Technical Officer - Building Safety

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirklees Council is seeking a Technical Officer – Building Safety to lead on statutory, regulatory and best practice requirements across high rise buildings. You will manage the Building Safety Management function, ensuring compliance with the Building Safety Act and related legislation, while coordinating with compliance and other teams to deliver safe, compliant building operations.

You will develop and maintain safety documentation, engage residents, and produce performance reports for

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Building Safety Act 2022.
• Experience managing internal and external contractors.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety at an operational level.
• Familiarity with Fire Safety Reform 2005 and Fire Safety Act 2021.

Responsibilities

• Develop and complete the Building Safety Case.
• Develop and complete the Golden Thread.
• Develop and complete the resident engagement strategy.
• Produce accurate and timely performance reports for managers and regulatory purposes.
• Lead on complaints and use feedback to drive service improvements.

Skills

Building Safety Act

Contractor management

Health & Safety

Fire safety

Regulations knowledge

Job description

At Kirklees Council Homes & Neighbourhoods, keeping our residents safe and meeting our Building Safety obligations is our top priority. To ensure continued delivery of our statuary duties and ensuring safety we have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Officer – Building Safety to join the Building and Safety Team and deliver against our Building Safety requirements in relation to high rise building management.

As Technical Officer (Building Safety) you will play a pivotal role in ensuring statutory, regulatory and best practice requirements are met for all areas of structural, fire and building safety within our high rise buildings. Working alongside colleagues within compliance, you will manage the Building Safety Management specialist function, ensuring that the Council is fully compliant with the Building Safety Act and up to date with the required legislation and adhering to best practise.

You will ensure building safety is inspected, managed, and maintained in accordance with the Building Safety Act and any other appropriate fire & structural safety legislation. You will work with colleagues across the organisation and with partners as a change agent to ensure positive outcomes for customers.

The Successful candidate will have:

• Knowledge of preparing comprehensive Building Safety work specifications, work designs, and supporting colleagues with minor/ major projects to a high standard.
• Extensive knowledge of The Building Safety Act 2022
• Extensive knowledge of The Fire Safety Reform 2005.
• Extensive knowledge of The Fire safety Act 2021.
• Extensive experience of managing internal and external contractors
• Experience of and knowledge of all building safety and compliance areas
• Knowledge of Health & Safety at an operational level
• Knowledge of the Building Regulations, Disabled Access, building safety,CDM and Health & Safety Legislation

As part of this role you will:

• Develop and complete the Building Safety Case
• Develop and complete the Golden Thread
• Develop and complete the resident engagement strategy
• Deliver the resident engagement strategy
• Produce accurate and timely performance reports for managers, senior leadership teams, boards, elected members and regulatory purposes.
• Lead on complaints, take on customer feedback and service performance information, identifying recurring themes, emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop performance measures, key performance indicators and benchmarking information to support service planning and continuous improvement.
• Work with operational teams to ensure the delivery, integrity and consistency of Building Safety management data and reports.
• Identify and investigate performance issues and provide recommendations to support corrective action and service improvement.
• Support compliance, repairs, planned investment, stock condition, building safety, energy and other asset management functions.
• Monitor performance against corporate objectives, regulatory requirements and service targets, highlighting exceptions and emerging concerns.
• Manage the collection, validation and presentation of performance information for Building Safety to ensure reporting is accurate, reliable and auditable.
• Work collaboratively with all teams within Kirklees Council
• Promote a culture of evidence-based decision-making, continuous improvement and data-driven service delivery across Homes & Neighbourhoods.
• Promote a culture of safe working within the built environment

At Kirklees council we offer a comprehensive total rewards package for our staff, consisting of competitive pay, health and wellbeing programme, volunteering programmes, staff discounts and much more.

For more information on how we reward our employees please use the following link: Kirklees Council Staff Benefits

The diversity of the Kirklees area is a real strength and something we are very proud of. We’re keen for this to be represented through our great Kirklees people – and we’d love you to come and join us!

Blake Hamblett is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: [e-mail] or phone: [phone] and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

If you are internal and want to apply for this job as a secondment you must be a substantive employee of the Council with over 6 months continuous service and have successfully completed your probation period.

Applications for secondments will only be accepted if approved by your manager, you will be asked to confirm on your application form that you have the relevant permission. If you are refused permission to apply for a secondment, please contact HR Recruitment to register the refusal.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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Closing date

18 September 2026, 11:55 PM