Building Safety Project Manager

As the Building Safety Project Manager, you will play a vital role in ensuring high-quality maintenance and building safety projects are delivered on time, to budget, and to the expected quality standards. And you will manage key safety maintenance and planned projects across the housing portfolio, coordinating closely with internal teams, external contractors, and stakeholders.

Client Details

This opportunity is with a reputable not-for-profit organisation operating within the property sector. The organisation is a medium-sized entity with a focus on delivering high-quality services and maintaining compliance with safety and regulatory standards. WIth a primary base in and around London for this role.

Description

As the Building Safety Project Manager, you will be responsible for the below:

• Ensure budgets are set and managed effectively within fire and building safety maintenance programmes including remedial repairs.
• Collaborate with the Asset Delivery Team to create accurate budget forecasts.
• Manage budgets for national fire remedial and planned building safety projects including managing contractor valuations and payments for works and accurate financial forecasting.
• Oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of fire and building safety programmes including alarms, emergency lighting and sprinkler systems from start to finish including ensuring specifications are in accordance with relevant legislation's or guidance.
• Conduct site visits to perform condition reports, progress reports and inspections of works. Ensuring contractors adhere to Health and Safety and quality requirements.
• Ensuring works are completed to the highest standards and are compliant.
• Ensure all works comply with contract requirements and statutory and regulatory obligations, including CDM regulations, Party Wall Act, Section 20 legislation and Decent Homes Guidance.
• Process all contractor applications for payment in accordance with contract conditions.
• Ensure asset data is up to date in the asset management system for all completed works.
• Proactively recommend and implement changes to policies, procedures, and technologies to improve monitoring, auditing, and overall building safety compliance practices.

Profile

A successful Building Safety Project Manager should have:

• Proven experience in managing building safety projects or related roles.
• Strong knowledge of safety regulations and compliance within the property sector.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills.
• Ability to analyse risks and provide practical recommendations.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with diverse stakeholders effectively.
• A relevant qualification in building safety, construction, or a related field.
• Ability to drive and travel around London and the surrounding areas
• A good understanding of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and associated fire safety guidance relative to care and housing environments.
• Coordination, planning and delivery of projects and contract administration.
• Knowledge of relevant and emerging legislation, including Decent Homes Standard, HHSRS, CDM and the Building Safety Act.
• Experience of supply chain partnerships and specification development for tenders.
• Knowledge of JCT and NEC contract frameworks, negotiation and dispute resolution.
• Experience of undertaking Gateway 2 applications as part of Building Safety
• Having worked on Building Safety Case files
• Proven experience in construction project management, ideally within residential maintenance or refurbishments
• Experience managing external contractors and resolving disputes, preferably in social housing.
• Strong understanding of H&S for residential properties, including asbestos and CDM 2015.
• Excellent negotiation and contract management skills.
• Skilled in preparing high-quality reports.

Job Offer

For the successful Building Safety Project Manager is an opportunity where you have flexibility to make the role yours, get a good set of benefits, a competitive salary and the opportunity to join an organisation at a great time where there are lots of positive changes taking place.