Senior Building Safety Consultant

Snc-Lavalin; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Building Safety Consultant, where you'll be instrumental in ensuring compliance with building regulations across a variety of prestigious projects. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative solutions in retail, health, and public sectors. This role offers a supportive environment that values your insights and leadership, providing ample opportunities for career growth. With a focus on flexibility and work-life balance, you'll be part of a vibrant team dedicated to making a positive impact on the built environment. If you're passionate about building safety and eager to work on high-profile projects, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Training and development courses

Inclusive employment policies

Employee networks

Qualifications

• Strong background in interpreting and applying building regulations.
• Experience in building safety consultancy and compliance audits.

Responsibilities

• Advising clients on Building Regulations and Safety Act compliance.
• Conducting audits and inspections to ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Building Regulations knowledge

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Proactive attitude

Education

Relevant professional chartership/accreditation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Senior Building Safety Consultant

Apply locations GB.Oxford.One St Aldates time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id R-128720

Job Description

Be the essence of collaboration.

Become a vital member of our Project & Programme Services 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.

As a Senior Building Safety Consultant, you'll be central to some of the UK's most significant projects. Your portfolio will vary across retail, health, energy, commercial property, education, and public sectors. Working alongside our senior managers, you'll lead multidisciplinary teams driven by excellence. We'll value your insight and leadership, supporting your continued growth and career development.

Your purpose:

• 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 your 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.
• Undertaking a wide range of Building Safety Consultancy duties in line with agreed service deliverables. Conducting building regulation compliance audits and site inspections to ensure compliance is achieved.
• Reviewing building regulation submission packages, undertaking gap analysis reviews, and plan appraisals to identify any missing information required to secure building regulation approval. Potential to deliver building regulation compliance training (internal and external). Learning and applying quality assurance principles.
• Keeping up to date with relevant legislative and best practice changes.

Other beneficial qualities include:

• Class 2/3 Registered Building Inspector (Not essential but must be able to demonstrate competence working on a range of building types and uses).
• Experience of PAS45001 and other integrated management systems.

What you can bring:

• 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. An understanding of the importance of attention to detail and accuracy in all your work.
• A proactive attitude and a willingness to seek guidance on occasions from senior colleagues. A sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other software packages. Professional manner and outlook.
• The ability to work concurrently on a portfolio of projects. Relevant professional chartership/accreditation with either CABE, CIOB, RICS.
• Experience in a similar Building Safety/ building regulations compliance/design compliance role.
• Demonstrable understanding of construction and design.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

This role has excellent prospects for an individual who has an ambition to progress and enjoys working collaboratively within a vibrant team. As well as technical competence, we are looking for someone with excellent client-facing skills who will provide a first-class service to our clients.

If you are an experienced Building Control professional or have equivalent experience applying the requirements of the Building Regulations and associated secondary legislation on a range of projects in a design capacity, or otherwise, we would love to hear from you. This role would suit professionals with a desire to work on a varied range of projects who enjoy adding value and delivering solution-focused outcomes to a range of high-profile clients.

Training:

You should possess a willingness to continue to develop your career through our structured training programme. AtkinsRéalis provides a portfolio of training and development courses designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents and encourage Continuous Professional Development activities.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

Looking for a place where you can engineer a better future? AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, our digital-enabled approach transforms outcomes for people and the environment. You'll have a myriad of projects to choose from and endless possibilities for career growth. More responsibility, acclaimed training programmes and flexible working are part of our inclusive culture of prioritising diversity, health, and happiness.

Join our Project & Programme Services team and expand your career on some of the industry's most exciting and newsworthy construction projects – from Sizewell C to the world's tallest hotel, London's Heathrow Airport to Europe's first eco-friendly mosque. You'll enjoy invaluable exposure to international expertise as well as innovation in local niche areas. Communities are at the heart of our work and our people are proud to be working towards a Net Zero Carbon future and regenerating cities across the UK.

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 for 5 years or longer.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities.

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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.

About Us

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. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.