Location: Geelong

The Role

Join Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) in this permanent role and help ensure that land use and building environments across Victoria meet essential fire safety standards.

As a Fire Safety Officer, you’ll apply your technical expertise and regulatory knowledge to assess developments, conduct inspections, and provide critical fire safety advice.

You’ll collaborate with planning authorities, emergency services, and the community to influence safer design outcomes and support FRV/CFA’s commitment to protecting lives, property, and the environment.

Functional Accountabilities

Review and assess applications for building and occupancy permits and provide a report in accordance with Regulation 129/187.

Monitor and inspect existing buildings, and current projects in the region, to ensure construction in accordance with fire safety requirements and provide a response to enquiries from applicants, town planners, building surveyors or Local Government as required.

Review and assess land use planning applications, inspect relevant sites where appropriate and provide a response to Local Government as required.

Provide technical advice to the development and promotion of relevant policies, procedures and guidance as required.

What’s in it for you

If you have a background in building, planning, or fire safety—and a commitment to making a difference in community safety—this is your opportunity to contribute your skills to a purpose-driven organisation.

We strive to create a high-quality working life for our community of valued employees.

Working with us provides:

Access to a Rostered Day Off

All roles can be worked flexibly but this may differ from role to role

Uniquely rewarding work in the service of the Victorian community

Support for education, career and professional development

Novated lease options and superannuation salary sacrifice





An unrivalled suite of physical and mental health and wellbeing support services

Discounted health insurance

Corporate Clothing Allowance (conditions apply)

What you will need to Succeed

To be successful in this position, you will have:

Relevant tertiary qualifications (i.e., town planning, building surveying, fire engineering, public safety or community safety or similar), desirable.

Demonstrated fire safety experience in the building industry.

Proven experience in Land Use Planning with an understanding of the Victorian Planning Provisions.

Understanding of operational firefighting and/or emergency services (desirable).

Well-developed communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to develop and maintain relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively with competing priorities and time frames.

Serving the Community, valuing teamwork, having integrity, showing respect and being accountable are core values at Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV). We are looking for candidates who are committed to upholding our organisational values and behaviours as they guide our work and shape our culture.

FRV is a modern fire and rescue service that meets the needs of twenty-first century Victoria. FRV comprises of 4500 dedicated employees who serve and protect communities throughout Melbourne and Victoria’s major regional centres.

We value and respect workplace diversity and seek to build a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, religious beliefs, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with a disability and people who are diverse in gender and sexuality.

FRV’s standard practice is to appoint at the advertised salary level.

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident to apply for this position

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🏢 Fire Rescue Victoria
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