Fire Safety Operations Manager

About Role

The Fire Safety Operations Manager will be the technical lead for MEP and Fabric Fire Safety across Queen Mary University of London, providing strategic and operational management of fire safety infrastructure. The post holder will ensure compliance with fire safety legislation, British Standards and University policies, while supporting the safe maintenance, refurbishment and development of residential and non-residential buildings through the management of fire safety systems, fire risk assessment actions, specialist consultancy support and the provision of expert technical advice to maintenance teams, projects, contractors and key stakeholders.

About You

The successful candidate will have experience in fire safety management, including the implementation of Fire Risk Assessment actions, development of Fire Safety Strategies, and the creation of fire safety policies and procedures within large, complex organisations. They will possess a strong knowledge of fire safety legislation, Approved Document B (ADB), BS 9999, BS 9991 and BS 5839, together with an understanding of building construction, technical drawings and fire safety systems. A minimum Level 4 Fire Safety qualification (e.g. CFPA Diploma or Fire Safety (Inspectors)) is essential, along with Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) Member status (MIFireE), or a willingness to achieve this within 12 months of appointment.

About the Directorate

The Directorate is one of the largest departments within Queen Mary, University of London and is committed to supporting and promoting student wellbeing at the College, and providing the highest standards of estates and facilities across the university, preparing and helping to sustain the University’s working and learning environmental for students, staff, stakeholders, and guests by ensuring safe environments, security and cleanliness.  

Details about the Estates and Facilities Directorate can be found at http://www.estates.qmul.ac.uk/

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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