Job Description
Project Four Safety Solutions Limited ; Building Safety Act Consultant - London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham - £70,000 - £85,000
A bit about us:
Project Four Safety are experts in providing Construction Health & Safety, BSA and CDM services across the UK. We use our combined experience in delivering project support, providing expert advice and guidance to ensure our clients have peace of mind.
As a Times Top 100 Best Companies to work for 2024, we are proud of our people focussed, inclusive, empathetic culture and commitment to ensuring we are a great company to work for. We recognise that every person is unique and as such endeavour to create a culture where every person feels able to be themselves. Whether it be providing flexibility to accommodate individual needs or simply ensuring everyone has support when they need it most, we strive to make everyone feel welcome, heard, and valued.
Who are we looking for?
Our Building Safety Act service focuses on assisting the design team with the Building Regulations Principal Designer role and assisting clients to comply with their duties.
Your purpose:
• Advising and assisting clients in fulfilling their responsibilities under the Building Regulations 2010 (As Amended) and the Building Safety Act 2022.
• Delivering the Building Regulations Principal Designer function for clients as set out in the Building Regulations 2010 (As Amended).
• Use their skills and knowledge to work with designers to review building regulations compliance in design and to help develop practical solutions in line with legislation and best practice.
• Undertaking a wide range of Building Safety Consultancy duties in line with agreed service deliverables, this will be assisted by our wider team.
• Undertaking building regulation compliance audits and site inspections (where required) to ensure compliance is achieved.
• Reviewing building regulation submission packages, undertaking gap analysis reviews, plan appraisals to identify any missing information required to secure building regulation approval.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, including architects, engineers, and contractors, to ensure coordinated efforts towards building safety and compliance.
• Potential to deliver building regulation compliance training (internal and external).
• Learning and applying quality assurance principles.
• Keeping up to date and abreast of relevant legislative and best practice changes.
To join us you’ll need:
• Strong background interpreting and applying the building regulations and associated secondary legislation relating to projects, and a good understanding of the technical and functional requirements of the Building Regulations 2010.
• Sound technical Building Regulations knowledge combined with an understanding of design and construction and capable of delivering a solutions-focussed service.
• Excellent stakeholder facing skills and the ability to communicate effectively.
• An understanding of the importance of attention to detail and accuracy in all your work.
• A sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other software packages.
• A professional manner and outlook. The ability to work concurrently on a portfolio of projects.
• Relevant professional chartership/accreditation with either CABE, CIOB, RICS.
• Other beneficial qualities include Class 3 Registered Building Inspector (Not essential but must be able to demonstrate competence working on a range of building types most importantly HRBs)
• Full UK Driving Licence.
Interested? Fancy a chat?
We’re committed to building an inclusive culture, meaning we want you to feel comfortable whilst we get to know each other. That means we're just as keen to meet the person behind the CV! We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, we'll be more than happy to support you. Contact us on Project Four are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.