A Building Safety Team Leader is required to join our clients growing team on a full time, permanent basis. The successful candidate will bring a good understanding of Building and Fire Safety strategies and lead a highly motivated team to carry out work which is essential for the health and safety of their customers. Ideally, you will have a health and safety qualification as well as a Fire Door Inspective qualification with an understanding of risk and compliance management.
This is a hybrid role; you will mainly be based from home however will be required to carry out monthly visits to high-risk buildings which are mainly in the London area. You may also be required to travel throughout the following operating regions as required: Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.
Key responsibilities:
* Ensure an onsite presence is provided in Higher Risk Buildings, allocating responsibility as required.
* Ensure fire safety measures and controls are operating effectively on a daily basis.
* Support the Building Safety Manager with providing assurance to the business on health and safety matters. Providing robust management information and assurance where needed.
* Liaise closely with the Servicing Compliance Team to ensure daily, weekly, monthly and yearly monitoring checks are being undertaken and provide regular audit reports.
* Support the Property Services Team in ensuring effective operation of mechanical plant and equipment.
* Liaise with the Customer Voice team to develop, deliver and review the residents’
engagement strategy and communications plan for building safety.
* Ensure all checks to life safety equipment is checked in line with the Fire Safety Act and Building Safety Act.
* Respond as required to emergency situations, working flexibly to meet customer demand and seek solutions to reinstate services and minimise inconvenience to some of our most vulnerable customers.
* Involve residents in service monitoring and be proactive in anticipating and resolving issues.
* Work with front-line colleagues to deliver training and familiarisation of building safety awareness and terminology.
* Ensure that building safety cases are kept up to date
* Be the main point of contact for building safety matters for residents (customers) and third-party stakeholders including attending building safety related customer meetings, develop relationships with local stakeholders, fire and rescue services and third-party building owners and their managing agents.
* Implement effective escalation and mandatory incident management and reporting processes.
* Take ownership of any problems or complaints that may arise in relation to building safety, actively seeking solutions to problems to achieve a satisfactory outcome.
Required skills:
* Good understanding of Building and Fire Safety strategy/systems within social housing
* Ability to lead a highly motivated team carrying out work which is essential to the health and safety of our customers.
* Experience of Risk and Compliance Management
* Fire Door inspection qualification desirable
* Health and Safety qualification desirable
* Ability to manage data and keep accurate timely records of activities and outcomes