Senior Fire Safety Systems Engineer

NHS Jobs; Torquay; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking an experienced Fire Safety Manager to oversee maintained and compliant active and passive fire safety systems across complex buildings. The role requires operating at strategic and operational levels with strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

You will report monthly on the status of all fire safety systems, review system conditions, and advise senior leaders with assurance information at executive level.

Qualifications

• Experience with fire safety management within complex buildings (must have managed multiple systems).
• Comprehensive knowledge of fire alarm systems and cause-and-effect strategies.
• Understanding active & passive systems and their maintenance and compliance requirements.
• Excellent organisational skills with monthly reporting of all fire safety systems.
• Experience reviewing and managing fire systems condition.
• Experience advising senior leaders and presenting assurance at executive level.
• Strong leadership, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent report writing and communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex risk, competing priorities and large-scale improvement programmes.

Skills

Fire safety management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Report writing

Risk management

Job description

We are looking for an experienced manager familiar with working with competent suppliers and in house teams, to deliver maintained and compliant active and passive fire safety systems. A manager who can operate professionally and confidently at both strategic and operational levels. You will have:

• Experience with fire safety systems management within complex buildings.
• Comprehensive knowledge of fire alarm systems and cause and effect strategies
• Good understanding of active & passive systems and their maintenance and compliance requirements
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to confidently and accurately report, at least monthly, status of all the Trusts fire safety systems
• Experience of reviewing and managing fire systems condition
• Experience of advising senior leaders and presenting assurance information at executive level.
• Strong leadership, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent report writing and communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex risk, competing priorities and large-scale improvement programmes.

Please see the attached job description for full job scope and person specification