Building Safety Consultant

Snc-Lavalin; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

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Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking Building Safety Consultants to deliver high-quality services for clients, focusing on Building Regulations compliance and Principal Designer support. You’ll review designs, conduct audits, and liaise with designers and clients to ensure compliance.

Key requirements include strong knowledge of Building Regulations 2010, relevant chartered status, and excellent communication. Hybrid working with flexible leave is offered.

Qualifications

• Strong background interpreting and applying Building Regulations and related secondary legislation.
• Ability to communicate technical requirements clearly to clients and teams.
• Experience with design and construction processes and compliance delivery.

Responsibilities

• Advising and assisting clients and in-house teams in fulfilling duties under Building Regulations 2010 and Building Safety Act 2022.
• Delivering Building Regulations Principal Designer function for clients as specified.
• Reviewing design and providing practical solutions to meet regulation requirements.
• Conducting compliance audits, site inspections, and plan appraisals for regulatory approval.
• Potentially deliver training on building regulation compliance and maintain QA standards.

Skills

Building Regulations

Stakeholder communication

Microsoft Office

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Chartered status (CABE/CIOB/RICS)

Job description

Job Description Overview

Be the essence of collaboration. Become a vital member of our Buildings & Places team, proudly taking on some of the world's most exciting and prestigious projects. Join us, and you'll be part of our genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone is supported to make the most of their talents. It's about recognizing everyone's contributions equally while delivering excellence together. Flexible and remote working are central to our culture, so talk to us about what's important to you, from reduced weeks to buying more leave, and how we can make reasonable adjustments for you or support your ambitions outside of work. You would be based our London office. Our clients are varied and widespread throughout the South of England and we are therefore now able to offer flexible working arrangements to all our staff.

Role

We are looking for collaborative and motivated Building Safety Consultants to deliver a high-quality service for our clients.

Our Building Safety Assurance service focuses on assisting designers with the Building Regulations Principal Designer role (both in-house and to our clients) and assisting clients to comply with their duties.

Responsibilities

Advising and assisting clients and in-house teams 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.

Responsible for delivering a broad range of Building Safety Consultancy services, including conducting building regulation compliance audits, performing site inspections, and reviewing building regulation submissions through gap analyses and plan appraisals to ensure all required information is provided for regulatory approval.

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.

About you

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-focused service.

Excellent stakeholder facing skills and the ability to communicate effectively.

Demonstrates strong attention to detail and accuracy, adopts a proactive approach with a willingness to seek guidance when appropriate, and is proficient in Microsoft Office and relevant software.

Maintains a professional and inclusive manner and is able to manage and prioritise multiple projects simultaneously.

Relevant professional chartership/accreditation with either CABE, CIOB, RICS.

An experience in a similar Building Safety/ building regulations compliance/design compliance role.

Demonstrable understanding of construction and design.

Full UK Driving Licence.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life. Be rewarded. Find out more.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Additional information Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital.

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