INTERIM FIRE CATEGORY LEAD ENGINEER

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Job description

Hours of Work: 36 Hours Per Week - Temporary 12 months

Salary: £37,761 pro rata per annum, plus essential car user allowance

Location: Within all properties maintained and managed by the Wrekin Housing Group, including but not limited to, Shropshire, Staffordshire and the Midlands.

The Organisation:

The Wrekin Housing Group's partnership between The Wrekin Housing Group and Choices Housing Association enables a focus on meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of our wide range of customers.

We are at the forefront of making a difference to people's lives. As a socially minded business, we provide 13,000 homes for affordable and social rent across Telford & Wrekin, Shropshire, and Staffordshire. We have ambitious plans to grow up to 16,000 homes by 2025 and we are also an innovative and well recognised provider of Advice, Support and Care.

Alongside our growth plans we are embarking on a fundamental transformation programme to modernise how we interact with our customers, engage communities and support partners. Everyone matters at Wrekin so we are investing in our people and the systems they use, all to improve quality and choice across the organisation.

We want individuals who inspire positive change, communicate clearly and enable our people to support each other and grow together so we deliver for our customers, right across our socially minded business.

The Role:

A key responsibility of an Interim Fire Category Lead Engineer is to ensure suitable and sufficient fire risk assessments are completed. You will also support the Fire Safety Category Manager in the delivery of service and maintenance to fire safety systems in our property stock in line with legislation.

The successful candidate will be able to provide technical knowledge for maintaining fire safety compliance across the Group and also ensure accurate records are kept up to date.

The role will cover all building trade based functions, including but not limited to: fire door inspections, roof construction, basic gas and electrical works and assisting with the installations of tanks or cylinders.

Successful candidates will be required to undertake a DBS Check

What you will need:

It is essential that the successful candidate is in possession of qualifications, skills and comprehensive knowledge of all legislation and standards in relation to fire safety. They must also be able to show experience working within a fire safety environment previously and hold an accredited qualification in fire risk assessment.

It is desirable that the successful candidate is qualified to or working towards full chartered membership or equivalent level in a suitable professional body such as the institution of fire engineers. A fully driving licence is also essential for this role.

The successful candidate will have knowledge of fire safety and the building legislation/ regulations alongside knowledge of all aspects of fire safety from construction to vacation.

Given the environment you will be working in, you must be able to demonstrate effective communication, enthusiasm and be able to deal with stakeholders in a diplomatic way. Taking responsibility for your own personal development, sharing knowledge and skills and learning from others within your team.

You will be expected to promote a positive, friendly and understanding attitude towards our customers and other colleagues in order to achieve consistency with the high levels of performance, efficiency and quality that is expected of our Employees.

Benefits:

In return, in addition to offering a rewarding opportunity to develop your career within a supportive team, we will provide all successful candidates with a company vehicle and fuel card for business use and a PDA along with full work wear/ PPE. We also offer other employee benefits including the option to buy additional annual leave and discounted Gym membership