Site Manager (Internal Firestopping Remedials) in Addlestone, Surrey

Crest Nicholson has been building new homes for over 60 years and is firmly established as a leading developer with a passion for not just building homes but creating vibrant sustainable communities. Crest Nicholson Special Projects are recruiting for an Internal Firestopping Remedials Manager to join their expanding and successful team, focusing on Internal Fire Remedial Works. The successful candidate will be reporting into the Construction Director, and will be responsible for managing, assessing, and coordinating internal fire stopping and fire remedial works across a diverse portfolio of existing residential buildings. The role ensures all fire remedial works achieve full compliance with Building Regulations, the Building Safety Act, Building Control requirements, and Fire Engineer specifications. The role will operate across traditional masonry, concrete, and timber structures, ranging from mid-rise to high-rise buildings, ensuring that all internal fire safety measures are robust, compliant, and properly documented.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee internal fire stopping remedial works across multiple live and completed projects.
• Review existing buildings to identify fire stopping defects, non-compliance, and areas requiring remedial action.
• Ensure fire stopping works align with approved fire strategies, fire engineer designs, and statutory requirements.
• Monitor quality, progress, and compliance of fire stopping works on site.

Compliance & Legislation

• Ensure full compliance with Building Safety Act (where required).
• Building Regulations (Approved Document B and relevant guidance).
• Fire Engineer specifications and reports.
• Building Control requirements.
• Maintain a strong understanding of current and evolving fire safety legislation and guidance.
• Support the organisation in meeting its duty holder responsibilities under the Building Safety Act.

Site & Project Engagement

• Spend 3 days per week visiting live projects to inspect fire stopping installations.
• Carry out surveys and intrusive inspections where required.
• Engage with site teams, contractors, and consultants.
• Provide clear, actionable feedback to site and senior management teams.

Desktop Studies & Reporting

• Spend 2 days per week working from home producing desktop studies, fire remedial surveys and reports, and photographic and written records of findings.
• Prepare clear, auditable documentation suitable for Building Control, Fire Engineers, and regulatory review as well as internal review.

Coordination & Technical Support

• Coordinate closely with the Technical Lead to resolve complex or non-standard fire safety issues.
• Liaise with Fire Engineers and fire stopping contractors to obtain additional technical information, request and review engineering judgments, and agree compliant remedial solutions.
• Support the Quality and Contracts Managers with technical input relating to fire safety and remedial scopes.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the following:

• Knowledge of fire stopping systems and installation standards.
• Knowledge of Building Safety Act.
• Knowledge of Building Regulations (with emphasis on fire safety).
• Fire strategies and fire engineering principles.
• Experience of working on existing buildings, including mid-rise and high-rise residential projects.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and fire engineering reports.
• Experience of producing detailed surveys, reports, and compliance documentation.

Working Pattern

• 3 days per week on site (project visits and inspections).
• 2 days per week working from home (desktop studies, surveys, reporting).

The Company

Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities. We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings. Attractive placemaking helps us deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive.

As an employer of choice, we offer an extensive range of benefits, to include:

• Competitive Salary.
• Company Bonus Scheme.
• Car Allowance.
• Private pension.
• Private healthcare and cash plan options.
• 25 days' annual leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Share save scheme.
• Gym membership discounts.

We are an inclusive employer; the Company will consider flexible working requests for all roles. We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities employer.

If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application. To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under ‘Recruitment Privacy Policy’.