Role:
Managing a team of building safety/compliance colleagues to plan, monitor and control property compliance / building safety across the business, for all statutory and non-statutory compliancy including service contracts for all 6 big risk areas: Fire, Legionella, Asbestos, Gas, Electrics & Lifts, within agreed budgets and to the prescribed quality standards.
Overview of the role:
1. Ensuring Redbridge comply with the requirements of the Building Safety Act 2022, Fire Safety Order 2005 (and 2021 amendments) in particular conducting building safety risk assessments, creating and maintaining Safety Case Reports and operating processes on information sharing and mandatory occurrence reporting.
2. Management of statutory and non-statutory compliance requirements across all contractors including Fire, Water Hygiene, Asbestos, Gas, Electrical and Lifts.
3. Lead and deliver a safety-first culture across the Directorate.
4. Responsible for managing a team consisting of Compliance Workstream Managers and Coordinators.
5. To actively manage the annual budget of approximately £7 million (both capital and revenue).
6. Lead on building safety resident engagement and ensure that tenant and leaseholder voices are at the heart of Redbridge’s approach.
7. Respond and contribute to government initiatives and requirements in relation to fire safety and other areas of compliance.
8. Develop and implement a risk management approach to Building Safety and Compliance.
About You
9. Substantial, demonstrable and relevant experience in Compliance, Building Safety or M&E related health and safety in a demand led or property related environment.
10. Relevant qualifications within a building or Health and Safety related discipline for example NEBOSH, MCIOB, Fire Engineering, or similar.
11. First-hand experience of contract managing in the delivery of an outsourced service.
12. Experience of identifying, specifying, monitoring and quality checking compliance / building safety activity.
13. Ability to engender a customer focused "can do" culture and to actively contribute towards the effective and efficient provision of quality services.
14. Experience of developing and promoting a Building Safety and Compliance culture across diverse teams.
15. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, personal and professional demeanour which commands the confidence of other stakeholders.
16. Ability to manage and control budgets and information systems.
If you're a team player and you really care, then Redbridge is the right place for you. We are passionate about putting our staff, our people at the heart of the council, looking after people, making sure that they are happy in their work and an environment to thrive.
To apply for this position, please use the link provided or contact Dan Evans at Castlefield Recruitment -
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