Fire Safety Surveyor – Active Fire Systems
Location: Mobile role covering Peterborough, London, Chichester, Brighton and surrounding areas
Salary: Up to £50,000
Successful candidate will undergo a basic DBS check
Hyde is looking for a Fire Safety Surveyor to support active fire safety works across our homes and communal buildings. This is a great opportunity to move into a client-side role where your technical knowledge will help improve safety, compliance, service quality and contractor performance for our customers.
About the Role
You will survey properties, prepare clear work specifications, review remedial works, oversee contractors and provide technical advice on active fire safety systems.
Key Duties
- Check that active fire safety works, including fire risk assessment actions, repairs, cyclical and planned maintenance, meet legal, safety and quality standards.
- Complete property surveys and prepare specifications, schedules, reports, drawings, tender documents and cost estimates.
- Manage contractors and monitor performance against agreed service levels, quality standards and budgets.
- Identify risks, defects, unsafe working practices and recurring issues, then recommend clear and practical solutions.
- Work with customers, contractors, colleagues and external partners to resolve fire-related repairs, emergency issues and compliance concerns.
Why Join Hyde?
This is a chance to use your fire safety knowledge to help keep customers safe in their homes. You will have the opportunity to shape how active fire safety works are planned and delivered across a varied property portfolio. You will also work in a client-side role, where you can influence specifications, improve contractor performance and support long-term investment in safer homes and communities. Hyde also offers learning and career development support to help you build your technical career.
What We're Looking For
We are looking for someone who can bring experience as a Fire Safety Surveyor, Fire Surveyor, Fire Alarm Engineer, Fire Safety Engineer, Fire Risk Assessor, Fire Compliance Officer or Building Safety Surveyor.
- Experience working with active fire safety systems, fire risk assessment actions, fire alarms, emergency lighting or similar compliance works.
- Good knowledge of fire safety legislation, building regulations, Approved Document B and relevant guidance.
- The ability to explain technical issues clearly to customers, contractors and colleagues.
- A practical approach to solving problems, managing risk and making sound recommendations.
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the role’s mobile patch.
This is a mobile role, so regular travel will be required across the patch. Details of any car allowance, mileage, company vehicle or travel expenses can be discussed during the recruitment process.
Benefits
- Excellent pension scheme
- Generous holiday allowance
- Life assurance
- Flexible benefits platform
- Support for learning and career development
Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility
Equity, diversity and inclusion are central to life at Hyde. We're committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and able to be themselves. Our aim is to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, ensuring that different perspectives are represented in decision-making, service delivery, and the way we shape our organisation. By fostering an environment where all voices are heard and valued, we can better understand the needs of our communities and deliver services that are fair, accessible and impactful.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we're committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if a suitable candidate is identified.
