Details:
- Salary: £34,000 - 45,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Brentwood Essex
- Date: 16 hours ago
Description:
Job Title: Assistant Technical Consultant
Location: Essex
Salary: >£45,000 + Package
We are pleased to be working with this market leader in Passive Fire Protection who for over 30 years, have delivered trusted, high-quality fire protection services across the healthcare, commercial, residential, education, student accommodation, industrial, and infrastructure sectors. They pride themselves on getting it right first time, maintaining long-standing client relationships, and delivering work to the highest standards.
Responsibilities:
Technical Assistance
Assist the Technical Consultant with project-specific passive fire protection requirements by reviewing drawings, specifications, service information and firestopping details.
Support client and contractor design teams at relevant RIBA stages by identifying missing, conflicting or incomplete information and raising technical queries under the guidance of the Technical Consultant.
Enter, update and maintain penetration schedules, firestopping matrices, trackers, client information sheets and other project records.
Support the identification and recording of appropriate manufacturer-tested systems and products, subject to review or approval by the Technical Consultant.
Provide estimating, operations and installation teams with technical information, including installation details, manufacturer references, marked-up drawings and general best-practice guidance.
Liaise with clients, manufacturers, site teams and other project stakeholders to obtain information and assist with resolving routine technical queries.Quality Assurance
Assist with quality assurance checks on proposed and installed fire compartmentation works against manufacturer instructions, project requirements and internal company procedures.
Support briefings and provide information to installation teams to help ensure works are completed in accordance with the relevant tested detail.
Record and raise variations, defects, non-compliances and remedial actions that may affect the proposed firestopping system.
Support site inspections and maintain relevant schedules, notes, photographs and supporting evidence.
Maintain accurate, revision-controlled records for project handover and Golden Thread Fire Delay requirements.
Follow company procedures and support compliance with relevant quality, health and safety and environmental standards.
Experience:
Essential
Minimum A-Level education (or higher).
· Ideally 2+ years' experience within the Passive Fire Protection industry.
· Basic understanding of internal fit-out systems, MEPH, or firestopping.
· A genuine interest in Passive Fire Protection and a willingness to learn.
· Confident communication skills, including the ability to lead smaller client meetings.
· Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach.Desirable
Passive Fire Protection experience; Design Management exposure; IFE Level 2; CSCS card.
Experience with CDEs (e.g., Aconex, Viewpoint).
Familiarity with BIM/model viewer tools such as Dalux, Navisworks, Revisto, or Autodesk Forma