and operate. Its people are central to that work, and the business takes pride in the quality of its service and the strength of its team.

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About the role

As a Senior Fire Risk Assessor, you will carry out site-based Fire Risk assessments across a range of sectors. These will include industrial, commercial, and residential properties.

You will use bespoke tablet-based technology to record findings, collect data, and complete assessments within agreed timescales.

This role would suit:

• an experienced Fire Risk Assessor working in consultancy or in-house
• a professional who is happy to travel regularly
• a former fire and rescue service inspecting officer with strong experience of auditing premises under the Fire Safety Order
• someone with the right qualifications, registration, and technical knowledge

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Why this role matters

This role helps clients understand fire safety risks, meet legal duties, and improve the safety of their buildings.

Your work will support better decisions, clearer action plans, and stronger compliance with current fire safety law and guidance. You will also help maintain quality across the wider team by signing off assessments and carrying out internal audits.

This is not just a site visit role. It is a technical and advisory position with real influence.

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What you will do

Carry out Fire Risk assessments

Inspect a wide range of buildings

You will conduct site-based fire risk assessments across industrial, commercial, and residential premises.

Use digital tools to gather evidence

You will use tablet-based systems to record findings, collect data, and support the production of clear and accurate reports.

Work to agreed timescales

You will complete inspections and related work within set deadlines while maintaining a high standard of quality.

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Support clients and project planning

Coordinate inspection and remedial programmes

You will communicate regularly with client teams to help plan inspections and remedial works.

Advise on regulations and standards

You will help make sure buildings meet current fire-related building regulations and technical standards.

Prepare schedules and scope of work

You will take details on site, write schedules of required works, and help prepare specifications, obtain estimates, and plan programmes of work.

Monitor works on site

You will help monitor progress on site and check that works are being completed in line with the agreed specification.

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Provide technical advice

Solve problems in a practical way

You will use a practical and organised approach to solve problems, often within fixed budgets and tight deadlines.

Support Building Regulations matters

You will provide advice on applications for Building Regulations approval on fire-related matters.

Sign off assessments

You will authorise and sign off Fire Risk Assessments before they are submitted to clients.

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Maintain quality standards

Carry out internal audits

You will conduct annual internal audits of Fire Risk Assessors to help maintain consistency and quality.

Support best practice

You will help ensure assessments are completed in line with legislation, technical guidance, and good professional standards.

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What you need for this role

Knowledge and technical understanding

To be considered, you must be fully familiar with current fire safety legislation, including:

• the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order
• current technical standards
• current fire safety issues and trends
• best practice in fire risk assessment

If you do not meet these requirements, Ridge will not be able to take your application forward.

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Qualifications and registration

You will also need:

• a minimum Level 4 qualification in fire risk management, or a Level 5 qualification in fire risk assessment or fire engineering
• completion of an IFE-approved fire risk assessment course
• registration on the national register of Fire Risk Assessors through IFE, FRACS, or IFSM
• if registered through IFSM, a minimum of Tier 3 registration
• experience as a Validator under the BAFE SP205-1 Scheme

Licence requirement

• a full driving licence is required

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Experience needed

You should have:

• strong experience in a similar role
• experience carrying out fire risk assessments across different types of premises
• the ability to work independently and manage site-based work effectively
• the confidence to deal with clients and provide sound technical advice

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Who this role would suit

This role is ideal for a Senior Fire Risk Assessor who wants variety, responsibility, and a strong platform for professional growth.

It would suit someone who enjoys site work, technical reporting, client contact, and helping others maintain high standards. It is also a good fit for a former fire and rescue service inspecting officer with the right background and qualifications.

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About Ridge

Ridge is a built environment consultancy that helps clients improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

The business has more than 1,400 people and delivers work across thousands of projects each year. Its teams bring technical skill, discipline, and a strong commitment to quality.

Ridge believes its people are the foundation of its success. Their expertise, values, and energy help the business stand out in a competitive market.

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Why join Ridge

Be part of a respected consultancy

Ridge is known for its professional approach, technical quality, and wide range of built environment services.

Work on varied projects

You will assess a broad mix of buildings across several sectors, which gives the role strong variety and technical interest.

Join a high-performing team

Ridge is looking for people who care about quality, want to improve, and are motivated to do strong work.

Build your career in a supportive business

This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants to grow in a business that values skill, effort, and professional standards.

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Tips for applicants

A strong application should show clear experience in Fire Risk assessments across different building types, technical report writing, client communication, and sign-off responsibility. Make your qualifications, register status, and BAFE SP205-1 validation experience easy to find. It also helps to show that you can manage travel, deadlines, and site-based work without turning every inspection into a dramatic personal journey through Approved Document B.