Fire Safety Manager, Duty Holder, and subject matter expert leads the Fire Safety & Building Security Group within the Estates Compliance & Governance Unit. Responsible for managing an in-house team, supported by specialist contractors, to deliver planned and reactive maintenance and upgrades of fire safety systems across UKAEA’s multi-site estate, including Culham, West Burton, Rotherham, Whitehaven and satellite locations.
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Core responsibilities
- Act as Subject Matter Expert and Competent Person for fire safety across UKAEA, providing authoritative advice and ensuring compliance with legislation.
- Develop and deliver fire safety strategy, policies and long-term plans aligned to regulatory and organisational requirements.
- Lead and manage the Fire Safety and Building Security team, ensuring effective capability, performance and continuous development.
- Ensure active and passive fire safety systems (and related security interfaces) are compliant, maintained and fit for purpose.
- Provide expert guidance on fire prevention, protection and risk management across complex scientific and operational facilities.
- Deliver fire safety programmes and projects to time, cost and quality, balancing compliance with operational needs.
- Lead training, awareness and cultural improvement initiatives to strengthen fire safety capability across the organisation.
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, driving collaboration and continuous improvement in fire safety performance.
- Lead incident investigation and assurance, ensuring corrective actions, lessons learned and robust governance are in place.
- Support emergency preparedness and crisis management, providing specialist fire safety input to organisational response planning.