Fire And Safety Officer

Roles and Responsibilities Key Accountabilities

• Provide training on fire safety awareness, first aid, CPR, and use of firefighting equipment to employees.
  
• Develop and implement effective fire prevention plans, emergency response procedures, and evacuation protocols.
  
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards related to fire prevention, protection, and safety.
  
• Collaborate with facility management teams to identify potential hazards and develop strategies for mitigating risks.
  
• Support Corporate Health & Safety, to review and amend the Policy for Fire Safety and Fire Risk Assessments.
• Review, development and maintain the systems for Fire Safety Management.
• Review the completion of the Fire Risk Assessment programmed. Including the validation of the assessments and appointment of Specialist contractors for the completion of Fire Risk Assessments.
• Procure and administration of remedial fire safety works following the completion of the Fire Risk Assessments by specialist contractors.
• Management external consultants and reports on remediation works
• Completion of training and support of premises managers
• Create reports on progress to be compliant in relation to Fire Safety works
• Procure and administration of fire safety project improvements/ works
• Planed support Fire Drills with Corporate Health & Safety, Premises managers and Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
• Review of Fire Safety Measures following are port of a Fire in either an operational or Housing Building.
• Escalation of non-conformities to service leads.
• Procurement and commission of 3rd party external audits.
• Manage and respond to Fire prohibition and enforcement notices.
• Provide support to the senior management team, providing data and certification in relation to fire
• Following a manager incident, plan and manage the delivery of a programme of fire safety projects across the Councils operational, service, and investment properties ensuring that projects are managed in accordance with agreed Project Management and reporting principles. Act as subject matter expert (Fire) to Project Managers and building surveyors to ensure effective delivery of the programme.
• Engage with key stakeholders and ensure effective communication and involvement with project activity. Co-ordinate programme and project resources, including people resources.
• Track all fire safety related project activity including monitoring against budgets and delivery of targets against time and cost.
• Maintain formal project controls (risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies) ensuring these are visible and accessible and continually updated and acted upon.
• Deliver the programme and projects in accordance with agreed standards.
• Taking action to address risks including escalating risks and taking action to eliminate, reduce, or delay risk.
• Monitoring the expenditure and costs against the funding as the programme progresses.
• Managing third-party contributions to the project or programme.
• Embedding change as a result of projects into business-as-usual activity
• Escalate risks and issues which may impact any aspects of performance or the Councils reputation.
• Even Installation of fire & safety equipment's as per national building code