Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor

Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor

• Role: Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor
• Rate: £500 per day (Umbrella)
• Contract Type: Interim, Full-Time
• Location: London
• Contract Length: Initial 6 Month Contract (Potential to Extend up to 12 Months)
• Working Arrangements: 2 days in the office
• Closing Date: 19 July 2026

Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor – Overview

• An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor to join a leading social housing provider on an interim basis. This role will provide technical leadership across a large residential portfolio, supporting the assessment, investigation, and remediation of complex fire safety risks associated with external wall systems.
• The successful candidate will act as a trusted technical expert, providing specialist advice on fire safety compliance, supporting funding applications, contributing to legal proceedings, and helping to deliver safer homes for residents.

Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor – Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert fire safety advice across a portfolio of high-risk residential buildings.
• Act as the subject matter expert on external wall systems and fire risk in line with PAS 9980 and current industry guidance.
• Review and interpret complex fire safety reports, including FRAEWs, Fire Risk Assessments, façade investigations, spandrel panel assessments, and cavity barrier surveys.
• Provide clear recommendations to support risk mitigation and remediation strategies.
• Support the delivery of large-scale building safety investigation programmes across multiple buildings.
• Work closely with Contract Managers to ensure surveys and investigations are technically robust and fit for purpose.
• Ensure consistency, quality, and compliance across fire risk assessments and reporting.
• Provide assurance that fire safety risks are accurately identified, recorded, prioritised, and managed.
• Support audit processes and engagement with regulatory bodies.
• Work alongside legal teams to support claims relating to defective external wall systems.
• Review technical evidence and provide expert input into liability and non-compliance cases.
• Provide technical support for Cladding Safety Scheme applications and other funding streams.
• Review and validate technical submissions, ensuring compliance with funding requirements.
• Advise senior stakeholders, project teams, consultants, fire engineers, and regulatory bodies on fire safety matters.
• Support communication with residents and key stakeholders where required.

Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor – Applicant Essentials

Essential

• Strong background in fire safety within housing, construction, building safety, or a related environment.
• Extensive knowledge of external wall systems and fire risk assessment methodologies.
• Experience reviewing FRAEWs and other complex fire safety reports.
• Strong understanding of the Building Safety Act, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, and PAS 9980.
• Experience supporting remediation programmes and managing building safety risks.
• Ability to interpret complex technical information and provide clear, practical recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable

• Experience supporting Cladding Safety Scheme funding applications.
• Knowledge of legal processes relating to building safety and defective external wall systems.
• Experience working within a social housing provider.
• Relevant fire safety qualifications and/or membership of a recognised professional body.

How do I apply for this Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor position?

If this Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor role is of interest to you, or you know someone who might be a good fit for this Special Projects Fire Safety Advisor position, click apply and enter your details with your updated CV.

Alternatively, you can directly email Sam.Taylor@oysterpartnership.com

We would like to attract talent from all corners of the Property world for this role. Our commitment is to an equitable recruitment process, so feel free to apply in any way that suits you – via WhatsApp, video message, CV – the more creative the better.