Compliance Contracts Manager Job London area,Greater London England UK,Construction

We are recruiting an experienced Housing Compliance Contracts Manager to lead the delivery and management of a number of high-risk, safety-critical contracts across a large social housing portfolio.

This is not a pure procurement role.

The successful candidate will need strong experience managing live contracts and contractors within social housing, ideally across fire safety, building safety, cladding or wider compliance programmes. You will also be expected to lead procurement activity for new packages of work from specification through to mobilisation.

The role will focus heavily on investigative and exploratory works relating to external wall systems, helping to identify risk, support remediation decisions and ensure buildings remain compliant with current safety requirements.

Key responsibilities will include:

Managing safety-critical contracts across a large residential portfolio
Overseeing investigative works including FRAEWs, spandrel panel investigations, render and fa ade assessments and Fire Risk Assessments
Managing contractor performance against KPIs, specifications, quality standards and programme milestones
Leading end-to-end procurement exercises for new investigative and enabling works
Developing scopes, specifications and internal procurement gateway reports
Managing tendering, evaluation, contract award and mobilisation
Administering live contracts and maintaining strong commercial oversight
Managing budgets, forecasting expenditure and identifying financial risk
Challenging poor contractor performance and ensuring corrective action is taken
Managing contractual disputes and supporting escalation where required
Working with legal teams on potential claims relating to defective external wall systems
Supporting the preparation of technical and contractual evidence for legal proceedings
Leading applications to the Cladding Safety Scheme and other relevant funding programmes
Ensuring technical information and evidence meets funding and compliance requirements
Working closely with residents, consultants, contractors, legal teams and senior stakeholders
Providing clear reporting on programme progress, risk, cost and key decisions

We are looking for someone with a strong track record of managing contracts within a social housing environment.

You should be able to demonstrate:

Significant housing contract management experience
Experience procuring contracts from specification through to award and mobilisation
Strong experience managing contractor performance after contract award
Experience with in fire safety, building safety, compliance, cladding or external wall programmes
Understanding of FRAEW, FRA and PAS 9980 requirements
Strong commercial and budget management experience
Experience managing complex or high-risk construction or compliance programmes
Confidence dealing with contractual disputes, claims and legal teams
Strong stakeholder management across operational, technical and senior leadership teams

Experience of the Cladding Safety Scheme, Building Safety Fund or similar remediation funding would be highly advantageous.

This role would suit an experienced Housing Contracts Manager, Compliance Contracts Manager, Fire Safety Contracts Manager or Building Safety Contracts Manager who has genuine experience of both procuring and managing contracts within a social housing environment.