Fire Safety Manager

The Guinness Partnership; Manchester; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

The Guinness Partnership is seeking a Fire Safety Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to provide technical leadership across fire safety activities. You will ensure Fire Risk Assessments, inspections, and remedial works are delivered to high standards in line with legislation, including Building Safety Act requirements.

You will lead assurance across Higher Risk Buildings, challenge risk proposals, and report to senior leaders and regulators, working with contractors to ensure compliant

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing fire safety in social housing or complex built environment settings.
• Strong knowledge of fire and building safety legislation and its operational application.
• Proven experience leading Fire Risk Assessments and remedial compliance programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA of Fire Risk Assessments, inspections and surveys to ensure risk-based, current, robust outputs.
• Oversee fire safety management within Higher Risk Buildings, ensuring assurance and Building Safety Act compliance.
• Provide robust technical challenge and clear assurance reporting to senior leaders and regulators.

Skills

Fire safety leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Building safety risk management

Education

NEBOSH Fire Certificate

IFE/IFSM membership

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

We have a new opportunity for a Fire Safety Manager to join the Guinness team on a fixed term contract, initially for a 12–month period.

As a Fire Safety Manager, you will provide technical leadership and assurance across fire safety activities, ensuring Fire Risk Assessments, inspections, surveys and remedial works are delivered to a high standard and in line with legislative requirements. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the quality assurance of Fire Risk Assessments, inspections, and surveys to ensure they are risk–based, current, and technically robust.
• Overseeing fire safety management within Higher Risk Buildings, ensuring effective assurance, inspection, and compliance with the Building Safety Act.
• Providing authoritative technical challenge on fire safety risks, controls, and remedial proposals, escalating concerns where standards are not met.

What we are looking for

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. In addition to bringing significant experience of managing fire safety in a social housing setting, you will have the confidence to lead, influence, and challenge on fire safety issues.

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Significant experience managing fire safety in social housing or a similarly regulated, complex built–environment setting, including Higher–Risk Buildings.
• Strong working knowledge of fire and building safety legislation, with experience applying it proportionately in operational settings.
• Proven experience leading and assuring Fire Risk Assessments, inspections, and remedial compliance programmes to completion.
• The ability to provide robust technical challenge and clear assurance reporting, engaging confidently with senior leaders, contractors, and regulators.

Essential Qualifications:

• Recognised fire safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH Fire Certificate, Level 4 Fire Risk Assessment, or equivalent).
• Professional membership of a relevant body (IFE, IFSM) or working towards membership.