Remote Fire & Building Safety Surveyor

As a Fire & Building Safety Surveyor, you will conduct detailed surveys of properties managed by the Council, contributing to a comprehensive database and providing expert advice on fire safety and compliance. Your role ensures that fire risk assessments are completed accurately and on time, maintaining the highest standards for all properties and meeting all statutory and regulatory requirements. You will deliver exceptional service to staff, residents, leaseholders, managing agencies, and property owners.

Special requirements for this post

• Provide expert advice on the condition and value of council properties, recommending actions for fire and building safety.
• Communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
• Investigate building defects, focusing on fire and building safety, and recommend solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies, provide estimates, drawings, and specifications for required work.
• Prepare reports and offer technical advice and training on fire and building safety.
• Support the service’s activities and growth through various surveying tasks.
• Stay updated on fire and building safety requirements.
• Conduct property visits and desk-based surveying activities independently and remotely.
• Manage fire risk assessment tasks, ensuring timely completion and regular reporting.
• Liaise with Fire Authorities and ensure compliance with Notices of Deficiencies.
• Ensure specifications meet current legislative standards.
• Obtain quotations and estimates following procurement procedures.
• Maintain high standards of communication and customer care with all stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on performance to ensure work is within budget and value for money is achieved.
• Identify and suggest improvements to procedures, processes, and quality control.
• Provide advice on construction and building matters, including desktop reviews of new development drawings and specifications.
• Monitor contractor and consultant performance, providing reports to the Fire and Building Safety Lead.
• Conduct post-inspection quality checks and ensure satisfactory completion of works.
• Perform H&S spot checks and ensure contractor compliance with Health & Safety risk assessments and method statements.
• Manage complaints, taking ownership and providing written responses as required.
• Keep accurate records of site progress, variations, snagging, and health and safety.
• Update systems on job progress and record customer contacts, complaints, actions, and learning points on CRM.
• Regularly inspect sites to ensure compliance with quality controls, contract conditions, legislation, and defect-free standards.

About you

You are dynamic and experienced with a passion for Fire Safety. You have a proactive and a creative problem-solving mindset and capable of addressing challenges. You possess proven ability to inspire and motivate the team to achieve ambitious goals, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration. You are adept at overseeing day-to-day high standard of service delivery, ensuring efficiency, compliance, safety and engagement of residents. You are skilled in building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, including residents, elected members, and partners.

About us

The Borough of Barking & Dagenham is experiencing rapid transformation, and we invite you to be a part of this exciting journey. Our council has recently undergone significant changes, both in our internal operations and in how we deliver services to our community. We are committed to achieving outstanding results and have a bold vision for our borough’s future. We are tackling key issues such as compliance, health & safety, poverty, and inequality, with ambitious plans to integrate creativity and innovation into our service delivery models. We believe in the power of diverse perspectives and value each individual’s potential to contribute to a better future. As we expand our teams, we are looking for passionate individuals who are eager to make a positive impact on the communities we serve. We offer flexible work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance and encourage you to be your authentic self. If you share our values and aspirations, we want to hear from you.

Our Core Values (DRIVE)

• Deliver our best every day and keep our promises.
• Respond quickly and positively to community needs.
• Inspire others through our actions and behaviours.
• Value people for their skills and who they are.
• Engage with others to build resilience and adaptability.

We especially encourage residents of the Borough of Barking and Dagenham to apply. Does this sound like you? Join us and help shape the future of our community!