Contractor Management and Compliance Officer

University of Lancashire; Preston; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Lancashire is seeking a Contractor Management and Compliance Officer to ensure a safe, compliant campus across Estates and Campus Services. You will oversee contractor activities, maintain competency records, monitor safety performance and ensure statutory compliance.

You will coordinate contractor control processes, audits, permits to work, investigations and performance monitoring, acting as a link between Estates and Health & Safety teams to protect staff, students, visitors

Qualifications

• Experience in contractor management and safety compliance.
• Understanding of statutory legislation and HSE codes of practice.

Responsibilities

• Oversee contractor activities on campus.
• Maintain contractor competency records.
• Monitor health and safety performance.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and University procedures.
• Coordinate audits, permits to work, investigations and performance monitoring.

Skills

Contractor management

Health & safety

Audits

Permits to work

Stakeholder management

Education

HNC/D or Ofqual equivalent in construction or engineering

Job description

The Contractor Management and Compliance Officer plays a key role in ensuring a safe, compliant, and well managed campus environment across the University. Working within the Estates and Campus Services team, the post supports the Estates Compliance Manager in overseeing contractor activities, maintaining contractor competency records, monitoring health and safety performance, and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and University procedures. The role acts as an important link between Estates and Health & Safety teams, helping to coordinate contractor control processes, audits, permits to work, investigations, and performance monitoring to safeguard staff, students, visitors, and contractors on campus.

Our people are our most important asset. We'll encourage you to make the most of your talents and continually develop your skills and knowledge. As well as realising your career ambitions, you'll be making a positive difference to other people's lives.

The successful candidate will have experience in contractor management, supported by a sound understanding of relevant statutory legislation, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Approved Codes of Practice, and contractor control procedures. They will be experienced in working within a busy operational environment, developing positive working relationships with contractors and colleagues at all levels, and coordinating multiple activities to ensure priorities and deadlines are achieved. Candidates will hold an HNC/D or Ofqual equivalent in a construction or engineering related discipline.

Use of AI in applications: We want to understand your genuine interest in the role and artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application. However, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience and the written elements of your application should accurately reflect your own communication style. Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience.

We are proud to be a diverse, multicultural university. We are committed to building a truly inclusive culture where diversity is championed. Applications are particularly welcomed from individuals who will support the diversification within the University and support its development of a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all.

The University is committed to providing a safe environment to study, work and visit, protecting children, young people and adults at risk from harm and abuse. Our safeguarding policy and safer recruitment procedure outlines our approach, alongside other internal policies, procedures and guidance which can be found on our page.

Applicants applying for roles in regulated activity and that are listed as an exception under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 will be required to disclose any spent and unspent convictions and undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check at the appropriate level, the University will only ask an applicant to make an application for a DBS check if they are legally entitled to.