Fire Safety Team Leader

Location: Newport, South Wales

Salary: £46,716 per annum

Working Pattern: 3-4 days onsite

Are you an experienced fire safety professional looking for your next step into a leadership role?

We're currently supporting a leading social housing organisation in Newport with the appointment of a Fire Safety Team Leader. This is an opportunity to take ownership of a specialist fire safety function, lead a team of eight technical professionals and play a key role in ensuring residents and properties remain safe and compliant.

You'll lead a team of 4 Fire Safety Technicians and four Fire Safety Electrical Engineers, while working closely with the Fire Safety Manager and wider property teams.

Alongside the team leadership responsibility, you'll oversee an annual fire safety budget of approximately £600,000, manage key compliance programmes and deputise for the Fire Safety Manager when required.

The role

You'll be responsible for ensuring fire safety compliance activity is well planned, effectively delivered and driven through to completion.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and managing a team of four Fire Safety Technicians and four Fire Safety Electrical Engineers.
• Supporting the Fire Safety Manager in meeting statutory fire safety responsibilities as a landlord.
• Managing an annual fire safety budget of approximately £600k and helping shape future budget requirements.
• Deputising for the Fire Safety Manager during periods of absence.
• Managing the organisation's Fire Risk Assessment programme and ensuring assessments are completed within required timescales.
• Reviewing Fire Risk Assessments, validating significant findings and allocating remedial actions.
• Managing and monitoring fire safety remedial works through to completion.
• Escalating complex or overdue fire safety actions where required.
• Ensuring FRA findings, actions and supporting documentation are accurately recorded.
• Working with Fire Engineers where technical advice or supporting rationale is required.
• Developing and managing a risk-based Fire Door inspection database and programme.
• Overseeing fire door, emergency lighting, fire detection and alarm inspection programmes.
• Producing accurate compliance and performance reports for senior management.
• Supporting the development and implementation of fire strategies across the property portfolio.
• Developing specifications for fire safety projects and providing technical assurance to wider property and development teams.
• Managing consultants and contractors, including preparing briefs and specifications for procurement.
• Project managing fire safety improvement projects and cyclical maintenance programmes.
• Chairing contractor meetings and ensuring actions are clearly recorded, allocated and delivered.
• Contributing to the development and improvement of fire safety policies, procedures and operational processes.
• Managing compliance data and producing executive-level performance information.
• Working collaboratively with internal teams, contractors and external stakeholders.