Fire Safety Surveyor in City of London

Fixed term contract until 3 December 2026. Farringdon, London. Hybrid working available.

Southern Housing is excited to offer an excellent opportunity to join our dedicated Fire Safety team as a Fire Safety Surveyor on a secondment/fixed term contract until 3 December 2026. In this role, you will take the lead in overseeing fire risk assessment activities across Southern Housing's portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that all designated fire risk assessment works are actioned and correctly undertaken within the prescribed timescales.
• Ensuring that all Southern Housing's properties owned and managed properties are maintained to the highest possible standards and that all statutory and regulatory requirements are met.
• Analyse and assess building fire safety related defects and deficiencies, provide remedial proposals and prepare specifications for remedial works.
• 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 to ensure they are working safely and complying with all relevant Health & Safety risk assessments and method statements.
• Ensuring that staff, residents, leaseholders, managing agencies and property owners are provided with a high standard of service.

You will conduct inspections across London and monthly visits to our Farringdon office for team meetings. On occasion, you may also be required to conduct inspections in Kent or Midlands. You will be expected to work on-site at least three days per week, with the remaining time spent working from home or from an office location.

What you'll need:

• 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.
• The ability to produce detailed specifications of work.
• Knowledge of relevant and current codes of practice, building regulations, health and safety legislation, standards and materials.
• An in-depth knowledge of construction, design and fire related defects and how to correct them.
• Knowledge of contract management.
• A full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle.

Desirable:

• Membership of RICS, CIOB, IFE or similar professional organisation is desirable but not essential.

In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.

Closing date: 17th May 2026 at 23:59pm. We may close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

About us:

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives. A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you:

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailers discounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity: We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.