Job Description

As the Interim Fire Safety Manager, you will lead and manage fire safety compliance across the organisation's residential, supported housing and operational properties, ensuring compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO), The Building Safety Act 2022, and all associated fire safety legislation, standards and guidance.

Client Details

The client are a charitable housing provider with a fantastic purpose and set of values based in London.

Description

As the Interim Fire Safety Manager, you will:

• Support the Responsible Person in discharging statutory fire safety duties.

• Develop, implement and maintain the organisations fire safety, strategy, policies, procedures and standards.

• Monitor Compliance with Approved Document B, BS5839, BS9991, BS9999, PAS9980 and other relevant fire safety guidance.

• Provide professional fire safety advice to senior management, operational teams and stakeholders.

• Manage the programme of Fire Risk Assessments across the property portfolio.

• Ensure FRAs are completed by competent persons and reviewed within statutory and organisational timescales.

• Monitor, prioritise and track completion of FRA remedial actions.

• Ensure suitable and sufficient fire risk assessments are in place in accordance with Article 9 of the RRO.

• Review fire incidents, enforcement notices, near misses, and significant findings to ensure FRAs remain current.

• Ensure asset registers and compliance records are accurate and maintained.

• Monitor contractor performance and statutory compliance certification.

• Support compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022 where applicable.

• Contribute to the Golden Thread of Information and Building Safety Case information where applicable.

• Prepare, monitor and control budgets for Fire Safety compliance inspections, to ensure targets are maintained.

Profile

A successful Interim Fire Safety Manager should have:

• Experience of developing, implementing and maintaining Building and Fire Safety compliance related procedures and systems.
• An up-to-date knowledge of current Health & Safety Legislation and a practical application.
• Good IT skills specifically all Microsoft Office Products
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with a customer focused approach.
• Proactive approach to developing effective working relationships.
• Experience in developing effective procedural and technical solutions to resolve complex Building Safety compliance related issues.
• Experience in managing budgets and delivery of statutory requirements.
• An understanding and ability to undertake and apply risk assessment or management.
• Health and safety qualifications, such as: NEBOSH General Certificate, NEBOSH Construction Certificate or NEBOSH Fire Certificate and/or professional membership, such as the Institution of Fire Engineers or the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
• Project Management experience.
• The ability to get in and around London as and when required.

Job Offer

As the Interim Fire Safety Manager, you will receive:

• A competitive daily rate
• An opportunity to work in a respected not-for-profit organisation.
• And the chance if of interest for temp-to-perm too