Job title: Building Safety Manager
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Social Housing
Functional Expertise: Building Safety Fire Safety
Salary from: GBP £60,000.00
Salary to: GBP £67,000.00
Location: London, UK
Job ID: 33304

Job Description

Are you ready to play a leading role in keeping residents and communities safe?

This is your opportunity to join one of the UK’s largest and most progressive housing providers, taking on a pivotal role in delivering building safety excellence across Higher-Risk Buildings (HRBs) in London.

You’ll join a high-performing, collaborative, and people-focused Building Safety team - where every day you’ll make a visible impact ensuring residents not only are safe, but feel safe in their homes.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead the operational delivery of building safety management for your allocated portfolio of HRBs.
  • Line-manage and develop a team of two Assistant Building Safety Managers - coaching, mentoring and ensuring effective delegation of inspections and data collection.
  • Produce and maintain Building Safety Case Reports, Resident Engagement Plans and live Safety Case files.
  • Lead on resident engagement - delivering surgeries, walkabouts, and proactive communication across your buildings.
  • Collaborate closely with internal teams (Strategic Building Safety, Development, Major Works, Housing Management) to maintain a robust Golden Thread of information.

What We’re Looking For

  • Proven experience as a Building Safety Manager, ideally within social housing or residential property.
  • Strong understanding of the Building Safety Act, safety case reports, and regulatory compliance.
  • Leadership and line-management experience - able to guide and motivate junior staff members
  • Excellent stakeholder and resident engagement skills - clear, confident communicator.
  • Level 6 qualification in Building Safety (CIOB or equivalent) preferred or currently completing.
  • Professional membership with IFSM or IFE

What’s on Offer

  • Salary: £60,000 - £67,000 (depending on experience)
  • Outstanding pension plan (up to 12% contribution).
  • Annual leave: 28 days rising to 31 with service, plus bank holidays.
  • Work-life balance: 35-hour week with flexibility and hybrid working. 2 days onsite / 3 days WFH on average. 4 day working week also considered. 
  • Health & wellbeing: Westfield Health Cash Plan, life assurance and Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Paid professional membership
  • Genuine opportunities for career progression and a strong commitment to ongoing learning and development - CPD
  • Lifestyle benefits: Electric car salary-sacrifice scheme, volunteering leave, and a range of employee discounts.

Why Join

  • You’ll be joining a forward-thinking, people-led organisation that genuinely invests in its Building Safety professionals.
  • The Building Safety team has grown rapidly - a strong, well-supported function led by managers who’ve progressed internally and actively mentor their teams.
  • Clear progression routes into leadership, strategic building safety, development or compliance roles.
  • You’ll be trusted to manage your own diary and workload - hybrid working and flexible hours, with the option of compressed weeks (4-day week working possible).
  • A culture built on inclusion, trust and teamwork - with high morale, shared success and genuine balance between professional growth and personal wellbeing.

If you’re a confident and passionate Building Safety professional who thrives in a collaborative and progressive environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now through Sustainable Futures Group (SFG) – Global Recruitment Experts in Health, Safety and Sustainability.