Building Safety Contracts Manager – Social Housing

Salt Digital Recruitment; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 104 000 - 115 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Salt Digital Recruitment is assisting a large London local authority to recruit an experienced Special Projects Contract Manager for its Housing, Building Safety & Compliance function in London. The role focuses on high-risk, safety-critical works across a substantial residential portfolio, including external wall systems and fire safety investigations.

The post requires robust contract management, procurement expertise and strong stakeholder liaison to ensure projects deliver safely,

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Contracts Manager within social housing, construction, property or building safety.
• Proven experience procuring contracts within a social housing environment.
• Strong experience managing contracts from procurement through mobilisation and delivery.
• Experience procuring and managing fire safety and/or building safety contracts.
• Strong knowledge of contractor performance management and commercial contract administration.
• Experience managing complex, high-risk programmes or projects across multiple properties.
• Strong understanding of fire safety, building safety and external wall systems.
• Knowledge of FRAEWs, PAS 9980, Fire Risk Assessments and façade investigations.

Responsabilités

• Manage safety-critical contracts delivering investigative and exploratory works across a significant residential portfolio.
• Oversee surveys, inspections and technical investigations relating to external wall systems and building safety.
• Manage the delivery of Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls (FRAEWs), including assessments aligned with PAS 9980.
• Coordinate spandrel panel investigations, render and façade assessments and Fire Risk Assessments.
• Monitor contractors against agreed KPIs, specifications, programme milestones, quality standards and contractual obligations.
• Ensure works are delivered in accordance with relevant legislation, guidance and internal governance requirements.
• Identify delivery risks and take appropriate action to mitigate delays, performance issues and compliance concerns.
• Lead end-to-end procurement exercises for new building safety and exploratory works contracts.
• Develop procurement documentation, specifications, scopes of work and internal approval reports.
• Manage tendering, evaluation, contract award and mobilisation processes.
• Administer existing contracts and ensure suppliers deliver against agreed contractual requirements.
• Drive value for money while maintaining appropriate quality and safety standards.
• Maintain strong commercial oversight across contract delivery.
• Lead contractor performance management across quality, cost, programme and service delivery.
• Manage budgets associated with investigative, enabling and building safety works.
• Monitor expenditure, forecasting and financial commitments.
• Identify financial risks and implement appropriate controls.
• Produce clear financial and performance reporting for internal stakeholders.

Connaissances

Contracts management

Building safety

Fire safety

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Legal/compliance awareness

Contract procurement

Description du poste

Salt Digital Recruitment is assisting a large London local authority to recruit an experienced Special Projects Contract Manager for its Housing, Building Safety & Compliance function in London. The role focuses on high-risk, safety-critical works across a substantial residential portfolio, including external wall systems and fire safety investigations.

The post requires robust contract management, procurement expertise and strong stakeholder liaison to ensure projects deliver safely,