Fire & Building Safety Officer

Goodman Masson; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodman Masson is recruiting an experienced Fire & Building Safety Officer in Wakefield for a well-established housing provider. The role focuses on inspections, fire risk assessments, and ensuring statutory compliance across a large residential portfolio.

You will develop and maintain fire safety procedures, provide training, produce clear reports, and engage residents and stakeholders to drive improvements. Salary around £47,500 with strong progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in fire safety within social housing or public sector.
• Strong knowledge of current fire safety legislation and guidance.
• Experience conducting inspections, audits or compliance checks.
• Ability to interpret Fire Risk Assessments and identify actions.

Responsibilities

• Carry out fire safety inspections and fire door checks and record findings.
• Support the delivery and management of Fire Risk Assessments.
• Review risk assessments, allocate actions and monitor progress to completion.
• Provide technical fire safety guidance and training to colleagues.

Skills

Fire safety knowledge

Inspections

Audits

Stakeholder engagement

Reporting

Risk-based approach

Education

Fire Safety qualification

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

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

Fire & Building Safety Officer

Wakefield

£47,500

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.

About You

We are looking for a proactive fire safety professional who can demonstrate:

• Practical experience working within fire safety, ideally within social housing, local government or another public-sector environment.
• Strong working knowledge of current fire safety legislation, regulations and guidance.
• Experience undertaking inspections, audits or compliance checks and managing actions through to completion.
• Experience providing fire safety advice, guidance or training to colleagues and other stakeholders.
• An understanding of Fire Risk Assessments and the ability to interpret findings and identify appropriate actions.
• Strong organisational skills with a methodical and risk-based approach to your work.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Good IT skills, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint, with the ability to produce clear reports and presentations.
• Experience working with residents or customers would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of housing assets, maintenance, building construction and property compliance would also be beneficial.
• A relevant Fire Safety qualification and membership of, or willingness to work towards membership of, an appropriate professional body such as IFE, IFSM, RICS, CIOB or CIH.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.