About the Role
Lead the in-occupation Building Safety Act (BSA) and fire safety regime across Canary Wharf Group’s higher-risk residential buildings and mixed-use interfaces. Ensure robust compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022 (Part 4), the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022—protecting residents, tenants, visitors and colleagues while safeguarding business operations and assets.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Building Safety Act regime (design → construction → occupation).
- Lead the delivery of Building Safety Cases and Safety Case Reports for each higher-risk building; maintain them and ensure timely submission to the regulator.
- Own Gateway readiness for higher-risk buildings: lead preparation and coordination for Gateway 2 and Gateway 3 submissions, ensuring evidence is complete and consistent.
- Manage the full Golden Thread of Information for each asset: establish a secure digital single source of truth that is accurate, accessible and version-controlled.
- Oversee the procurement/selection of contractors required for Building Safety Act compliance whilst ensuring that suitable and sufficient structural risk assessments are in place.
- Support the Principal Accountable Person (PAP) in registration and in maintaining Key Building Information (KBI) and other statutory data sets.
- Establish and operate the Mandatory Occurrence Reporting (MOR) system for occupied buildings; triage safety occurrences and coordinate timely notices/reports and corrective actions.
- Maintain an effective resident engagement strategy and a transparent building safety complaints system; ensure insights inform the Safety Case and improvement plans.
- Act as the operational liaison with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) for occupied buildings (inspections, information requests, Building Assessment Certificate readiness).
- Support Responsible Person duties under the Fire Safety Order, including suitable and sufficient fire risk assessments and recording of significant findings.
- Deliver high rise requirements: maintain a secure information box with orientation plan and RP contact details; provide electronic floor/building plans and external wall information to the local Fire and Rescue Service; ensure compliant wayfinding signage.
- Oversee monthly checks of lifts for firefighters, evacuation lifts and essential firefighting equipment, with prompt notifications to the Fire and Rescue Service where outages exceed 24 hours.
- Manage quarterly checks of common area fire doors and annual checks of flat entrance doors (where applicable) and ensure resident fire safety instructions and fire door information are issued and updated.
- Commission/oversee Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls (PAS 9980) by competent specialists; integrate outcomes into Safety Case, FRA and action plans.
- Manage the Fire Duty Officer (FDO) contract, including managing the FDO supervisor and officers to ensure continued compliance and mitigation of risks.
- Advise project teams and clients on Building Safety Act obligations, change-control and competence, and how these affect design development, procurement and construction sequencing.
- Provide authoritative advice on CDM Regulations where they interface with the BSA—covering roles, coordination, risk management and construction-phase information.
- Undertake pre-, during-, and post-works site inspections to verify that RAMS, permits and agreed controls are in place and effective; challenge unsafe practices and stop work where necessary.
- Verify that Principal Designer, Principal Contractor, designers and contractors are meeting their statutory duties; support readiness of as-built evidence for Gateway and handover.
- Plan and deliver an annual audit and inspection programme covering Safety Case evidence, Golden Thread completeness, statutory records, FRAs/FRAEWs, contractor controls and site standards.
- Lead or support incident and near-miss investigations; analyse trends and drive corrective and preventive actions; escalate serious events promptly.
- Provide timely incident and risk information to insurers and support risk-engineering surveys.
- Own the master data environment for building safety and ensure it is audit-ready, secure and compliant with data protection requirements.
- Oversee transparent, structured reporting to clients and senior stakeholders, including compliance dashboards, milestone progress, emerging risks and readiness status across the BSA lifecycle.
- Align policies, procedures and templates with CWG’s Integrated Management System and maintain conformance with relevant ISO standards (e.g., ISO 45001, ISO 9001).
- Ensure budgets set are appropriately and then continually manage to maintain BSA & Fire compliance.
- Maintain strong client and resident relationships through regular engagement, briefings and clear progress reporting.
- Liaise with the Building Safety Regulator, Fire and Rescue Services, local authorities, insurers and other stakeholders; coordinate responses and site activities (visits, inspections, exercises).
- Coordinate across CWG businesses to ensure consistent standards across residential, retail and mixed-use interfaces; contribute to weekday incident response rota as required.
- Maintain strong internal stakeholder relationship including, but not limited to, Principle Accountable Person, Responsible Persons, Building Managers, Operations Managers, Design Managers etc.
- Develop and deliver targeted training for staff, contractors, tenants and residents (e.g., emergency procedures, fire door awareness, external wall controls, MOR).
- Maintain relevant professional memberships and CPD; champion competence requirements for roles delivering BSA/FSO duties.
Requirements
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent).
- Fire safety qualification (e.g., L4/L5 Fire Safety) and/or IFE affiliation; FRA competency desirable.
- Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., IOSH, IFSM, IIRSM, FPA).
- Working towards a Level 6 relevant H&S Diploma.
- 5+ years’ experience across health & safety and/or fire safety, including residential context and corporate environments; proven stakeholder leadership.
- Working knowledge of the Building Safety Act (occupied HRBs), Fire Safety Order and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.
- Strong audit, investigation and report-writing capability; able to manage multiple complex projects and deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to challenge constructively and drive improvement.
- Digital fluency for document control, data analysis and Golden Thread platforms.
- NEBOSH Diploma (Desirable).
- Fire safety diploma qualification (Desirable).
- Building Safety diploma qualification (Desirable).
- Chartered Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g IOSH, IFSM, IIRSM, IFE, FPA, CIOB) (Desirable).
- Experience preparing/assuring Safety Case Reports, managing MOR systems and coordinating Gateway evidence (Desirable).
- Experience commissioning/managing PAS 9980 FRAEWs and integrating outcomes into FRAs and improvement programmes (Desirable).
- All staff are required to fulfil their legal duty to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others.
- All staff members must understand and adopt the ESG Strategy into their respective roles.
- All staff are mandated to comply with system requirements as detailed within the Company Quality Manual & Policies.
- Ensure the effective implementation of all Procedures, Plans, and Forms within our Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) to meet the ISO 9001: Quality Management Standard.
Skills
- Building Safety Act
- Fire safety
- Building Safety Cases
- Safety Case Reports
- Gateway readiness
- Golden Thread of Information
- Mandatory Occurrence Reporting (MOR)
- Resident engagement
- Building Safety Regulator (BSR) liaison
- Fire Risk Assessments
- Fire Safety Order
- Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
- High rise fire safety
- Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls (PAS 9980)
- CDM Regulations
- Audit
- Investigation
- Report-writing
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Digital fluency
- Document control
- Data analysis
- Golden Thread platforms
- ISO 45001
- ISO 9001
Location
- Canary Wharf
Work Type
- 4 days in the office
- 1 day working from home
Experience Level
- 5+ years’ experience across health & safety and/or fire safety, including residential context and corporate environments; proven stakeholder leadership.
Education Level
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent)
- Fire safety qualification (e.g., L4/L5 Fire Safety)
- Working towards a Level 6 relevant H&S Diploma
- NEBOSH Diploma (Desirable)
- Fire safety diploma qualification (Desirable)
- Building Safety diploma qualification (Desirable)
Salary/Compensations
- £60,000 - £75,000
Benefits
- Generous pension and insurance plans
- Health benefits
- Subsidised gym membership
- Store discounts
- Family leave
- Learning and development opportunities
- Mentoring
- Cross department experience
- On the job learning
- Support for accreditations, chartered status, sponsorships and further educational opportunities
About the Company
- Canary Wharf Management Limited is committed to building a safe, happy and healthy community for its employees.
- The company recognises the importance of embracing diverse experience, skills and perspectives at all levels and operating in an inclusive working environment.
- Canary Wharf Group has developed a comprehensive ESG Strategy.
- The company is dedicated to quality management in line with ISO 9001 requirements.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds, perspectives and skills and are committed to fostering a culture whereby everyone can reach their full potential.
- As an inclusive employer, we recognise the positive impact flexible working can have on an individual, their wellbeing, engagement and productivity.
