Contract Manager - Fire Safety

To provide assurance that the organisation meets all statutory, regulatory and policy obligations and requirements in relation to Fire Safety

Support the Head of service to ensure the delivery of a value for money quality service to customers delivered within budget and to service standard.

Client Details

Our client is one of the leading housing providers within in Greater Manchester with over 10000 properties for social rent across the region.

Description

• Be responsible for the effective management, delivery, planning and operational performance of all landlord fire safety compliance related activities for the housing .
• Investigate all fire safety incidents and concerns to ensure that remedial action is identified, reported and implemented to minimize the potential for a re-occurrence in line with appropriate regulations and landlord's statutory obligations under fire and other health, safety and property regulations.
• To ensure that all fire safety inspection, maintenance and delivery programmes (e.g. Service contracts and contractor competencies) are planned to agreed timescales and stringently monitored to ensure that the organisation and any external customer's properties are fully compliant with appropriate fire safety regulations, landlord's statutory requirements and industry best practice.
• To ensure that the organisation is fully compliant with appropriate regulations, landlord's statutory requirements and industry best practice. (ie. RRO - Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire Safety Regulations 2023, Approved document B, Housing Act 2004, NFCC Specialised Housing Guidance Building Safety Act 2022

Profile

• Practical experience of leading and managing fire safety management at an operational and strategic level
• Experience of managing and delivering fire safety compliance and service agreements across a number of disciplines.
• Wide experience of tender and contract procedures
• Wide experience in the on-site supervision and quality control of all service contracts, specialist contractors and consultants
• Experience of dealing with outside agencies, such as the HSE, local authorities, fire service and insurance companies.

Job Offer

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working
• Initial 6 Month fixed term contract with view to be made permanent