We’re VIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!
We’re recruiting for a Fire Safety Project Lead in Hampshire! Based out of either our Portsmouth or Basingstoke office, we offer the flexibility to work from home and our offices. This is a 6-month fixed term contract role, working 37 hours a week with a minimum of 20% of this to be office-based to promote collaboration and team working.
Want to know what we can offer you?
* 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays) pro rata, with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
* A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
* A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
* Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
* Private medical insurance
* Health care cash plan called Medicash
* Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
* Access to counselling, legal and financial information
* Electric car scheme
* Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes
Here’s the facts about the role:
We’re looking for a Fire Safety Project Lead to play a pivotal role in delivering specialist fire safety projects across our homes and buildings. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact -ensuring our residents are safe and our buildings meet the highest standards. As the Fire Safety Projects Lead, you’ll be responsible for ensuring the delivery of specialist fire safety projects as per the requirements under The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, The Fire Safety Act 2021 and The Building Safety Bill 2022.
You’ll be responsible for managing a portfolio of projects, including site surveys, assisting in the preparation of specifications and tenders, communicating with relevant stakeholders, monitoring project timescales, monitoring project budgets, and administration through to completion of works.
Working closely with internal teams, contractors, and customers, you’ll provide clear communication, strong leadership, and robust oversight throughout each project’s lifecycle. You'll ensure works are planned and executed accurately and thoroughly whilst also ensuring that all our customers are communicated with and kept in the loop effectively and in a timely manner by championing a performance driven culture.
The ideal candidate will bring strong project and programme management experience, ideally supported by relevant qualifications and experience managing contractors. You’ll have an understanding of the social housing environment, including regulation and emerging government policy, and ideally some experience in a housing, or construction/surveying. You’ll hold strong working knowledge of Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Safety Procedures. And will have excellent communication and leadership skills, as well as strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, and the confidence to exercise sound judgement.
As this role involves travel, a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use is a requirement. Business mileage will be paid.
Interviews are due to take place WC 16 Feb (subject to change).