Westfield London is seeking an experienced and proactive Fire Safety Manager to join our team. 

The key objective is to ensure the effective management of the fire safety risks in the centre. In addition to conducting audits, reviews, inspections, and follow-up actions personally, the Fire Safety Manager will offer expert advice and guidance to the centre management team as well as other parts of the business.

Main duties:

Strategic

• Working with the Centre Risk Manager to ensure that the Fire Strategy is kept up to date.
• Assist the Risk Manager and responsible person in the promotion and maintenance of a healthy and safe working environment together with a positive Risk Management culture, ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation and company policies and procedures – including the current versions of the Centre Health & Safety Management System and Fire Logbook.
• Promote a positive fire prevention & safety culture throughout the workplace and lead by example.

Tactical

• Keep the Centre Fire Risk Assessment under constant review and ensure it is kept up to date.
• To monitor all Life Safety Equipment and ensure that it is inspected and serviced within appropriate Centre and National guidelines.
• Oversee both scheduled preventative maintenance tasks and statutory testing of all fire detection, alarm and suppression systems installed for the Centre.
• Oversee the Property Insurance Impairment Notice system and assist the Facilities Department in its implementation.
• Liaise the Facilities Manager, to ensure all required maintenance service, testing and inspection records relating to the fire prevention, detection, alarm, and suppression systems are appropriately recorded.
• Liaise with Facilities Management to ensure all fire protective equipment and protective measures are maintained and compliant with relevant legislative requirements, manufacturers recommendations and best practice. This to include but not limited to; Landlord's fire detection and control indicating equipment (CIE), sprinklers, smoke control, emergency lighting, property protection, kitchen extraction
• Ensure sufficient training is provided to all Westfield staff in respect to Emergency evacuation procedures.
• Provide fire safety awareness, evacuation and Duty Manager training to Westfield staff and others as identified.
• To monitor and maintain key documentation such as the fire safety policy, fire safety related centre procedures and forms

Operational

• To undertake daily approvals on the contractor access platform (CTracker) to permit access to the Centre for all relevant life safety and property protection requests, these to include sprinkler impairments, fire alarm isolations and permits, hot work requests and other access requirements as required
• To ensure that where permits have been approved, these are monitored and closed out accordingly.
• To monitor all fire alarm activations ensuring that the root cause is understood, and lessons are learnt and applied in centre operations
• To monitor and record as required, observations and any incidences that are contrary to the Centre's access procedures.
• Rectify identified fire safety issues or record and allocate corrective actions to those responsible with the use of the electronic reporting system (Sphera)
• Provide appropriate Risk Management cover whilst the Risk Manager is on leave. Or any other duty deemed necessary by the Risk Manager or General Manager.

Key Qualifications and Attributes:

• Excellent analytical skills to critically evaluate the information gathered and prioritise activity and on going communication
• Significant experience of managing people and challenging situations
• Excellent oral communicator
• Strong written skills for reports, incidents and presentations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, to liaise with security officers, managers and directors
• Commercial awareness of cost implication for decision making implications
• Strong influencing skills to achieve business objectives
• Resourceful and creative, able to deliver proactive initiatives within the Control Room
• Relevant industry experience while not essential is preferred, although it is expected that the candidate will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the unique features of the industry including licensing
• Has the ability to contribute toward a teams operation or can work on his own initiative
• Able to communicate effectively and clearly at all levels within the organisation
• Complete working knowledge of all systems
• A comprehensive working knowledge of all processes and procedures
• A skilful negotiator who is capable of resolving staff issues
• A decisive and assertive decision maker who can interpret situations to proceed with a prioritised action plan