Technical Fire Safety Officer

To act as lead competent person on mitigation of fire risk in building design for Leicestershire County Council (LCC). To manage the risk from fire effectively, to protect and safeguard vulnerable individuals from the risk of fire, advise on fire related statutory compliance in accordance with LCC policy to ensure business continuity, efficiency and safety across the LCC building estate., We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

• Hold Membership of Institute of Fire Engineers and NEBOSH Fire Safety & Risk Management Certificate
• Demonstrate extensive experience of working in fire safety
• Practical experience of fire engineering principles & project management
• Experience of the design process and the principles of risk reduction
• Extensive knowledge of the Regulatory Reform (fire safety) Order 2005
• Building Regulations (Part B) and associated legislation and guidance documents such as BB100
• Ability to manage relationships with internal customers and external partners
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.