Project Manager - Building Safety

NOTTING HILL GENESIS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent annual leave

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Life Assurance x4

Job summary

Notting Hill Genesis is seeking a Project Manager - Building Safety to lead fire safety and remediation projects across our residential portfolio. You will manage from due diligence to delivery, ensuring safety, compliance, quality, and positive resident experience while coordinating consultants and contractors.

You will develop plans, budgets and forecasts, manage risks, monitor KPIs, and engage residents and stakeholders through clear communication and consultation plans.

Qualifications

• Project management qualification or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of project management principles, risk analysis and delivery management.
• Experience managing projects within construction, housing, or building safety environments.
• Experience working on fire safety or building safety remediation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead fire safety remediation projects from inception through to completion, delivering on time, cost and quality targets.
• Develop project plans, budgets and financial forecasts including capital and cash flow.
• Identify and manage risks through the development of risk registers and mitigation strategies.
• Monitor contractor performance and project progress against KPIs, taking corrective action where required.

Skills

Project management

Risk analysis

Delivery management

Construction experience

Fire/building safety

Education

NVQ Level 6 Construction Management

Prince2/Agile certification

Tools

Pamwin

Job description

What you'll do

As a Project Manager - Building Safety, you'll lead the delivery of fire safety and building safety remediation projects across our residential buildings, ensuring homes are safe, compliant, and futureproofed. Working within our Building Safety team, you'll manage projects from initial due diligence and risk assessment through to delivery, ensuring high standards of quality, cost control, and resident experience.

The Project Manager role involves understanding building construction, assessing risk, and coordinating consultants and contractors to deliver remediation works. You'll play a key role in protecting residents, supporting compliance with evolving building safety regulations, and ensuring effective communication throughout each stage of delivery. and ensure residents feel safe, informed, and supported while works are carried out.

How you'll do it

• Project manage fire safety remediation projects from inception through to completion, ensuring delivery against time, cost, and quality targets.
• Develop project plans, budgets, and financial forecasts, including capital and cash flow planning.
• Identify and manage risks through the development of project risk registers and proactive mitigation strategies.
• Monitor contractor performance and project progress against KPIs, taking corrective action where required.
• Build strong relationships with residents and stakeholders, developing communication and consultation plans to support engagement.
• Work closely with procurement and internal teams to appoint consultants and contractors and ensure effective project delivery

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.

Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.

Essential

• Project management qualification or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding of project management principles, including risk analysis and delivery management
• Experience managing projects within construction, housing, or building safety environments
• Experience working on fire safety or building safety remediation projects.
• NVQ Level 6 Construction Management plus a systems software solution such as Prince, Agile or specific construction tools

Desirable:

• Experience using financial appraisal or project management systems (e.g. Pamwin)

What's in it for you?

Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

All about us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/

Selection Process

Closing date is 23 September

Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment

Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.