Building Safety Manager

Reading, Berkshire
Matchtech

Job Purpose

To assist the Compliance Manager and Surveying teams in ensuring all medium/high rise buildings and construction work undertaken are safe and compliant with Regulations.
2. To monitor, track and deliver key compliance works with regard to the Fire Safety and Building Safety Bill for Readings Highrise stock.

Main Duties

1. The post holder will assist the Compliance Manager with managing the Principal Accountable Person function, under the Building Safety Bill.
2. Preparing the organisation for new and upcoming changes in fire safety
3. Responsible for coordination and overseeing all construction and service-related works to the 7 Highrise blocks and carry out the duties of an Accountable Person with regard to these blocks.
4. Reviews and ensure all H&S files for all high and medium-rise building are in place or developed. Produces an in-depth manual for publication regarding all services and structural issues identified for high rise buildings, similar to a H&S file.
5. Attend monthly manager’s meetings to feedback on the current position, raise concerns and seek resolutions.
6. Responsible for ensuring KPIs for the buildings are 100% compliant and taking action to remedy if non-compliant. To develop monitor and report on KPIs for Compliance issues.
7. Pays particular attention to risks associated with being a landlord and ensures that there are individual risk plans for each block, on these areas: fire, water, gas, electricity and asbestos and Legionella. Carry out risk assessments, identify compliance issues and provide solutions.
8. Responsible for ensuring any outstanding works or issues regarding services to the blocks are reported and resolved imminently. Ensures all high-rise blocks of flats FRA actions are completed.
9. Provide and be responsible for robust project level Construction Design Management (CDM) risk assessments and associated plans for all Property Maintenance, Reinvestment and Mechanical & Electrical projects relating to these blocks.
10. Carry out regular site inspections/audits Visiting each high-rise block at least bi-monthly.
11. Organises quarterly resident meetings to ensure residents are fully informed on risks, services and any impending works or outstanding actions and provide a single point of contact to all residents living in the high-rise blocks.
12. Meet regularly with the Compliance Team in order to update the team on any outstanding fire safety issues that remain unresolved.
13. Builds relationships with relevant contractors and customers to ensure H & S risks to blocks are tailored for each individual site.
14. Facilitates a project to ensure floor plans for each block are either obtained or drawn.
15. Coherent knowledge of fire safety, asbestos register, legionella risk, electrical safety and gas safety issues.
16. Responsible for tendering construction work including individual contracts relating to the Highrise blocks.
17. To negotiate and let framework agreements/partnering contracts for buildings and services to the high-rise blocks.
18. To prepare Cabinet Reports and Project Board reports.
19. To formulate and produce Policy documents where required.
20. developing and implementing fire safety inspection and audit programmes on complex buildings.
21. Advising on improvements and projects that occur within the exciting and complex stock supported by a collaborative and knowledgeable workforce.
22. Maintaining and operating information management systems to facilitate safe management of the buildings.
23. Maintaining and managing the safety case for the buildings so that risks are proactively identified, and mitigating measures put in place and maintained.
24. Identifying and ensuring that necessary and appropriate building remediation is undertaken to ensure that the conditions set out in the building registration certificate are met.