Fire Safety Surveyor

Adecco are delighted to be partnering with a highly regarded housing association who are recruiting for a Fire Safety Surveyor.

The role will sit in the Asset and Sustainability Directorate in the Fire Safety team and will be accountable to the Fire Safety Contract Manager. The primary function of the role is to oversee fire risk assessment works.

The successful candidate will be:

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

Responsibilities:

• To undertake the management of designated fire risk assessment tasks on Riskhub taking prompt action to ensure that all tasks are completed within the prescribed timescales and report regularly to the Head of Fire Safety Delivery on progress.
• Liaising with the Fire Authorities and ensuring Notice of Deficiencies passive actions are completed within set time scales.
• To analyse and assess building defects, provide remedial proposals and prepare specifications for remedial repairs. To ensure that specifications are up to date and meet current legislative standards.
• To obtain where necessary quotations and estimates, in accordance with our procurement procedures.
• To maintain communication and consultation to the highest possible standards of customer care with all stakeholders.
• To ensure work is carried out within the budgets and value for money is achieved, by monitoring and reporting on performance.
• To continuously identify ways of delivering the service in a more efficient and effective way. To suggest improvements procedure, processes and quality control.
• To provide advice to other staff, both technical and non-technical, on construction and building related matters. This is to include desktop reviews of drawings and specifications for new developments to advise Property Soft Landings team members of issues to be resolved.
• Monitor the performance of contractors and consultants and provide reports to the Fire Safety Contract Manager.
• Carry out post inspection/quality control checks on works and pursue any necessary redress to achieve satisfactory completion.
• Carry out H&S spot checks and monitor contractors and ensure contractors are working safely and complying with all relevant Health & Safety risk assessments and method statements.
• To manage complaints through the complaints process, receiving, taking ownership and providing written responses as required.
• To monitor and keep accurate records of progress on site, including a record of any variations, snagging and health and safety records. Accurately update Riskhub, Orchard and APEX on the progress of all jobs. Accurately record and acknowledge all customer contacts, complaint details, actions and learning points on CRM.
• Promote and encourage customers to verify and selfserve on our customer portal and mobile app.
• Ensures sites are regularly inspected to check workmanship and standards of construction comply with quality controls and are compliant with the agreed materials, contract conditions, current legislation and are defect free.

This role requires :

• Demonstrable experience as a fire/building surveyor in a maintenance environment carrying out pre and post inspections.
• 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.
• Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to produce detailed specifications of work.
• A competent knowledge of relevant and current, codes of practice, building regulations, health and safety legislation, standards and materials.
• An in depth knowledge of construction and design and fire/construction related defects and how to avoid them.
• Knowledge of procurement law and different forms of contract.
• Knowledge of contract management.
• Good IT skills ability to use mobile technology.

Desirable:

• Membership of RICS, CIOB, IFE or similar professional organisation.
• Experience of working with a direct labour force.