Senior Fire Safety Manager - Housing (Hybrid)

Raynet Recruitment; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career average pension scheme

Generous holiday and sick pay

Flexible and hybrid working

Subsidised parking and publicTransport

Free swimming and gym membership

Cycle purchase scheme

Personal and professional development

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Ipswich Borough Council is seeking a Fire Safety Manager for its Housing Maintenance and Contracts service to ensure fire safety compliance across around 8,000 homes, including sheltered schemes and homeless units. The role focuses on delivering fire safety strategies and managing improvements under new contracts.

You will oversee checks, provide fire engineering advice, line-manage a Fire Safety Surveyor, and work within a wider safety and compliance team in a hybrid working arrangement.

Qualifications

• Relevant fire safety qualifications required.
• Proven experience in a fire safety role, ideally in social housing or residential setting.
• Strong knowledge of current fire safety legislation and good practice.

Responsibilities

• Make sure the housing stock meets all fire safety legislation and regulatory standards.
• Oversee ongoing fire safety checks, testing, inspection and maintenance.
• Keep housing assets maintained in line with the new fire safety strategies.
• Give fire engineering advice and expertise on major fire safety improvement contracts.
• Line manage and develop a Fire Safety Surveyor.
• Work as part of a wider safety and compliance team.

Skills

Relevant fire safety qualifications

Experience in a similar fire safety

Knowledge of current fire safety Legis

Experience managing staff

Job description

Ipswich Borough Council is seeking a Fire Safety Manager for its Housing Maintenance and Contracts service to ensure fire safety compliance across around 8,000 homes, including sheltered schemes and homeless units. The role focuses on delivering fire safety strategies and managing improvements under new contracts.

You will oversee checks, provide fire engineering advice, line-manage a Fire Safety Surveyor, and work within a wider safety and compliance team in a hybrid working arrangement.