Maintenance Surveyor Fire Safety

Job Description - Maintenance Surveyor Fire Safety (251403)

Maintenance Surveyor Fire Safety

Location: Properties across Hertfordshire, Essex, North London, with occasional travel to Norfolk and Suffolk

Type: Permanent, full-time (37.5 hpw, Monday to Friday)

Salary: Up to £50,000, based on skills, qualifications, and experience

Note: We cannot sponsor due to certificate limits; this is under review.

Home, a place where you belong

Are you an experienced Maintenance Surveyor seeking a new role with a great employer? Join us at Home Group and be part of our fantastic building safety team. Your role will focus on ensuring the safety and compliance of our properties, especially regarding Fire Safety. If you want to work with a brilliant team and develop your career, read on

What's in it for you?

• Matching pension contributions (up to 7%) with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary
• 34 days leave (including bank holidays and a "me day")
• Health cash plan saving you from £1,140 per annum
• Additional benefits including supermarket discounts and travel expenses

Typical day as a Fire Safety Surveyor

• Conduct pre- and post-inspections of fire risk actions completed by contractors and colleagues across Hertfordshire, Essex, and North London
• Provide technical advice and support to trades, maintenance managers, subcontractors, and suppliers to ensure compliance and high-quality service
• Manage contracts and monitor progress against building works schedules, using customer insight to meet service promises
• Ensure all works meet health and safety standards with zero tolerance for non-compliance
• Oversee Fire Safety Contractors, including Fire Alarms, AOV Systems, and related systems
• Manage Passive Fire Safety Contractors for fire door replacements, remediations, and compartmentation/firestopping projects, along with yearly asbestos re-inspections

You'll go home each day knowing you've helped improve our customers' lives working for one of the UK's top ten Great Places to Work!

You have

• Building surveying experience, including property condition and Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) actions, with the ability to specify remedial works for active and passive projects
• CIOB Level 6 Certificate in Fire Safety or equivalent
• Ideally RICS or CIOB professional registration, or working towards it
• Current knowledge of building repairs, construction, and safety
• Ability to manage budgets and control expenditure
• A proactive, self-starting approach, capable of working independently to manage your patch and deliver projects on time and within budget

Job details

• Work Monday to Friday, with flexibility to shape your own schedule around commitments
• This is a hybrid role: typically one or two days a week working from home or a local office, with the rest out in the field
• Comfortable using technology for record updates, budget and KPI management, online learning, and collaboration
• A Standard DBS check is required; we will cover the cost
• You'll need a vehicle insured for business purposes; mileage will be reimbursed

A place where you belong

We celebrate diversity and inclusion. Our internal networks and allies support everyone to be their authentic selves, making Home Group a great place to work!