Fire Door Engineer – Leicester

Fire Door Engineer – Leicester

Job Reference:NLD-002311Salary:30,695 per annum, rising to 32,000 after probationEmployment Type:Permanent

Additional role requirements:DBS CheckFull UK Driving License and access to a vehicle for travel

Do you want to play a vital role in protecting residents and improving building safety standards?

Were looking for a proactive and detail focused Fire Door Engineer to join PA Housing. This is an important role where youll inspect, assess, and maintain fire doors across our residential buildings, helping ensure our homes remain safe, compliant, and fit for purpose.

Youll work closely with residents, contractors, and internal teams to identify risks, coordinate remedial works, and maintain high safety standards across our properties. If you are passionate about fire safety, enjoy problem solving, and want to make a real difference, wed love to hear from you.

This role is about more than inspections. It is about protecting residents, improving safety, and supporting healthier homes and communities.

Whats in it for you.

In addition to the salary, we offer a number of benefits, including:

• High street discount schemes
• Health cash plans
• 26 days annual leave, increasing to 29 after three years, with the opportunity to buy more
• Flexible bank holidays take them when it suits you
• Car leasing scheme
• Hybrid working offering you the flexibility to thrive in your role. You’ll have the opportunity to blend the best of both worlds, spending approximately two to three days per week in the office once settled in the role. This is flexible and depends on meeting cycles and board activity. We also offer an optional nine-day fortnight scheme, allowing you to compress your hours if it suits the role.

What youll be doing

• Carry out detailed inspections and assessments of fire doors and frames across residential properties
• Identify defects, assess risk levels, and ensure issues are prioritised and resolved within required timescales
• Complete minor repairs and adjustments including seals, hinges, self closers, and hardware replacements
• Raise and track remedial works, ensuring all actions are recorded accurately and completed efficiently
• Prepare detailed inspection reports and clearly communicate findings and recommendations
• Work closely with residents, contractors, and colleagues to ensure works are completed safely and professionally
• Support compliance with fire safety legislation, Building Safety requirements, and Awaabs Law
• Carry out testing to ensure fire doors close and latch correctly and remain fully operational
• Support audits, inspections, and regulatory reporting activity when required
• Promote a strong culture of safety, compliance, and resident wellbeing in every interaction
• Keep up to date with fire safety legislation, standards, and best practice guidance
• Provide excellent customer service when dealing with residents, including handling concerns or complaints professionally

What were looking for:

Wed love to hear from you if you:

• Have experience inspecting, maintaining, or repairing fire doors within residential or commercial buildings
• Understand current fire safety legislation and standards including the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order and Building Safety Act
• Have knowledge of fire door construction, seals, hardware, and compliance requirements
• Are confident identifying risks and recommending practical solutions
• Have strong attention to detail and take pride in producing accurate reports and records
• Are comfortable working independently and managing your own workload
• Have excellent communication skills and can build positive relationships with residents and colleagues
• Are confident using mobile technology, apps, and digital reporting systems
• Bring a proactive and solution focused approach to safety and compliance
• Have experience working within housing or property compliance services (desirable)

If specific qualifications are required, please upload them with your application to demonstrate your eligibility.

At PA Housing, we believe in respect, integrity, and accountability. Our work is about people not just properties and were always looking for ways to do better. If that sounds like your kind of place, wed love to hear from you.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This role requires of the successful candidate to complete a standard DBS check. A standard DBS check will show any spent and unspent convictions.

So why do we need to know this information? This role will be required to visit / support PA Housing residents in their own homes on a regular basis. Therefore we have a duty to our residents to ensure that we have taken precautions regarding who will be visiting them and representing PA Housing.

Having unspent convictions will not necessarily preclude you from being recruited into the role; if you are potentially the successful candidate, we will complete a risk assessment with you to understand the circumstances around your conviction, how relevant they are to the post you have applied for and what remedial action , if any, have you have taken since your conviction. Suitable references will also need to be obtained prior to commencement of employment.

AGENCIES: We know where you are if we need your support so please do not contact us.

To apply for this role please click on the apply button or for any enquiries please email recruitment@pahousing.co.uk – We reserve the right to close this job advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Therefore, we advise you to apply promptly to ensure your application can be considered.

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