Building Safety Manager - Andover, SP10 4FB, United Kingdom
At Aster, the safety of our residents and buildings is paramount. We are now looking for an experienced and influential Building Safety Manager to take a leading role in ensuring our higher‑risk buildings (HRBs) are managed to the highest possible standards.
This is a high‑profile, strategic role at the heart of our Building Safety agenda. You will be the first point of contact for all fire and structural safety matters relating to HRBs and a trusted expert adviser across the business, influencing at senior levels and shaping a strong culture of safety, performance and accountability.
As Building Safety Manager, you’ll ensure Aster meets – and stays ahead of – its statutory responsibilities under the Building Safety Act, coordinating activity across multiple teams and stakeholders and providing clear evidence through robust Building Safety Cases.
You will lead a small specialist team (a Building Safety Team Leader and Officer), oversee daily compliance activity, and act as a key link between operational teams, senior leadership, residents and regulators.
In role your responsibilities will include:
* Supporting Aster’s Duty Holder to meet current and emerging regulatory requirements for fire and building safety.
* Ensuring all identified HRBs are managed and maintained in line with Aster’s Building Safety Management System and statutory obligations.
* Acting as Aster’s principal contact for HRB fire and building safety matters for colleagues, residents and external stakeholders.
* Compiling and maintaining Building Safety Cases (BSCs) for all HRBs, including building‑specific safety management systems and risk assessments.
* Leading the management of Mandatory Occurrence Reporting and building safety‑related HRB complaints, escalating risks appropriately.
* Representing Aster externally and working closely with partners such as Local Authorities, HSE, MHCLG and Fire & Rescue Services, including acting as joint contact with the London Fire Brigade as our Primary Authority Partner.
You will bring to the role
A confident leadership style with strong technical credibility and the ability to influence, challenge and collaborate across a complex organisation.
* Degree‑level education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant technical discipline.
* Level 4 (or above) qualification in fire safety management or asset compliance (e.g. NEBOSH Fire, Advanced Fire Safety Diploma or equivalent).
* Strong technical knowledge of:
o Building design and construction
o Fire strategies, life safety and human behaviour
o Compartmentation and building fabric
o Building systems and their interaction
* Demonstrable experience working in a building safety role with multiple stakeholders to deliver shared outcomes.
* Extensive knowledge of statutory and regulatory building safety requirements, particularly for HRBs.
* Experience analysing complex risk scenarios and proposing clear, practical solutions.
* Strong understanding of health and safety legislation relating to the built environment.
* Experience using digital systems to monitor, evidence and report compliance and performance.
* Membership of, or certification by, an appropriate professional body (or equivalent specialist training).
This is a hybrid role enabling you to base yourself from home.
Travel across our regions will be required with an expectance to be in London twice per month and attendance to areas in the Southwest bi-monthly, so a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.
Our operating region includes Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and London.
What’s in it for me
We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:
* Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs
* A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
* We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
* Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
* Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
* Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
* Enhanced leave
* We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives
Ready to apply?
To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.
We may choose to interview during the advertising period.
We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.
All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.