Asset Compliance Manager - Lifts

Anchor Hanover; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A major housing and care provider in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Asset Compliance Contracts Manager to lead and elevate lift safety compliance across a national portfolio. The candidate should have extensive knowledge of statutory legislation and proven experience in lift safety compliance. This role offers a salary of circa £55,000 plus a car allowance and involves home-based work with occasional travel across England.

Benefits

Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts

Mental health support

Flexible working options

Access to online GP appointments

Pension plan with employer matching

Ongoing personal and professional development

Qualifications

• Ensure portfolio remains 100% compliant.
• Lead initiatives for safety, quality, and performance.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead lift safety compliance across portfolio.
• Provide high-level reporting to management.
• Set expectations and conduct performance meetings.
• Promote best practices in compliance.

Skills

Knowledge of statutory legislation including LOLER, EAWR, PUWER, CDM, H&S at Work Act

Proven experience in lift safety compliance

Contractor management and program delivery

Excellent communication and negotiation skills

Collaborative and solutions-focused approach

IT and analytical skills

Education

HND/HNC in Mechanical Engineering

NEBOSH/IOSH (or working towards)

Job description

Title: Asset Compliance Contracts Manager - Lifts
Location: Homebased with occasional travel across England
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: circa £55,000 per annum + £5,800 car allowance

Champion Lift Safety and Compliance Excellence across Thousands of Homes - join us as Asset Compliance Manager - Lifts!

We're proud to be England's largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people. Safety, trust and quality sit at the heart of everything we do. Every lift, every life-safety system, every compliance decision - each one plays a vital role in ensuring our residents feel safe, respected, and supported.

That's why we're looking an experienced Asset Compliance Manager to champion excellence across our lift safety and wider compliance programs. If you're a proactive compliance professional with confidence to lead, challenge and influence - this is the opportunity to make an impact that truly matters.

What does it mean to be an Asset Compliance Manager at Anchor?

• Own and Elevate Lift Safety Compliance
  You'll lead all areas of lift safety - servicing, maintenance, planned works and strategic asset investment. As Anchor's subject matter expert, you'll ensure our portfolio remains 100% compliant and our residents' homes operate safely, efficiently and without interruption.
• Be a Trusted Technical Leader
  You'll provide high-level reporting to senior management, advise on legislation and standards, and guide Anchor through upcoming regulatory change. Your technical expertise will shape specifications, influence design choices, and strengthen our three lines of defence.
• Lead and Inspire Contractor Excellence
  With multiple contractors delivering across a national portfolio, you'll set clear expectations, chair performance meetings, conduct full audits and ensure each contract delivers outstanding value, safety, and quality.
• Drive Continuous Improvement and Compliance Culture
  You'll work closely with H&S, Property, Procurement and Operational colleagues - maintaining confidence in our compliance regimes, supporting colleagues with technical advice, and promoting best practice throughout the business.
• Deliver Smart, Safe, Efficient Programs
  From budget control and MI reporting to service contract mobilisation and remedial works management, you'll ensure our systems, processes, and governance are robust, efficient, and resident focused.

What you'll need:

• Knowledge of statutory legislation including LOLER, EAWR, PUWER, CDM, H&S at Work Act and relevant British Standards.
• Proven experience in lift safety compliance within housing, construction, or a similar operational environment.
• Contractor management, program delivery, and project oversight across dispersed portfolios.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• A collaborative, solutions-focused approach with the confidence to challenge when needed.
• IT and analytically savvy, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• HND/HNC in Mechanical Engineering and NEBOSH/IOSH (or working towards)

Ready to lead lift safety at a national scale? Join us and help ensure every home we manage is safe, compliant, and built for the future.

Anchor - a great place to work

Anchor is England's largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We're not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

Our values

Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.

Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.

Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we'll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options
• Access to online GP appointments

Finance

• Pension plan - contribute between 4% and 8% and we'll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.