Building Compliance Officer

Service Care Solutions; Northampton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector client in Northamptonshire is seeking a Building Compliance Officer for a full-time, temporary position. The role involves managing compliance across the Council's estate portfolio, ensuring safety and legality. Candidates must hold a relevant chartered status and have at least 5 years of experience in building compliance. The role offers a competitive pay rate of £20 per hour.

Benefits

Referral bonus of £250

Potential for ongoing role

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' post-graduate experience in technical building compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage compliance and assurance function across the estate portfolio.
• Oversee compliance with relevant legislation and standards.
• Develop compliance programmes and risk registers.
• Manage contractor performance and budgets.
• Provide professional advice on compliance issues.

Skills

Strong leadership skills

Stakeholder engagement

Understanding of building regulations

Fire safety knowledge

Compliance frameworks knowledge

Contractor management

Budget management

Education

Chartered professional status (RICS, CIOB, etc.)

IOSH Health and Safety in the Workplace

Job description

A client within the Public Sector, based in Northamptonshire, is currently recruiting for a Building Compliance Officer to join their Assets & Environment Team as soon as possible. The client is offering a full-time, temporary position on an ongoing basis, with the ideal candidate having experience of working within a local authority compliance or property environment.

The Role

Key purpose of the role is to lead and manage the compliance and assurance function across the Council's corporate and commercial estate portfolio, ensuring all buildings are safe, legally compliant, and strategically managed. This position provides expert technical advice, senior-level assurance, and robust reporting to executive management and external regulators.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the compliance and assurance function, embedding proactive risk management and technical excellence.
• Oversee compliance with legislation and standards relating to gas, water, fire, electrics, mechanical, asbestos, and other statutory areas.
• Develop and manage compliance programmes, risk registers, and reports to senior management and elected members.
• Manage contractor performance, budgets, and audits to ensure statutory and contractual obligations are met.
• Provide professional advice on regulatory investigations and compliance notices.
• Lead a small team of compliance and assurance professionals (2-5 staff).

The Candidate

To be considered for this role, you will require:

• Chartered professional status (RICS, CIOB, CIBSE, IMechE, IET, or equivalent).
• IOSH Health and Safety in the Workplace (essential).
• Minimum of 5 years' post-graduate experience in technical building compliance.

The below skills would be beneficial for the role:

• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent understanding of building regulations, fire safety, and compliance frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage contractors, budgets, and compliance programmes.

The client is looking to move quickly with this role and as such is offering £20 per hour Umbrella LTD Inside IR35 (approx. £16 per hour PAYE).

How to Apply

If this position sounds of interest, email a copy of your up-to-date CV to (url removed) or call Amy at Service Care Construction on (phone number removed) to discuss the vacancy in more detail.

Also, if this role is not of interest to you, but you are looking for new opportunities, please still get in touch as we cover all construction-related vacancies across the region.

Referral Bonus

If this role is not suitable for yourself, but you know someone who may be interested, please pass on their details or forward these details to them. If they are successful in applying, you will receive a £250 referral bonus upon completion of an initial probationary period.