About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 135,000 customers nationwide. Of our 65,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.

Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

About The Team
Our Building Safety Team is responsible for building safety investigations, remediation and installations, and for setting up the systems required to deliver the requirements of future building safety legislation and guidance. The team is a newly formed team led by our Director of Building Safety, it’s an exciting time to join the team and help shape how the organisation works to ensure our buildings are safe.  

About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Building Safety Design & Quality Manager to join our team in London or Oldham, Greater Manchester on a permanent basis.

The successful applicant will provide technical building safety expertise and knowledge to support the delivery of high-quality developments through the building safety gateways. Advise on the assessment, review and approval of prospective construction methods, building materials and installation methods.

What we’re looking for
We’re a customer-focussed organisation so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. You’ll not only be a skilled Building Safety Design & Quality Manager , but you’ll also have great customer service skills and a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done. You’ll also be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent knowledge and experience of building pathology, construction methods and materials.
• Thorough understanding of building regulations and the requirements of the Building Safety legislation.
• Experience of working on construction projects and the stages involved from planning to occupation.
• Proven experience of investigating and resolving building defects.
• Proven experience of working collaboratively with other teams to implement procedures and improve efficiency.
• Proven experience of negotiating with external 3rd parties to achieve satisfactory resolutions
• Knowledge and experience of successful project management, management and negotiation.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.
• Good written and oral communications and interpersonal skills.

Essential Qualifications:

• Building related degree.
• Membership of CIOB or RICS.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Membership of IFE (Institution of Fire Engineers)

Whats on offer:

We offer an excellent benefits package that help make The Guinness Partnership a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

• Salary £58,179 rising to £61,241 after 12 months service (If based in London you will receive an additional £6,000 Local Job Supplement on top of the base salary)

• 25 days holiday & bank holidays (Plus option to purchase 5 additional holiday days)
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme
• Choice of Pension Schemes including Defined Benefit Career Average Scheme
• Annual incentive scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Access to Benefits Portal offering everyday Lifestyle Benefits (discounts and offers)
• Payment of Professional subscription
• Financial support to study relevant professional qualifications
• Eligible for Thank you recognition scheme - by nomination
• Tax free cycle to work scheme
• Aspire - £100 allowance per employee each financial year
• ‘Give As You Earn’ scheme
• Training & E-learning courses
• Travel/Season Ticket Loan

If you’re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.  We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Documents

• Building Safety Design Quality Manager role profile.pdf (29.43 KB)