Fire Safety Technical Specialist
- NFU Mutual
- Full Time
- Okehampton + Work from Home
- Salary of £60,000 to £70,000
Job Description
Fire Safety Technical Specialist
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:
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:
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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.
