We’re excited to offer an excellent opportunity to join our dedicated Fire Safety team as a Fire Safety Surveyor. In this role, you will take the lead in overseeing fire risk assessment activities across Southern Housing’s portfolio.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will 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 East & West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. The role includes occasional travel, with overnight stays on the Isle of Wight every 2 - 3 months and monthly visits to our Farringdon office for team meetings. You will be expected to work on-site at least 4 days per week, with the remaining time spent working from home or from an office location.
About you
You’ll bring:
• 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
Closing date: 20th of September 2026, Sunday, at 23:59pm
Shortlisting: from 21st of September 2026
Interviews: week commencing 28th of September 2026
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible so it can be reviewed and considered.