Building Safety Manager

Job Description

Building Safety ManagerStarting salary: £46,755 -£54,238Job level: Level 5 Zone 1Hours per week: 36Contract type: PermanentClosing date: 27th November 2022 Interviews to be held: week commencing 5th December 2023Alternative flexible working options available/open to discussionAdecco Public Sector is proud to be working with the London Borough of Camden, as they seek to recruit several critical roles to work within their Building and Resident Safety Teams. As part of this recruitment drive, a fantastic opportunity has arisen tojoin the London Borough of Camden as a Building Safety Manager. This a defining moment to be joining Camden, during a time when we are seeing some of the biggest changes across the occupied building sector for a generation.Reporting to the Building Safety Team Leader, your role will be to ensure the regulatory requirements of the Building Safety Act, for Camdens circa 150 High Rise Residential Buildings (HRRBs).The roleReporting to the Building Safety Manager Team Leader your role will be to ensure that Camdens High Rise Residential Buildings (HRRBs) are maintained to high technical standards to ensure compliance with all requirements of the Building Safety Act.This role is responsible for the production of building safety cases for circa 15 HRRBs and the over-arching responsibility for the matrix management of these buildings. This will include commissioning/production of building surveys required to support orinform the 15 x Building Safety Cases to address any gaps/shortfalls liaising with the Building Surveyor/internal stakeholders. This is a newly established role and sector discipline, which is anticipated to be a growing area of the occupied sector in 2023and beyond, as legislation to enacted and new inspection regimes are implemented.You will work with Camdens team of Building Safety Managers managing fire and structural safety for Camdens HRRBs developing systems that will identify wide-ranging building safety risks, prioritising and mitigating them appropriately. The Head of Resident& Building Safety, the Lead Building Safety Manager, internal/external stakeholders, and other relevant services will work closely with you to ensure that any activities or works carried out to HRRBs do not detrimentally impact fire or structural safety andthat Camdens properties are maintained in accordance with best practice.About youThis role is multi-faceted and with that, we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds related to property management and building safety. You may have previously worked in Facilities Management, Building Services, Estate Management, Residential Surveying,Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Asset Compliance, or within the Fire Service.You may have relevant Asset Management, Construction, or Fire Safety qualifications or relevant experience (specifically, the building construction and maintenance industries including the design process, contractual matters, and legislation).You will have the responsibility to implement "hard stops" if the requirements of the Building Safety Act are not being met and/or if the structural/fire elements for an HRRB (or a new build HRRB) are being detrimentally affected.Strong communication is a must as you will need to be working closely with the Building Safety Manager Team Leader, Building Surveyor(s), Fire Advisor(s), and other relevant services to ensure works are correctly specified and ensure that Camdens propertiesare maintained in accordance with the contract and best practice.In addition, you will knowledge and experience with one or more of the following:

• Thorough understanding of Fire Safety Regulatory Reform Order 2005 and Building Safety Act 2022.
• Knowledge of all aspects of the building construction and maintenance industries including the design process, contractual matters, and legislation.
• A relevant Fire Safety qualification (NEBOSH National Certificate) accredited by the IFE or IFSM or equivalent.
• Professional membership to Chartered status (or working towards) or equivalent of a body working in the Built or Safety Environment (e.g. MIfireE, MCIOB, MRIC, MCABE, IOSH).
• Experience in reviewing technical specifications for building fabric and M&E works Excellent interpersonal skills including influencing and negotiating skills.
• Risk management experience.
• Experience in following policies and procedures and using them to achieve agreed objectives.

Work EnvironmentThe post holder will be required to carry out regular and frequent visits to High Rise Residential Buildings and other buildings that interact with the HRRB to inspect, specify, manage and/or review works; this will involve visits to dirty and noisy buildingsites and wearing personal protective equipment.Sounds like the role for youWe would love to hear from you and have the opportunity to talk to you at greater length about the role. Please apply online today.

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propertybuilding safety