Capital - Principal Fire Officer

UHBW Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Capital Principal Fire Officer to lead fire safety initiatives across capital and refurbishment projects. This role involves reviewing fire strategies and risk assessments to ensure compliance with the NHS Fire Code and Building Safety Act. The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of fire safety legislation and experience managing complex capital projects, along with excellent collaboration skills to work with diverse teams. Competitive salary and generous benefits, including a robust pension scheme and annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary

Access to discount schemes

Industry leading pension contribution

27+8 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of fire safety legislation and regulations required.
• Experience in managing fire safety for complex projects.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as the fire safety lead advisor for Trust-wide capital projects.
• Review and challenge fire strategies, risk assessments, and design proposals.
• Ensure compliance with statutory duties and industry regulations.
• Provide expert technical advice on fire safety systems.
• Lead governance and assurance processes for fire safety documentation.

Skills

Fire safety legislation knowledge

Fire safety strategy development

Technical advice on fire systems

Governance and assurance processes

Job description

Do you have extensive knowledge of fire safety legislation and regulations? Have you successfully managed fire safety in complex capital or refurbishment projects? Are you passionate about working collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams to keep people safe? This could be the role for you! As Capital Principal Fire Officer, you will play a pivotal role in embedding fire safety into all capital and refurbishment projects across our Trust. Your expertise will ensure that fire safety remains a central priority from design through to delivery. You’ll lead on reviewing fire strategies, risk assessments, and design proposals, providing technical advice on both passive and active fire protection systems. You’ll also ensure compliance with statutory duties, NHS Fire Code, and the Building Safety Act, while maintaining robust governance and assurance processes.

Duties Of Your Role Will Include

• Act as the fire safety lead advisor for Trust-wide capital projects.
• Review and challenge fire strategies, risk assessments, and design proposals.
• Ensure compliance with statutory duties, NHS Fire code/HTMs, Building Safety Act 2022, and Regulation 38.
• Provide expert technical advice on passive and active fire safety systems.
• Maintain documentation to support strategic decisions.
• Lead governance and assurance processes, ensuring fire safety information is captured and maintained.

In return, you will receive

• A competitive starting salary and unsocial enhancements
• Access to a raft of national and local discount schemes including shopping, holidays and insurance
• An industry leading pension where your employer pays in 20.6% of your annual salary!
• 27+8 days annual leave per year, paid leave including absence

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lara Summers Job title: Recruitment and Retention Manager Email address: [e-mail]