Safety Manager in Luton

Location: Flexible working arrangements. Office based in Bedford with travel to sites across London and occasionally other regions of the UK.

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience + training & benefits

About Us

We are a growing, bespoke consultancy providing specialist fire safety, health and safety, and project management services to clients, with a strong focus on high-rise residential buildings. We specialize in ensuring the safety and compliance of purpose-built blocks of flats, especially high-rise buildings, providing a high standard of support and expertise to our clients.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Safety Manager with a minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in fire risk assessment including high-rise residential blocks. This is a senior leadership role with formal responsibility for managing and developing the survey team. Alongside undertaking complex or higher-risk assessments, the role is accountable for technical quality assurance, team capability, workload coordination, and client-facing delivery. You will balance people leadership with hands-on technical involvement, acting as a senior point of expertise within the business. We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running after induction and who wants to make a genuine impact within a growing consultancy. You will join a busy, sociable, and supportive office environment, with clear opportunities for professional development and progression.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of surveyors undertaking onsite health, safety, and fire safety inspections, primarily at high-rise residential buildings, including fire risk assessments, passive fire compartmentation, fire door inspections, health and safety assessments, BSR compliance audits, and asbestos surveys in line with the statutory regulations.
• Ensure surveyors produce clear, accurate, and comprehensive fire safety reports, policies, and evacuation procedures, tailored to the building and client needs.
• Where necessary, travel to sites across London and occasionally to other regions of England to train and validate surveyors and assist as may be necessary.
• Review, quality-check, and formally validate and sign off risk assessments and technical outputs produced by the team, within agreed authority levels.
• Act as a senior technical and operational point of contact for both colleagues and clients.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance, mentoring, and coaching to consultants and company employees.
• Coordinate workloads, capacity, and priorities across the survey team, ensuring work is allocated in line with competence and risk profile.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum Level 4 qualification in Fire Risk Assessments of high-rise residential blocks of flats requirements.
• At least 5 years’ proven experience undertaking fire risk assessments, particularly within high-rise residential blocks of flats.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant fire and building safety legislation, including: Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Building Safety Act 2022, Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, Health and Safety etc Act 1974 and associated regulations and guidance, CDM Regulations.
• Experience interpreting complex specialist reports (e.g. fire engineering, intrusive surveys, façade assessments) and advising on outcomes and required remediation.
• Proven experience leading or coordinating a surveying team.

Skills and Attributes

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to be assertive where required.
• Ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including residents and managing agents.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
• Confident decision-maker with a proactive, solution-focused approach.
• Able to work under pressure and manage competing deadlines.

Additional Requirements

• Flexibility in working hours to meet site and client demands.
• UK driving licence (preferred).

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Ongoing professional training and development support.
• Company phone and site equipment.
• Collaborative and dynamic working environment.
• BUPA healthcare including family (after 1 year of service).
• BUPA dentistry including family (after 1 year of service).
• Birthday day off (after probation).
• 20 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, increasing to 25 days with service.
• Professional membership fees paid.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV, detailing your qualifications, experience, and relevant training. You should also include a brief cover letter explaining your interest in the role and what you hope to achieve as part of our team.