Building Safety Regulator
Building Safety Regulatory Lead

Let’s regulate effectively. Let’s build together.

About us
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety. Its purpose is to prevent workplace death, injury or ill health. To achieve this, HSE is responsible for setting the strategy, policy and legal framework for health and safety in Great Britain. 

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, HSE worked closely with the Home Office and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to support the Government’s Building Safety Programme. After the Building Safety Bill received Royal Assent in 2022, HSE formally established the Building Safety Regulator (BRS). The BRS exists to establish a more rigorous and robust regulatory framework for high-rise buildings in England. 

We want to serve as a lasting tribute to those who have lost their lives due to poor and substandard structures. We will consign these instances to the past by providing oversight of the built environment, setting standards, offering advice to industry and Government, and overseeing work to drive increased competence of professions and trades working on buildings.

The role
In this role, you’ll manage multiple, concurrent multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) within the High-Risk Buildings (HRB) Building Control function and be responsible for compliance provision and delivery.

You’ll also monitor the performance of MDT members, ensuring they stay within the agreed scope and timescales for Building Regulation assessments and processes, which will be led by you.

Working with a range of MDT specialists, we will need you to make robust, evidence-based decisions by analysing legislation and technical guidance, communicate on all Building Control and BSR service matters to a range of stakeholders, and make timely and appropriate referrals to other regulators if the need arises.

About you
We’re looking for someone who can analyse and interpret legislation and guidance to make evidence-based decisions and write clear reports, including legal proceedings. You’ll engage well with a wide range of stakeholders, have a focused, customer-service mindset and work well in a team. It’s important that you understand best practices and developments within the industry and be committed to your ongoing professional development, including a willingness to attain membership in a relevant professional body.

Ideally, you’ll have a sound knowledge of Building Regulations, Approved Documents, allied legislation and associated technical documents. Similarly, comprehensive knowledge of the built environment and relevant legislative and policy frameworks would be beneficial, as would experience assessing compliance.

You’ll be educated to degree level (level 6) in any subject and with relevant work experience, or hold a level 5 qualification in a construction or regulatory subject and substantial, relevant work experience.

Benefits
We offer competitive salary bands that reflect your role and position within the Civil Service. And, as a Civil Service employee, you’ll receive a range of benefits, including 25 days’ annual leave (increasing to 30 days after five years), an excellent pension scheme, flexible working patterns, family-friendly policies including up to a full year of parental leave, interest-free season-ticket loans, and dedicated health, safety and wellbeing business partners. 

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