Fire Safety Building Surveyor

Southwark is looking to recruit a Fire Safety Building Surveyor for its Repairs team in the Housing and Modernisation Division. Your main task will be to design, manage, procure and undertake works arising from Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs). You will be responsible for assessing the tasks arising from FRAs and determining the best delivery vehicles within the asset management department for their completion. This will range from ordering and overseeing works through existing term contracts, using frameworks and procuring schemes through our commercial team. It will include providing cost analysis on various projects and providing expenditure forecasts whilst assessing all financial risks that the Council could be exposed to. You will be providing expert specialist fire safety leadership, management, support and advice for the repairs team, ensuring fire safety issues for repairs are managed and maintained in accordance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and any other appropriate Health and Safety legislation.

You will take responsibility for:

• The survey and design of individual fire works, schemes or work stream delivery packages and undertake contract administration of borough and area wide contracts as required
• Building specifications of work for various work streams from repairs to large fire safety upgrade projects
• Undertaking contract evaluations, both pre and post contract, and prepare evaluation reports for the repairs team
• Managing repairs staff, specialist consultants, designers and clerk of works in order to ensure compliance with fire safety legislation and the council's fire safety strategy and policies
• Identifying the technical solutions for fire safety repairs and upgrade works, and support colleagues in the repairs team and contractors in the delivery of works
• Liaising with other professional bodies including Building Control and the fire safety team in our engineering and compliance department

About You: You will hold a formal fire safety qualification and you will have extensive knowledge of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Building Regulations; and Fire Safety in Purpose Built Block of Flats guidance, as well as experience of carrying out fire safety works to complex residential properties. You will be experienced in carrying out diagnostic and quality control inspections of building services and construction in buildings as well as having excellent experience of completing detailed schedules of works and fire related specifications and experience of delivery of various packages of work, including monitoring works on site.

About Southwark: We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population. At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

Benefits and more information: In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough.

Recruitment timetable:

• Closing Date: 02/07/2025
• Interview Date: Week commencing 10/07/2025

Guaranteed Interview Scheme: As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.