Safety and Compliance Surveyor

Karibu Community Homes Limited; Brentford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Karibu Community Homes Limited is seeking a Contracts and Compliance professional to monitor and manage essential health & safety compliance, specialising in fire risk assessments and legionella control. The role includes surveying tenanted and empty properties and ensuring timely customer-focused service.

You will oversee FRA assessments with contractors, maintain compliance records, and drive continuous improvement in health and safety practices.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of health and safety regulations (building and fire safety) and compliance.
• Understanding of building maintenance risks and compliance issues.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others and implement process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer contact is achieved within set timescales via calls and emails.
• Attend FRA assessments with Contractor.
• Maintain an effective fire risk monitoring spreadsheet.
• Issue and track fire remedial work to contractors and prioritise completion.
• Manage all areas of Big 6 compliance and contractor coordination.
• Prioritise and track outstanding compliance works and remedial tasks.
• Handle day-to-day planned works enquiries as required.
• Engage with customers for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Liaise with other departments and external agencies as appropriate.

Skills

H&S regulations

Building maintenance risks

Team collaboration

Initiative

Verbal and written communication

Organisational skills

Education

A good standard of education

NEBOSH or IOSH qualified

Building safety knowledge (RICS/CIOB)

Job description

• To work as part of the Contracts and Compliance Team to provide effective monitoring and contract management of essential health & safety compliance specialising in fire risk assessments and legionella control whilst providing an effective customer focused service.
• Carry out general surveying duties such as visiting tenanted and empty properties.

Pay range and compensation package

• Salary - £45,000 per annum, rising to £47,000 following successful completion of a six-month probationary period.
• A further £1,000 annual increment will be awarded for up to three years, subject to satisfactory performance, reaching a maximum salary of £50,000 per annum.

Key Responsibilities

• To ensure customer contact is achieved within set timescales, including taking telephone calls and responding to e-mails/letters
• Attend all FRA assessments with Contractor
• Help to maintain an effective fire risk monitoring spreadsheet
• Ensure fire remedial work is issued to contractors and that the work is prioritised and tracked until completion
• Ensure ‘Big 6’ areas of compliance are in full compliance Help to manage all areas of ‘Big 6’ and any associated works, contractor management.
• Ensure any outstanding compliance works and remedial is issued to contractors and that the work is prioritised and tracked until completion
• Deal with day to day Planned works enquiries as required
• To participate in customer engagement and feedback with a view to continuous improvement
• To liaise with other departments/staff/outside agencies as appropriate

Qualifications

• A good standard of education
• NEBOSH or IOSH qualified (Desirable)
• In depth knowledge and understanding of Building safety and fire safety or qualification (RICS,CIOB)

Required Skills

• Sound technical knowledge of health and safety regulations (Building and fire safety), governance and compliance
• Knowledge of building maintenance risks and compliance issues
• Ability to work co-operatively with others to complete tasks and implement process improvements
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills
• Good administrative and organisational skills

Preferred Skills

• Demonstrable experience of working in a fire safety and compliance surveying role at the appropriate level
• Demonstrable experience of interpreting legislative and best practice requirements to implement, monitor and review for continuous improvement, a Health and Safety Management System.
• Experience of coordinating surveys for ‘Big 6’ for compliance purposes
• Demonstrated experience in carrying out risk assessments, investigating accidents, and interpreting Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs), including categorising and prioritising the actions arising from them
• Experience of gathering, analysing the implications for the business and reporting on key H&S data/statistics

Additional Information

• This role requires the post holder to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle
• This role does, on occasion, require the post holder to work evenings and weekends.
• Wednesday is the core office day, and attendance in the office is required on this day.