Fire Safety Technician in Newport, Wales

Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Closing date: Tuesday 1 September

Shortlisting: Thursday 3 September

Proposed Interview date: Thursday 10 September

Salary: £33,664.41

About the vacancy: We're looking for a dedicated Fire Safety Technician to join our Property & Place team, helping to keep residents safe by ensuring fire doors across our housing stock are compliant, well-maintained and fit for purpose. The role involves inspecting, assessing, repairing and installing fire doors, identifying any defects, and working closely with colleagues and contractors to ensure fire safety standards are consistently met. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with fire door inspection and installation experience who is passionate about delivering high-quality work and making a real difference to customer safety.

Specifically, in the role you will:

• Conduct regular inspections of fire doors installed in Hedyn's properties managed by the housing association to assess their overall condition, functionality, and compliance with fire safety regulations.
• Accurately identify and document any deficiencies or issues found during inspections, such as damaged doors, faulty hardware, inadequate seals, or improper installations.
• Complete minor fire door repairs and adjustments as required.
• Maintain detailed records of each fire door inspection (utilising software packages where appropriate), including findings, recommendations, and corrective actions taken to ensure compliance and track progress over time.
• Provide clear and concise recommendations for repairs, replacements, or improvements needed to rectify any issues or non-compliance identified during inspections.
• Collaborate with contractors, maintenance teams, or relevant departments to schedule and oversee necessary repairs or replacements of fire doors.
• To undergo any training as required by Hedyn to assist you to develop within your role.
• Report to Fire Safety Team Leader.
• To install fire doors or address any immediate defects which pose risk to customers, as either instructed or identified.
• The post holder will be expected to undertake any other reasonable duties within their capabilities and the scope of the post as specified by their line manager.

Application Process: We require an application form to be completed for every role. We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV's will be treated as a direct application.

Your Hedyn, our comprehensive benefits package: We believe Hedyn is a great place to work and it's important to us that our people feel the same way. As well as offering varied and fulfilling careers, we want every colleague to feel appreciated. That means having the best possible benefits package, the flexibility to maintain a great work-life balance and the opportunity to achieve your full potential.

Enhanced Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive pension scheme with generous employer contributions of up to 12%. You are able to determine the level of contributions that is right for you.

Enhanced Annual Leave: You'll start on 25 days annual leave (+ Bank Holidays) which would increase gradually to 30 days following 3 years' service.

SMART Working (dependent on role): You're trusted to manage your time to work in a way that meets the needs of our customers, colleagues and communities. At Hedyn, we believe that 'work is something you do rather than somewhere you go.'

Health and Wellbeing: We have many health and wellbeing policies and initiatives such as Cycle to Work and Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption.

Flexible Benefits: We have a flexible benefits package that allows colleagues to spend £625 towards the benefits that suit them. There is a wide range of benefits available to choose from including Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan, the option to have your professional memberships paid for, and Electric Vehicles.

Development: We offer many professional and personal development options such as sponsored study opportunities and career progression and development. We want you to be at your very best.

Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If you are looking for your next career challenge, seeking responsibility, and are passionate about delivering the best possible service, we'd love to hear from you.