Fire Safety Technical Specialist

Job Description

Fire Safety Technical Specialist

• Lead technical support and guidance for fire safety management, and fire / explosion risk for one of the UK’s leading health and safety consultancy providers

• Influence and develop technical fire safety standards and frameworks, implementing competence requirements for our Health & Safety Consultants

• Remote role with UK-wide travel required – work from home when not attending client visits

About the role

As a Fire Safety Technical Specialist, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting NFU Mutual’s Risk Management Services’ team to deliver and develop fire-related, health and safety products and services. You’ll be the first escalation point for fire and fire risk assessment related technical queries, helping to enhance and maintain the fire safety skills of the consultancy team to support NFU Mutual’s growth strategy.

You’ll work closely with key business stakeholders, including the Consultancy team, NFU Mutual Agents, and our Sales team, to deliver departmental objectives and promote our Health & Safety consultancy agenda. The role involves conducting cross-regional audits, supporting competency frameworks, and providing technical guidance through site visits and industry engagement. You’ll also contribute to the research, production, and publication of technical guidance and data, and deliver relevant projects as required, including preparing the business for UKAS accreditation for fire risk assessment (e.g. BAFE)

Internally this role is known as: RMS Technical Consultant

About you

With a strong background in Fire Safety Management, you’ll be able to demonstrate extensive and practical Fire Safety Knowledge along with exceptional mentoring skills and a collaborative approach to your work. You’ll be comfortable making decisions within authority levels and have experience imparting technical knowledge to others in an engaging manner. You’re open to development opportunities and bring a positive, can-do attitude.

The role will also require you to be / have:

• Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers (MIFireE) and/or Member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers (MIFSM). Additionally, Membership of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (certIOSH/ CMIOSH) is desirable


• A fire safety qualification (minimum Level 4 Diploma or equivalent)


• Recent relevant, fire and building related legislative and industry standard awareness


• Experience completing complex fire risk assessments in a variety of types of premises and occupations. Additionally experience of risk assessments of potentially explosive atmospheres would be desirable


• Proven fire risk assessment consultancy experience, ideally in line with UKAS FRA accreditation


• Project management experience


• Excellent written and verbal communication along with strong mentoring, coaching, and influencing abilities


• Effective time management, development and presentation skills

Due to the nature of the role, travel across the UK will be required, to attend client visits with our H&S Consultants – therefore it is essential you also have a full UK driving licence.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

Level 4

• Salary of £60,000 to £70,000


• Company car or car allowance


• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)


• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme


• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities


• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets


• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs


• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more


• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance


• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year


• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme


• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary


• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.


• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.

Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for ten consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.

Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.