Remediation Officer – Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

Your role and responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity to join a specialist team responsible for delivering Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service’s statutory fire protection duties. You will play a key role in improving fire safety across Suffolk, providing expert advice and guidance on some of the county’s most complex and high-risk buildings.

In this role, you will:

Act as a specialist officer for remediation projects, tall buildings, and higher-risk residential premises.
Assess remediation strategies and fire safety improvement programmes to ensure compliance with fire safety legislation and best practice.
Review fire engineering solutions, remediation proposals, and building safety measures.
Conduct fire safety inspections, audits, and assessments across a diverse range of premises.
Evaluate fire risk assessments and determine the adequacy of fire safety arrangements.
Provide specialist advice and support to housing providers, developers, businesses, building owners, responsible persons, and other stakeholders.
Support investigations and, where necessary, contribute to enforcement activity.
Work collaboratively with building control bodies, housing partners, emergency response teams, and other agencies.
Deliver presentations, awareness sessions, and educational activities to promote fire safety and compliance.
Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of Protection policies, procedures, and professional standards.

What you will need

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about making a positive difference and keen to develop specialist expertise in fire safety and building remediation. To be successful in this role, you will have:

Strong analytical and investigative skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The ability to explain complex technical, regulatory, or legal matters clearly and confidently.
Sound professional judgement and a balanced approach to advice, support, and enforcement.
Experience of building effective relationships and working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
The ability to manage your own workload and prioritise competing demands.
A commitment to continuous learning, professional development, and improvement.
Ideally, you will have a recognised Level 4 qualification (or above) in a science, technical or social science discipline, or be able to demonstrate equivalent competence through a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) record.
Experience or qualifications in fire safety, fire engineering, regulatory enforcement, building safety, or remediation would be desirable, as would membership of a relevant professional body such as the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE).

You can view a full list of requirements in the Job and Person Profile (JPP), which you can find in the ‘How to apply’ section towards the bottom of this advert.