Fire Safety Surveyor

3 weeks ago


Berkshire, United Kingdom Southern Housing Full time

Reading, Luton or Watford hybrid working

We have a great opportunity that has arisen with our dedicated Fire Safety team for a Fire Safety Surveyor. The primary function of the role will be to oversee the fire risk assessment works for Southern Housing. Some key duties include:

  • Ensuring that all designated fire risk assessment works are actioned and correctly undertaken within the prescribed timescales.
  • Ensuring that all Southern Housings properties owned and managed properties are maintained to the highest possible standards and that all statutory and regulatory requirements are met.
  • Ensuring that staff, residents, leaseholders, managing agencies and property owners are provided with a high standard of service.

Your main office base will be Fleet House, Farringdon, where youll be required to travel to once a month. Youll be predominantly working across sites in Reading, Luton and Watford. Some hybrid working will be included.

What youll need

  • Experience as a fire/building surveyor in a maintenance environment carrying out pre and post inspections with a Fire Qualification NEBOSH fire or equivalent.
  • Working knowledge of the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005.
  • Experience of working with contractors using SOR and non-SOR contracts.
  • The ability to produce detailed specifications of work.
  • Knowledge of relevant and current, codes of practice, building regulations, health and safety legislation, standards and materials.
  • Knowledge of contract management.

In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.

Closing date: 5th May 2024 at 23:59pm. We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at theheartof everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their ownWe also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to peoples lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

  • Pension
  • Life assurance
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Eyecare & dental
  • Birthday leave
  • Retailers discounts
  • Cycle to work
  • Buy & sell annual leave
  • Season ticket loan
  • In-house academy & career development
  • Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, its about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. Were all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.


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