Building Safety Specialist in Slough

London - with 3 days a week travel to sites across London, South East and Peterborough

Up to £56,000 plus paid business mileage

As a Building Safety Specialist, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring our Higher Risk Buildings are safe, compliant, and well-managed. You'll be responsible for implementing the requirements of the Building Safety Act, maintaining key safety records, and supporting both customers and colleagues with clear guidance and assurance. You'll work closely across Hyde and with external stakeholders to deliver improvements aligned with changing legislation and emerging national policy. Every day brings new challenges and the chance to make a real difference to the safety and wellbeing of our residents.

What you'll be doing:

• Developing and delivering a Customer Communication and Engagement strategy for Higher Risk Buildings, providing residents with clear ways to raise concerns.
• Creating and maintaining evacuation plans and ensuring fire safety arrangements are up to date.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to undertake and review fire risk assessments, ensuring inspections and servicing meet required timescales.
• Producing and maintaining the Building Safety Casefile and Building Safety Report to secure regulatory assurance and certification.
• Supporting the Head of Building Safety in developing and reviewing policies and processes, keeping them aligned with legislation and best practice.
• Verifying that operational compliance activities are delivered in line with regulations and internal policy.
• Applying building design, construction, and life safety principles to evaluate risks, maintenance impact, and overall building safety.
• Explaining the legal and contractual frameworks that buildings operate within, including safety management and golden thread requirements.
• Applying principles of governance and risk management, demonstrating safety assurance to residents and the Building Safety Regulator.
• Testing and evaluating the effectiveness of safety delivery, including customer engagement and accurate record-keeping.

About you:

We're looking for someone who is highly motivated, organised, and passionate about building safety. You don't need to be a housing professional, but you will bring:

• Experience in a customer-focused or compliance role, ideally in housing, property, or facilities management.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build trust, explain technical matters, and handle sensitive situations.
• Excellent organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across complex projects.
• Analytical thinking, resilience, and a genuine interest in building safety, compliance, and social impact.

Why join Hyde?

Hyde owns and manages 40,000 homes and supports over 100,000 customers across London, the South East, and surrounding areas. Our purpose is simple: by providing safe, decent homes, we help people build better lives and stronger communities.

We're an organisation with a strong social purpose, long-term investment plans, and a growing focus on innovation making Hyde a place where you can develop, progress, and make a meaningful difference.

Our benefits:

• Excellent pension scheme
• Generous annual leave
• Life assurance
• Award-winning flexible benefits platform
• Ongoing learning and career development support
• Hybrid working options

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility:

Equity, diversity and inclusion are central to life at Hyde. We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and able to be themselves. Our diverse perspectives help us better serve the communities we support.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we're happy to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace.

Please note: candidates will be required to complete an online psychometric assessment prior to interview. We reserve the right to close this advert early if a suitable candidate is identified.