Fire Door Supervisor
| Posting date: | 22 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £41,163 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 August 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, South West England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Plymouth Community Homes |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | COM-002145 |
Summary
About the role
Are you an experienced fire safety professional ready to take the next step? We’re looking for a dedicated Fire Door Supervisor to join our Fire Safety team and ensure compliance across a diverse property portfolio.
You will lead and support a team of Fire Door Operatives, oversee inspections, repairs, and installations, and contribute to policy, audits, and incident reviews.
If you're passionate about raising fire safety standards, we’d love to hear from you!
Our ideal candidate for this role is someone who:
has strong, verifiable experience in building carpentry works, reflecting a high standard of professional skill.
excels in a dynamic, customer-centric repairs service, ensuring rapid and effective resolutions.
has essential, practical experience in managing or directly performing fire door installations and repairs, with full adherence to BM TRADA or other recognised industry standards.
demonstrates sound knowledge of the Building Maintenance Industry, contributing to operational excellence.
commands extensive knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation (including CDM and Asbestos awareness), ensuring complete compliance.
consistently identifies and resolves complex fire safety issues with well-engineered solutions.
offers proven experience in a similar, demanding role, effectively deploying their comprehensive skill set.
exhibits a strong capacity to work independently while being a collaborative team player, with the flexibility to meet service demands.
is passionate about delivering outstanding customer care at every touchpoint.
About Plymouth Community Homes
We are the city’s largest social housing association, with over 16,000 properties providing homes for more than 35,000 people, and we’re aiming to grow, to provide more people with high-quality, affordable homes to rent and buy.
With a great workforce and a focus on people, we deliver good quality, well-managed and well-maintained homes.
What we can offer you:
Excellent pension scheme with a high level of employer contributions
Free, fully equipped onsite gym and changing facilities.
The opportunity to carry out volunteer work for 3 days a year through our Make a Difference scheme
Annual leave of 25 days (rising to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays and holiday trading option
Free Employee Assistance programme, including free counselling
Free annual flu vaccination
Cycle to Work scheme
The opportunity to work in a beautiful and vibrant part of the Southwest
We support digital working with modern devices/smart phones
It's fun to work here- we have dress down Fridays, company quizzes, and lots of charity events throughout the year
Our modern and spacious offices are right on a bus route, and just three miles from the city centre
We get a daily visit from a local food van, and within walking distance to local Crownhill shops, Warrens, M&S Foodhall, Co-op, Starbucks and Tim Hortons
To Apply:
If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity please select apply and complete our form, making reference to the person specification to demonstrate how you consider that your knowledge, skills and experience meet the requirements of the job.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Paul Bray, Fire Safety Manager on 07742067949 or Nige Hill, Fire Remediation Manager on 07876397063.
This post is not suitable for job share.
Shortlisting Date: 11th August 2025
Interview Date: W/C 18th August 2025
If you are an apprentice, please ensure that you make the Learning & Development team aware that you intend to apply for this position.
We are a committed Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from suitably talented people from any community and background.
Living and Working in Plymouth
Are you an experienced fire safety professional ready to take the next step? We’re looking for a dedicated Fire Door Supervisor to join our Fire Safety team and ensure compliance across a diverse property portfolio.
You will lead and support a team of Fire Door Operatives, oversee inspections, repairs, and installations, and contribute to policy, audits, and incident reviews.
If you're passionate about raising fire safety standards, we’d love to hear from you!
Our ideal candidate for this role is someone who:
has strong, verifiable experience in building carpentry works, reflecting a high standard of professional skill.
excels in a dynamic, customer-centric repairs service, ensuring rapid and effective resolutions.
has essential, practical experience in managing or directly performing fire door installations and repairs, with full adherence to BM TRADA or other recognised industry standards.
demonstrates sound knowledge of the Building Maintenance Industry, contributing to operational excellence.
commands extensive knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation (including CDM and Asbestos awareness), ensuring complete compliance.
consistently identifies and resolves complex fire safety issues with well-engineered solutions.
offers proven experience in a similar, demanding role, effectively deploying their comprehensive skill set.
exhibits a strong capacity to work independently while being a collaborative team player, with the flexibility to meet service demands.
is passionate about delivering outstanding customer care at every touchpoint.
About Plymouth Community Homes
We are the city’s largest social housing association, with over 16,000 properties providing homes for more than 35,000 people, and we’re aiming to grow, to provide more people with high-quality, affordable homes to rent and buy.
With a great workforce and a focus on people, we deliver good quality, well-managed and well-maintained homes.
What we can offer you:
Excellent pension scheme with a high level of employer contributions
Free, fully equipped onsite gym and changing facilities.
The opportunity to carry out volunteer work for 3 days a year through our Make a Difference scheme
Annual leave of 25 days (rising to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays and holiday trading option
Free Employee Assistance programme, including free counselling
Free annual flu vaccination
Cycle to Work scheme
The opportunity to work in a beautiful and vibrant part of the Southwest
We support digital working with modern devices/smart phones
It's fun to work here- we have dress down Fridays, company quizzes, and lots of charity events throughout the year
Our modern and spacious offices are right on a bus route, and just three miles from the city centre
We get a daily visit from a local food van, and within walking distance to local Crownhill shops, Warrens, M&S Foodhall, Co-op, Starbucks and Tim Hortons
To Apply:
If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity please select apply and complete our form, making reference to the person specification to demonstrate how you consider that your knowledge, skills and experience meet the requirements of the job.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Paul Bray, Fire Safety Manager on 07742067949 or Nige Hill, Fire Remediation Manager on 07876397063.
This post is not suitable for job share.
Shortlisting Date: 11th August 2025
Interview Date: W/C 18th August 2025
If you are an apprentice, please ensure that you make the Learning & Development team aware that you intend to apply for this position.
We are a committed Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from suitably talented people from any community and background.
Living and Working in Plymouth
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