Building Safety Project Manager

Project Manager – Building Safety
Location: Home-based with regular travel across the South East
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary: c.£50,000 plus £5,800 car allowance
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In this role, you’ll manage a range of building safety and planned maintenance projects across our housing portfolio. You’ll coordinate contractors, internal teams, and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required standards. Your work will include overseeing fire and building safety systems, carrying out site inspections, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and maintaining accurate asset data.

You’ll also play a key role in improving our building safety practices – using data insights, resident feedback, and emerging legislation to strengthen how we plan, deliver, and monitor safety‑critical works. Your work will directly contribute to safer homes, better resident experiences, and a more resilient housing portfolio.

• Planning, coordinating, and delivering building safety and planned works projects.
• Managing budgets, forecasts, valuations, and contractor payments.
• Overseeing fire safety systems, alarms, emergency lighting, cladding, sprinkler programmes and other major works.
• Conducting site visits, condition surveys, progress inspections, and H&S compliance checks.
• Ensuring all works meet statutory and regulatory requirements, including CDM, the Building Safety Act, and Decent Homes guidance.
• Managing contractor performance, KPIs, and contract administration.
• Maintaining accurate asset data and project documentation.
• Providing technical advice on fire doors, alarm systems, and building safety queries.
• Engaging residents and using feedback to improve project delivery.
• Supporting other teams and contributing to continuous improvement across the service.

• Strong understanding of building safety legislation and compliance frameworks.
• Experience delivering construction or building safety projects in residential or similar environments.
• Contractor management experience, including JCT/NEC contract administration.
• Strong financial management skills, including forecasting and cost control.
• Ability to carry out site inspections, condition reports, and compliance checks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to identify risks, solve problems, and make informed decisions.
• Digital confidence, including use of asset management systems and data insights.
• Commitment to resident safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

• HNC or higher in Construction or equivalent experience.
• Professional accreditation (e.g., MCIOB, MRICS) or working towards is welcomed.
• NEBOSH Fire Safety or equivalent is desirable.
• GIFireE / AIFireE / MIFireE (or working towards) is desirable.
• Commitment to ongoing CPD.
• Ability to travel across the region