Building Safety Manager

What you can expect from us

• We offer a competitive salary of £59,800 per annum
• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
• Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or through the holiday purchase scheme.
• Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%).
• A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies.
• Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
• Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Access of up to £150 annually through the ‘Learning for life’ scheme.
• Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
• Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.

The purpose of this role is to be responsible for ensuring the organisation complies with the Building Safety Act 2022 and associated regulations for all higher risk buildings (HRBs). The role provides end to end operational assurance that each occupied HRB is safe well managed and supported by a robust safety case, resident engagement strategy and golden thread of information.

You’ll be based at our Head Office in Didsbury, with a strong on‑site presence across our key apartment schemes at Trencherfield Mill (Wigan), Stanley Park Grand in Handforth, and our Fusion site in Salford.

This is a varied, site‑based role where you’ll spend time across multiple locations depending on business needs. While your main focus will be at Trencherfield Mill, Handforth and Fusion, you’ll also need to be flexible and travel to other sites across the organisation when required.

• Property Management To develop and maintain a management system for contractor access control, ensuring that all work carried out is in accordance with contract conditions, service level agreements (SLA’s), quality assessment programmes, due diligent processes and health and safety practices in line with legislation. Support access provision in the case of out of hours emergencies. Develop, maintain and update the Safety Case report, ensuring evidence for each building is accurate, validated and recorded in the golden thread.
  
  Ensure all building documentation (plans, surveys, structural reports, fire strategies) is complete and up to date. Monitor and track all building related actions (fire, structural, servicing, compartmentation) escalating risks as required. Lead routine building safety reviews, inspections and assurance checks across all HRBs.
• Property Investment Provide input into capital, and planned investment programmes relating to fire, structural, cladding and compliance. Review and validate investment proposals to ensure they address safety case risks and regulatory requirements.
• Health & Safety and Security Ensure compliance with the Building Safety Act, Fire Safety Act, Fire Safety (England) Regulations. Lead on mandatory reporting to the Building Safety Regulator and ensure building registrations are met. Act as the day‑to‑day accountable person for building safety risks, ensuring all hazards are identified assessed, controlled and documented. Maintain oversight of fire risk assessments, structural assessments and serious risks requiring immediate mitigation.
  
  Ensure out of hours cover is in place for HRB. Act as a first aider on behalf of Onward.
• Contractor Management Ensure those contractors delivering fire, structural and compliance works are competent, accredited and performance managed. Review contractor survey outputs, validation reports, FRA actions, and engineering assessments for quality and accuracy.
• Partnership Working Work collaboratively with partners including the Primary Fire Authority Partner, Local Fire and Rescue Services, Police Service, Local Authority and any other relevant stakeholder to ensure effective management and compliance including disaster recovery within the premises. Act as primary operational contact for the…