Fire & Building Safety Officer

Wakefield

£47,500

We are working with a well-established housing provider to recruit an experienced Fire & Building Safety Officer to join their Fire Safety function.

This is an excellent opportunity for a fire safety professional to play a key role in maintaining and improving fire safety standards across a large residential property portfolio. You will provide practical advice, undertake inspections, monitor compliance activity and work closely with teams across the organisation to ensure actions are identified, understood, and resolved.

The Role

You will support the wider fire safety function by:

• Carrying out fire safety inspections and fire door checks, ensuring statutory requirements are met and any issues are appropriately recorded and addressed.
• Supporting the delivery and ongoing management of a substantial Fire Risk Assessment programme.
• Reviewing fire risk assessments, allocating actions to the appropriate teams, and monitoring progress through to completion.
• Visiting properties where required to support fire risk assessment activity and verify that identified actions have been appropriately addressed.
• Carrying out audits and inspections to provide assurance around fire and building safety standards.
• Monitoring other fire safety measures, including fire alarms, extinguishers, and associated maintenance activity.
• Investigating fire and building safety incidents and ensuring appropriate follow-up actions and learning are communicated across the organisation.
• Supporting the development and acquisition of new properties by providing fire safety advice and checking that relevant standards and requirements are being met.
• Assisting with systems designed to control works being undertaken within buildings where there could be an impact on fire or building safety.
• Providing technical advice, guidance, and training to colleagues and managers across the organisation.
• Developing and maintaining fire safety procedures, guidance, and supporting documentation.
• Producing clear reports, statistics, and management information to highlight performance, risks, and outstanding actions.
• Supporting resident communication and engagement around fire safety, ensuring relevant information is provided in a clear and timely manner.
• Working collaboratively with internal departments, contractors, external organisations, and relevant regulatory bodies.
• Supporting the resolution of customer enquiries, complaints, and issues relating to fire safety.