Fire Safety Manager

Home Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance £334.62/month

DBS check paid

Job summary

Home Group is seeking a Fire Safety Manager in its Building Safety Team to protect customers and homes through proactive fire safety leadership. You will lead inspections, manage contractors, and drive timely remedial actions while ensuring compliance and robust reporting.

The role is hybrid with site visits across the South and mainly Greater London. A car allowance is provided and a DBS check is paid for.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in fire risk assessment and inspection programmes.
• Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment or NEBOSH Fire Certificate (or similar).
• Skilled at managing contractors and challenging poor performance.
• Good working knowledge of the Fire Safety Order and Building Safety Act.
• Comfortable leading audits, investigations and regulatory reporting.
• A calm, confident communicator who supports others to build a safer culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead fire safety inspections, manage contractors and review assessment quality.
• Spot trends and risks early, taking action before they escalated.
• Guide remedial work and post-checks to make sure everything’s resolved properly.
• Prepare for audits and respond confidently when things go wrong.
• Train and support colleagues to understand their fire safety responsibilities.
• Contribute to safety case reports and golden thread data to support wider compliance.

Skills

Fire risk assessment

Contractor management

Audits

Regulatory reporting

Communication

Education

Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment

NEBOSH Fire Certificate

Job description

• Circa £60,000 plus a car allowance and matching pension up to 7%

• Circa £60,000 plus a car allowance and matching pension up to 7%

Home, a place where you belong

You want to do work that matters. You understand the real-world impact of fire safety, and you want to be part of a team that takes it seriously. As our new Fire Safety Manager in the Building Safety Team, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our customers and homes safe—bringing clarity, structure and action to one of the most important parts of what we do.

What You’ll Do

• Lead fire safety inspections, manage contractors and review assessment quality
• Spot trends and risks early, taking action before they escalated
• Guide remedial work and post-checks to make sure everything’s resolved properly
• Prepare for audits and respond confidently when things go wrong
• Train and support colleagues to understand their fire safety responsibilities
• Contribute to safety case reports and golden thread data to support wider compliance

Why join us?

Imagine finishing each day knowing you’ve made a real difference in our customers’ lives. That’s exactly what you’ll do here, working for a top Great Place to Work in the UK! We can’t offer a CoS for this role.

You have

• Strong experience in fire risk assessment and inspection programmes
• Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment or NEBOSH Fire Certificate (or similar)
• Skilled at managing contractors and challenging poor performance
• Good working knowledge of the Fire Safety Order and Building Safety Act
• Comfortable leading audits, investigations and regulatory reporting
• A calm, confident communicator who supports others to build a safer culture

Stronger together

We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

The practical bits

• You’ll work Monday to Friday with visits to sites in the South but mainly in Greater London
• You will at times need to flex your working hours to meet with customers when it works best for them, so you may have occasional evening working.
• This is a hybrid role and you’ll spend some days each week out and about or in our offices, and the rest working from home.
• To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your car allowance of £334.62 per month!
• You need a basic DBS check done which we pay for.

Finally

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