Fire Technical Maintenance Manager

Tesco is looking for a Fire Technical Maintenance Manager to take ownership of fire safety performance across our nationwide retail estate. The role works closely with the Head of Fire Engineering to turn technical expertise into clear action, support field teams, and lead improvements that enhance safety, efficiency, and value for money.

• Act as the fire safety subject matter expert for Maintenance teams, advising on alarms, fire doors, compartmentation, suppression and wider fire protection systems.
• Validate contractor scopes and quotations to ensure accuracy, value and alignment with Tesco’s fire protection standards.
• Govern national fire maintenance processes, ensuring consistent compliance reporting and clear ownership.
• Lead post‑completion technical reviews to ensure remedial works meet regulations, British Standards and Tesco requirements.
• Support design reviews, refurbishments and change projects to embed fire safety considerations early.
• Drive process and technology improvements across fire maintenance.
• Provide clear year‑on‑year improvements in service, standards and cost efficiency.
• Advise senior stakeholders on national fire compliance issues and recommend solutions.
• Identify recurring fire safety issues across the estate and develop targeted improvement programmes.
• Ensure robust documentation and evidence to support audits, compliance checks and regulatory inspections.
• Support national incident responses, investigations and corrective action planning.
• Coordinate complex, multi‑stakeholder fire maintenance issues to successful resolution.
• Oversee Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) actions to ensure accurate translation, prioritisation and timely close‑out.
• Deliver an annual fire maintenance improvement plan.
• Support the delivery and management of fire risk assessments, working closely with internal teams and external contractors to ensure actions are identified, prioritised and progressed effectively.
• Review and challenge contractor recommendations, assessing the viability of proposed remedial works and ensuring all solutions align with Tesco’s Fire Strategy and store operating models.
• Take an active role in the management of fire impairments, including coordinating responses, managing risk, and supporting senior-level escalations where required across the UK estate.
• Act as a central point of contact for fire safety enforcement notifications, working collaboratively with Tesco’s internal Legal team to ensure appropriate, timely and compliant responses.
• Serve as the maintenance lead for fire investigations, liaising with local authorities, internal stakeholders and technical teams to support investigations and implement learnings.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including stores, maintenance teams, contractors, enforcement bodies and legal partners, to ensure fire safety risks are clearly understood and well managed.

• Advanced technical knowledge of fire protection assets and fire safety legislation.
• Significant technical and maintenance engineering experience.
• Experience working in a remote/site‑based engineering environment of similar scale.
• Strong senior stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Fire NEBOSH qualification.
• Engineering qualification (Level 3, HNC or above / time‑served).
• Proven track record of driving engineering innovation through collaboration.
• Experience with lean methodologies, RCA and planned maintenance techniques.
• Professional registration or Membership.
• Knowledge of BS 5839, BS 9999, BS EN 12845 and fire strategy design and review is advantageous.
• Understanding of UK Fire Safety Legislation, including Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and Building Regulations (Approved Document
  
  B) is advantageous.

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay; 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and access to a range of experts to support mental wellbeing.

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• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing
• Industry: Retail