Building Safety Manager

MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for a Building Safety Manager to join a local authority based in Berkshire. This will be a permanent position paying £62,000 - 68,000 (Inclusive of market supplement) plus benefits.

This role will involve flexible/hybrid working with a minimum expectation of being in the offices 2 days p/w.

Job Purpose:

• To assist the Compliance Manager and Surveying team in ensuring all medium/high rise buildings and construction work undertaken by RBC are safe and compliant with regulations
• To monitor, track and deliver key compliance works with regard to the Fire Safety and Building Safety Bill for my clients High Rise stock.

Service Provisions:

• The Post holder will assist the Compliance Manager with managing the Principal Accountable Person function, under the Building Safety Bill.
• Preparing the organisation for new and upcoming changes in fire safety
• Responsible for coordination and overseeing all construction and service related works to the 7 Highrise blocks and carry out the duties of an accountable person with regard to these blocks.
• Reviews and ensure all H&S files for all high and medium-rise building are in place or developed. Produces an in-depth manual for publication regarding all services and structural issues identified for high rise buildings, similar to a H&S file.
• Attend month managers meetings to feedback on the current position, raise concerns and seek resolutions.
• Responsible for ensuring KPI's for the buildings are 100% compliant and taking action to remedy if non-compliant. To develop monitor and report on KPI's and compliance issues.
• Pays particular attention to risks associated with being a landlord and ensures that there are individual risk plans for each block, on these areas: fire, water, gas electricity and asbestos and legionella. Carry out risk assessments, identify compliance issues and provide solutions.
• Responsible for ensuring any outstanding works or issues regarding services to the blocks are reported and resolved imminently. Ensures all high-rise blocks of flats FRA actions are completed.
• Provide and be responsible for robust project level Construction Design Management (CDM) risk assessments and associated plans for all Property Maintenance, Reinvestment and Mechanical & Electrical projects relating to these blocks.
• Carry out regular site inspections/audits Visiting each high-rise block at least bi-monthly.
• Organises quarterly resident meetings to ensure residents are fully informed on risks, services and any impending works or outstanding actions and provide a single point of contact to all residents living in the high-rise blocks.
• Meet regularly with the compliance team in order to update the team on any outstanding fire safety issues that remain unresolved.
• Builds relationships with relevant contractors and customers to ensure H&S risks to blocks are tailored for each individual site.
• Facilitates a project to ensure floor plans for each block are either obtained or drawn.
• Coherent knowledge of fire safety, asbestos register, legionella risk, electrical safety and gas safety issues.
• Responsible to tendering construction work including individual contracts relating to the Highrise blocks.
• The negotiate and let framework agreements/partnering contracts for buildings are services to the high-rise blocks.
• To formulate and produce policy documents where required.
• Developing and implementing fire safety inspection and audit programmes on complex buildings.
• Advising on improvements and projects the occur within the exciting and complex stock supported by a collaborative and knowledgeable workforce.
• Maintaining and operating information management systems to facilitate safe management of the buildings.
• Maintaining and managing the safety case for the buildings to that the risks are proactively identified, and mitigating measures put in place and maintenance.
• Identifying and ensuring the necessary and appropriate building remediation is undertaken to ensure that the conditions set out in building registration certificate are met.
• Reporting mandatory occurrences the Building Safety Regulator.

Title: Building Safety Manager

Day Rate: £62,000 - 68,000 (Inclusive of market supplement) plus benefits.

Location: Reading, Berkshire