Supervisor

FRA Supervisor

Location: Wakefield with regular travel across Northeast Yorkshire and Humber  

Salary: £42,107.53 per annum plus commercial vehicle and fuel card

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive and resilient FRA Supervisor to support the delivery of Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) activities across our property portfolio. This role involves attending and surveying properties, completing pre- and post-inspections, signing off completed works, and working closely with subcontractors and landlords to ensure all tasks are delivered on time, within KPI, and to the highest safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate will be confident managing challenging conversations, maintaining strong professional relationships, and ensuring compliance with all FRA, health and safety, and operational requirements.

• Attend and survey properties as part of FRA compliance and supervision.
• Complete pre- and post-inspections to sign off completed works.
• Liaise daily with landlords, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure smooth delivery.
• Address challenges confidently, including difficult or confrontational conversations when required.
• Monitor work progress on site, ensuring quality standards, budgets, and KPIs are met.
• Produce reports on operational performance, activities, and improvements.
• Ensure full compliance with H&S regulations, SOPs, and FRA requirements.
• Maintain a professional customer-focused approach at all times.
• Manage and support team performance through coaching and development.
• Oversee company assets, including vehicles, tools, PPE, and material usage.
• Provide cover for other supervisors and attend relevant meetings and training sessions.

Role Criteria:

• FRA Knowledge
• Experience in fire door inspections
• Supervisory experience
• Health & safety knowledge, including COSHH
• Ability to navigate and challenge difficult stakeholders
• Willing to travel regularly across northeast Yorkshire and Humber
• Full UK driving license

Benefits we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
• Family friendly policies
• Access to EAP Counselling sessions

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a Background, Identity, Security clearance & BPSS check. For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years.

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.