Building Safety Manager

Sanctuary Group; Dover; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job description

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

Building Safety Manager

Blackwall Reach - London

£62,919 – £66,231 per year plus company car or car allowance

35 hours per week

Temporary position for up to 18 months

We have an opportunity for a Building Safety Manager to join our team, based in London. This is an 18-month Fixed Term Contract. The main purpose of this role is to manage the Building Safety function across allocated high rise properties within the Sanctuary property portfolio, ensuring full and auditable compliance.

The role is primarily focused on buildings in scope of the Building Safety Act. This includes social housing and student flats in London and surroundings.

Responsibilities

1. Lead on the production, updating and submitting of the safety case report. This will include understanding how the building is constructed, to ensure that they are suitably designed and maintained to ensure resident safety.
2. Identify, monitor and assess building safety risks in the building, including by working with internal fire and compliance teams.
3. Working directly with residents, as well as those helping to keep them safe, such as on-site staff and Housing Officers.
4. Contribute to the development of policies, procedures and technical guidance notes.

Skills and Experiences

1. Degree in construction, Building service engineering or to degree standard level 5/7 surveying or relevant.
2. Level 6 Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Building Safety Manager qualification.
3. HND/HNC in construction.
4. Experience of managing risk.
5. Able pragmatic approaches in resolving issues, and understanding legislation ensuring the safety of residents.
6. Willing to ask questions and understand the unknown.
7. Excellent customer and staff engagement.
8. This role will involve driving on company business. To drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving license.

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.

Our Benefits

1. 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays (pro rata).
2. A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits.
3. Life Assurance.
4. Employee Volunteering scheme.
5. Employee Advice Service including counselling.
6. Cycle to Work scheme.
7. Voluntary health plans.
8. Employee discounts.
9. Wellbeing support and tools.
10. Employee recognition scheme.
11. Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools.
12. Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues.
13. £62,919 (rising to £66,231 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance).

Closing Date: 17 April 2025

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you - corporate.recruitmentsanctuary.

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

For an insight into what it’s like to work for us, take a look at our company page on Linkedin.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.