Fire Safety Advisor

Goodman Masson; Barking; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodman Masson are supporting B&D Reside with the appointment of a Fire Safety Advisor. The role sits in the Asset Management team and focuses on complex and higher-risk residential buildings, fire risk management and regulatory compliance.

You will work with the Fire Safety Manager to deliver a robust fire safety programme, embedding a strong safety culture across the organisation and ensuring information governance and regulatory requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Experienced fire safety professional with housing sector knowledge.
• Strong understanding of fire risk management and regulatory obligations.
• Ability to work across departments and with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the Fire Safety Manager in developing and delivering fire safety policies, strategies and annual action plans.
• Undertake fire safety inspections and risk reviews, developing action plans and remediation requirements.
• Manage and oversee fire risk assessment programmes, ensuring timely and high-quality assessments.
• Provide expert technical advice on fire safety across B&D Reside's property portfolio.
• Support fire safety improvement projects across Asset Management, Compliance, Repairs and Building Safety.
• Quality assure fire risk assessments, surveys, remedial works and wider fire safety activity.
• Maintain and develop fire safety risk registers with clear mitigations and actions.
• Investigate fire-related incidents and near misses, identifying lessons learned.
• Support the delivery of PCFRAs and PEEPs where required.
• Oversee key fire safety documentation including evacuation plans and fire statements.
• Collaborate with external consultants on Fire Action Plans and fire safety information governance.
• Ensure Regulation 38 documentation and building information are accurate and up to date.

Skills

Fire safety

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Job description

Fire Safety Advisor
B&D Reside | £55,000-£65,000 | Hybrid - Barking / Sites / Home | Contract with potential to become permanent

Goodman Masson are delighted to be supporting B&D Reside with the appointment of a Fire Safety Advisor, a newly created position within their Asset Management team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced fire safety professional to join an organisation with a strong commitment to resident safety and play a key role in strengthening fire safety compliance, assurance and risk management across its housing portfolio.

Working closely with the Fire Safety Manager, you will provide specialist technical advice across B&D Reside, supporting the Responsible Person and wider teams to ensure statutory and regulatory obligations are met.

The Opportunity

As Fire Safety Advisor, you will play a key role in ensuring B&D Reside's fire safety programme is delivered effectively, on time and to the required standards.

You will work across Compliance, Repairs, Building Safety, Estates, Health & Safety, Asset Management and Housing Management, providing technical expertise and helping to embed a positive, consistent fire safety culture across the organisation.

The role will have a particular focus on complex and higher-risk residential buildings, fire risk management, technical assurance, regulatory compliance, data governance and continuous improvement.

You will also have the opportunity to influence how B&D Reside manages and improves its fire safety information, systems and processes as the organisation continues to develop its approach to the Golden Thread and building safety information.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Fire Safety Manager in developing and delivering fire safety policies, strategies and annual action plans.
• Undertake fire safety inspections and risk reviews, developing appropriate action plans and remediation requirements.
• Manage and oversee fire risk assessment programmes, ensuring assessments are completed to a high standard and within required timescales.
• Provide expert technical advice on fire safety across B&D Reside's property portfolio.
• Support fire safety improvement projects across Asset Management, Compliance, Repairs and Building Safety.
• Quality assure fire risk assessments, surveys, remedial works and wider fire safety activity.
• Maintain and develop comprehensive fire safety risk registers, ensuring risks, mitigations and actions are properly tracked.
• Investigate fire-related incidents, dangerous occurrences and near misses, identifying lessons learned and improvement opportunities.
• Support the delivery of PCFRAs and PEEPs where required.
• Oversee key fire safety documentation including evacuation plans, fire statements and supporting evidence.
• Work with external consultants and stakeholders on Fire Action Plans and the rollout of the triple pathway evacuation system.
• Provide oversight of Fire Incident Reporting, Fire & Rescue Service compliance and Regulation 38 certification processes.
• Act as an operational interface with relevant regulatory bodies and Fire & Rescue Services.
• Support the management of fire safety requirements across Higher Risk Buildings where required.
• Ensure key building information, including Regulation 38 information, as-built documentation, floor plans, PEEPs, evacuation strategies and fire safety records, is accurate and up to date.
• Act as the data steward for fire safety information, ensuring robust governance, accurac