Residential Building Safety Manager

VS459/11

Residential Building Safety Manager

Hours: 40 Hours per week, 9am – 6pm Monday – Friday (flexible, 8am – 5pm etc)

Hybrid after successful completion of probation, 3 days in the office, 2 days remote.

Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum, dependent upon experience

Manchester City Centre

My client is a leading UK property developer selling to UK and international buyers. Based in Manchester city centre, their properties are mainly sold off-plan and for investment purposes. Their developments are in locations where there is both an undersupply of high-quality properties as well as proven demand from the UK’s rental market.

They also have a lettings, property and block management division of the group. All their properties are of an impeccably high standard and offer high quality, stylish apartments to students and young professionals across the city.

We are looking to recruit an experienced and qualified Building Safety Manager to lead Building Safety management, on a strategic and operational level, across our clients high and low-rise apartment blocks and offices. 

The ideal candidate should have experience and knowledge of H&S legislation in residential apartment blocks, considering the new legislation in force around high rise residenial properties.

About the role

As a Buildings Safety Manager, you will ensure a high level of Building Safety across all of our clients’ developments, with the welfare and safety of their staff, residents and other building users being your top priority. You will be responsible for ensuring the company complies with all statutory and non-statutory safety responsibilities in relation to legislation and building regulations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain information management systems for the safe management of buildings, maintaining accurate records and systems.
• Provide advice and ensure compliance with regulations on fire and Building Safety, legionella, asbestos, electrical and gas.
• Conduct audits and inspections in accordance with a monitored programme.
• Identify building hazards and ensure remedial works are undertaken.
• Develop and implement H&S procedures, and review risk assessments and method statements, ensuring recommendations are implemented.
• Liaise with regulatory authorities as required e.g. HSE, Fire Service and local authorities.
• Communicate with residents about the safe management of their building.
• Ensure that everyone maintaining the building has the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to do so.
• Influence a culture of positive health, safety and wellbeing within the company.
• Coordinate the organisation and evaluation of disaster recovery drills.
• Ensure the accident, incident and near miss reporting procedure is followed across the developments and lead any investigations.
• Establish positive relationships with a wide range of colleagues and suppliers.

Qualifications, skills and experience

• Ideally NEBOSH Health & Safety Qualified.
• Experience and knowledge of the H&S legislation in relation to high rise residential properties.  
• A relevant Fire Safety qualification accredited by the IFE or IFSM or equivalent.
• Comprehensive knowledge of H&S legislation and practice in residential apartments blocks or similar.
• Solid understanding of high risk Residential Buildings including fire risk, construction and M&E.
• Motivated, driven and passionate about improvement of H&S.
• Exceptional communicator, with a positive, pragmatic mindset and a can-do attitude.
• Accountable, self-motivated and results driven.
• Excellent data logging, numerical and IT skills.
• Able to work closely and establish positive relationship with colleagues.
• Experience in carrying out compliance inspections and audits.
• Physically fit to enable all buildings to be visited on a continual and regular basis.
• A full clean UK driving licence.

In the first instance please apply by forwarding your CV

Please contact Vicky at our Manchester office

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