Fire Safety Co-ordinator

EDF Energy; Leiston; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF UK is seeking a Fire Safety Co-ordinator to ensure safety procedures meet legal requirements while safeguarding staff and facilities. The successful candidate will manage fire safety budgets, liaise with external services, and oversee compliance with fire safety regulations. This position offers substantial personal development opportunities within a diverse and inclusive workplace that prioritizes success uniquely tailored to you.

Benefits

Enhanced parental leave

Electric vehicle leasing

Health insurance

Product discounts

Gym membership

Season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Holds an advanced Fire Safety diploma or equivalent qualification.
• Knowledge of fire safety legislation and nuclear safety case.
• Desirable: IFSM membership and plant operation experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring fire safety policies comply with relevant legislation.
• Managing fire detection, suppression, and emergency systems.
• Conducting regular audits to maintain fire safety standards.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Fire Safety Knowledge

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Advanced Fire Safety Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

AMS

Job description

About the Role

Fire Safety Co-ordinator

Are you passionate about ensuring the safety of others and have a keen eye for detail? Join EDF UK as a Fire Safety Co-ordinator and play a crucial role in protecting our staff and plant from fire risks. Your expertise will be vital in preventing fire incidents and managing events in line with legal requirements.

The Opportunity

As a Fire Safety Co-ordinator at EDF UK, you will address all aspects of fire safety, manage part of the fire safety budget, advise on training requirements, liaise with regulators and local fire services, and act as the fire safety point of contact. You will coordinate fire safety across the site, ensuring that all necessary measures are in place to protect our staff and plant.In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring fire safety policies and procedures meet relevant requirements, securing effective fire detection, suppression, fire barriers, emergency lighting, and fire warning systems. You will also oversee hot working and evacuation procedures, ensuring all risk assessments are completed and reviewed in line with regulations.

Pay, Benefits & Culture

The salary range associated with this role is between £45,641 - 95,993. You'll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Company Agreement as well as your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications. We're talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone's welcome. We're on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We'd like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.

We're a disability confident employer and we'll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That's why we support you to pursue a career that's unique to you. Because success is personal.

What You'll Be Doing

You will ensure that fire safety policies and procedures meet relevant requirements. You will secure effective fire detection, suppression, fire barriers, emergency lighting, and fire warning systems, as well as oversee hot working and evacuation procedures. Your role will involve ensuring all risk assessments are completed and reviewed in line with regulations.

You will collaborate and work with all departments, providing advice and safety knowledge. Your oversight of fire safety activities will ensure regular and comprehensive auditing is completed, maintaining the highest standards of fire safety across the site.

Who You Are

You hold an advanced Fire Safety diploma or equivalent qualification and have knowledge of statutory legislation relevant to Nuclear Power Station Operation, Site Licence requirements, fire safety legislation, and environmental policy. You are proficient in the use of AMS, particularly in work management, action tracking, engineering change, and controlled documents.

You have an awareness of plant modification processes and knowledge of nuclear safety case relation to fire safety. Your knowledge of on-site services (water, steam, gas, oil, chemical, and electrical) is essential. IFSM membership and experience in plant operating, emergency service, maintenance, or engineering are both desirable.

Closing date for applications is Monday 16th June, interviews will follow shortly after.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

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