Building Safety Manager


Company:	London and Quadrant Housing Trust
Salary:	£57,094 to £68,500 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, E15 4PH
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 4 days remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Nov 2026
Closing date:	25 Nov 2026

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Summary

Title: Building Safety Manager

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: From £57,094 per annum to £68,500 per annum (London Weighted Salary) dependant on experience

Grade: 10

Reporting Office: London, Stratford

Perona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working). (Home, Office and Site combined).

Closing Date: 25th November 2026 at 1pm

Interview Dates: 7th and 8th December 2026, face to face interviews at our Stratford, London office

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Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.

Join our Building Safety Team at L&Q:

L&Q is continuing to invest in the future of building safety and is expanding our Operational Building Safety Team within the Property and Investment Directorate.

We’re excited to be recruiting a Building Safety Manager to play a vital role in protecting our residents and strengthening safety standards across our homes.

This is a high profile and influential role where you’ll work closely with Lead Building Safety Managers, the Head of Service, and the Director of Building Compliance, as well as partnering with the Strategic Building Safety Team to deliver meaningful, organisation wide impact. You’ll also take on line management responsibility for a dedicated team of Assistant Building Safety Managers, leading, developing, and inspiring them to perform at their best.

If you’re passionate about building safety, motivated by making a real difference, and ready to help shape a growing service, this is an excellent opportunity to progress your career with a purpose driven organisation.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:

As a Building Safety Manager, you will take ownership of the safety and compliance of a defined portfolio of buildings, playing a crucial role in safeguarding our residents and ensuring our homes are safe to live in.

You’ll be at the heart of delivering the requirements of the Building Safety Act, ensuring buildings within your remit are safe to occupy through robust building safety measures, proactive oversight, and strong operational control.

A key part of your role will involve contributing to the development of Building Safety Case Reports and supporting submissions to obtain Building Assessment Certificates for your allocated buildings. You’ll also be responsible for maintaining the ongoing safety position of each building, overseeing maintenance and testing activities, reviewing risk assessments, fire safety arrangements, and structural considerations to ensure risks are effectively managed.

You’ll lead on the procurement of specialist services and take responsibility for managing and maintaining accurate building safety data. This includes ensuring compliance with L&Q’s procurement processes and standing order rules, alongside confident use of housing management, financial, compliance, and record keeping systems.

Bringing strong technical expertise, you’ll have in depth knowledge of building safety, including the operational maintenance of key active fire systems and other building specific M&E systems.

Equally important is your ability to build relationships and influence. You’ll be a confident, first class communicator, experienced in working with a wide range of stakeholders, from residents and resident groups to Corporate Health & Safety,

Housing Management, and wider Property Services teams, helping to promote transparency, trust, and a strong culture of safety across our communities.

What you'll bring:

• Ability to liaise effectively with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure truly collaborative agreed approaches and outcomes.

• Practical Experience of Operational Building Safety including knowledge of active fire, M&E and specialist safety installations and systems.

• Highly computer literate and be able input and retrieve data from a variety of computer management systems.

• Either hold or be working towards a minimum of Level 4 in Building Safety. This should be stated on candidates applications.

• Full driving licence and have access to a vehicle on a daily basis as this role requires the post holder to be mobile (travelling to various sites).

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q – click here to read more.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.

Essential requirements

• Ability to liaise effectively with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure truly collaborative agreed approaches and outcomes. • Practical Experience of Operational Building Safety including knowledge of active fire, M&E and specialist safety installations and systems. • Highly computer literate and be able input and retrieve data from a variety of computer management systems. • Either hold or be working towards a minimum of Level 4 in Building Safety. This should be stated on candidates applications. • Full driving licence and have access to a vehicle on a daily basis as this role requires the post holder to be mobile (travelling to various sites).

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