Fire Safety Manager

FIRE SAFETY MANAGER

Full Time & Permanent,

Location: Ideally, accessible to our Northwich Office, however, we will consider applications anywhere within England, Scotland or Wales

Salary: up to £60,000 plus £4,320 cash car allowance

One of the UK’s largest Property Management companies, Residential Management Group, has an opportunity for an experienced Fire Safety Manager, reporting to the Head of Health & Safety.

The Fire Safety Manager will be the point of contact for all fire safety and building safety technical enquiries as required under the Building Safety legislation and new fire safety legislation, and support with technical responses to enquiries from employees, clients, contractors and visitors.

The role is hybrid, enabling the Fire Safety Manager to work between home and an office. Some travel to office meetings and sites, and possibly working outside of working hours, may be required. We are open to applications from all geographical locations across England, Wales and Scotland.

What are some of the responsibilities you will have?

• Being the subject matter expert and responding to relevant enquiries.
• Coordinate, maintain and report on project plans for all projects supporting, ensuring project timelines and deliverables are met in line with SLA’s.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of changes to legislation, with due consideration of the impact of these changes on RMG.
• Assist with the design of bespoke training for employees and oversee and support it’s delivery.
• Review and update a library of fire safety and technical information, with responsibility for amendments to the Fire Risk Assessment template.
• Represent RMG at national fire and health and safety committee meetings, where necessary.
• Provide data for inclusion in reports.
• Provide advice to the property teams and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on deficiency and enforcement notices, whilst keeping the authorities updated on progress through to completion and manage these on the central system.

What skills, experience and qualifications are we looking for in our Fire Safety Manager?

Essential

• Post qualification experience in Fire, M&E, Construction, FM or Property Management.
• Comprehensive knowledge of RRFSO, Building Safety Act, supporting regulations, government guidance, Building regulations and specifically Approved Document B, Housing Act, and Fire Safety (England) Regs.
• Nebosh fire certificate or working towards Fire Diploma.
• Membership level of IFE (Institute of Fire Engineers).

Preferred

• Commercial acumen and good organisational skills in order to manage workloads and undertake project management and monitoring; Analytical skills in order to undertake research and provide written summaries.
• Demonstrate ability to make decisions both independently and collaboratively, having first evaluated all options. Supports decisions with factual information and well presented.
• Advise the SLT on new risks emerging and the mechanism for reporting new risks and/or incidents which could bring detriment to the business, members of staff or to customers.

This role would suit someone who is organised, deadline driven and able to react and adapt to the needs of the business.

What does RMG have to offer you?

• A 37.5 hour working week with a salary of up to £60 000 plus £4,320 cash car allowance per annum – monthly car allowance payment into same bank account and day as your monthly salary payment.
• 25 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays plus never work your Birthday.
• Potential to be rewarded with 2 additional days annual leave plus 2 additional paid volunteer days per year.
• Free Healthcare cashback Plan (re-claiming for things like optical treatment (plus an optical discount voucher) and dental care, physiotherapy and GP Charges – plus more! (all to a generous fixed amount), plus 24/7 access to remote GP Services.
• Sponsorship for study and professional qualifications (up to 4 study days).
• Pension scheme (matched up to 7%) and Life assurance (4 x annual salary).As part of Places for People Group (RMG’s parent company), you will have access to Our Place Rewards, where you can choose from a huge range of shopping discounts, instore vouchers and reloadable e-cards, earn cashback on on-line purchases and take advantage of many exclusive offers!

Join the RMG family and join one of the largest and most respected property management companies with a portfolio spanning over 144,000 households across the UK. We offer a range of job opportunities, from property management, finance, customer services, and everything in between, which makes us a great place to work.

And it doesn’t stop there. Every one of our employees has the opportunity to learn, develop and grow in their chosen career pathway and reach their potential.

Apply today!