Fire, Health and Safety Consultant

Fire, Health and Safety Consultant (Contract)
Competitive day rate (Associate work)
Birmingham (hybrid/home office with travel to client sites)

Do you want to deliver high-quality Fire and Health & Safety risk assessments across complex residential and commercial buildings?
Are you looking for flexible contract work with a consultancy that values pragmatic, court-ready reporting and trusted client partnerships?

We're supporting a leading risk and compliance consultancy to appoint a Fire, Health and Safety Consultant. This role will partner with a range of clients in the built environment, helping them manage risk, strengthen compliance, and improve safety performance through practical, forensic assessment and advice.

The successful Fire, Health and Safety Consultant will:

• Undertake Fire Risk Assessments and General Risk Assessments, ensuring fee targets and quality standards are met
• Deliver clear, pragmatic client reports within agreed SLAs
• Support the design and implementation of site health and safety management systems aligned to client needs
• Deliver onsite briefings and provide actionable recommendations to improve risk controls and compliance
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders and other consultants, sharing knowledge and supporting consistent delivery

The successful candidate will have:

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) and a minimum Level 3 qualification in fire safety/fire risk
• Strong knowledge of Approved Document B and BS 9999 / BS 9997, and current UK regulations
• Proven experience completing fire and health & safety risk assessments within the built environment (residential and/or commercial)
• Excellent communication and report writing skills, plus recognised fire safety membership (or willingness to obtain) and registration (or willingness to apply) with relevant fire risk assessor registers

If you're an experienced risk assessor looking for a flexible, high-quality consultancy assignment, we'd like to hear from you. For further information and to apply please contact or (phone number removed)

Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions. Irwin and Colton Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at our website (url removed). Irwin and Colton is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.