Senior FRA Principal

At Bellrock, we harness technology to give our customers an experience that not only leaves them with advanced building systems. But with peace of mind. And we unlock that by being technology-led, but people-driven. So when you’re part of Bellrock, you’ll get everything you need to be your best at work - because our people are the heart of our business. And we’re all about helping them to shine.

As a Senior FRA Principal you will be operating as a senior manager, expected to support, and lead as directed, in the successful delivery of high-quality FRA work, as commissioned through Bellrock brands.

At Senior Principal level you will support the Head of FRA in the delivery of the FRA projects. This will include a focus on nurturing key client relationships as we focus on a true consultative approach, ensuring that our clients not only receive a great service and technical excellence but also understand how to implement our findings. Taking ownership of some of our key accounts and developing new opportunities through relationship building will be central to your role.

You will also need to develop a firm grasp on the commercial levers to drive revenue and profitability, and understand and manage against attritional factors that can reduce the gross margin of work. Along with the Head of FRA you will be responsible for nurturing the growth of the FRA Department and become knowledgeable in managing a P&L Business unit.

As well as this you will be a role model for junior consultants and encouraged to be a proactive member of a high performing team, sharing your knowledge and experience to help develop other team members. This includes upholding and abiding to both the company and professional bodies code of conduct and culture.

Within role, it is expected that the Senior FAR Principal will develop and mentor members of the FRA team, and other fire safety teams where needed, through the coordination and delivery of CPD activities. In addition to undertaking technical Quality Control (QC) peer review work for employee report submissions; acting as a focal point for technical fire safety queries. All as part of a supportive, collaborative team effort.

The role will involve travel to job sites as required and attendance at regional offices on occasion. We like to schedule a training/CPD day at least once per quarter and also make use of this time for team bonding and experience sharing. There is also the expectation that you will be responsible for managing and planning your time in advance, working with our project support team and to meet Client needs. We also have a dedicated project support coordinator within the team to remove some of the admin side of things.

How will you be the change?

We believe every role is essential to providing that peace of mind for our customers - whatever part of the business you’re in. Because every role plays a part in driving us further. And everyone can be the change. That’s how deliver value for our customers, and building systems that lead the way

And as a Senior FRA Principal with Bellrock, you’ll do it by…

• Oversee the delivery of projects, providing and maintaining a technically compliant service and high-quality deliverable.
• Manage the day-to-day delivery of work for self and others
• Develop key client accounts and be their professional and trusted point of contact for the client
• Have a small sub team of consultants to provide mentoring support and quality peer review of work
• Act as the focal point for project engagements
• Ensuring the successful delivery of the project(s)
• Manage and maintain profitability and gross margin of work delivery.
• Assist in the creation and development of reporting outputs, survey methodologies and project management tasks.
• Assist in supporting sustainable service growth, statutory compliance and governance, client and staff retention, and development of our client base.
• Support development of colleagues, where appropriate, so they have the skills and motivation to undertake their roles; including delivery of content at Fire Division CPD events.

What does it take?

If you’re ready to be the energy that helps us build our business, share our success, and really own it as a Senior FRA Principal, you’ll need…

• Professional membership at Member level with a Fire related professional body
• At least 5 years demonstrable experience in managing teams
• Sound knowledge of fire safety and fire risk, with a minimum of 5-years’ experience including demonstrable experience in conducting FRAs
• Already on the Tier 3 FRA NAFRAR
• A level 6 qualification (fire related), or studying towards
• Ability to undertake the full range of Type 1-4 FRAs