Building Safety Officer

Building Safety Officer

Location: Oldham (Hybrid Working)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £46,870

Improving lives in Oldham

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) have an exciting opportunity for a Building Safety Officer to join our Property Safety team and help keep our customers safe in their homes.

This is an exciting time to join FCHO as building safety continues to evolve. You'll play a key role in shaping how building safety is delivered across our higher-risk buildings, helping ensure we continue to meet evolving legislation while making a genuine difference to the safety and wellbeing of our customers.

Working closely with our Fire Safety Manager and colleagues across the organisation, you'll help deliver a proactive approach to building safety that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Please see the full Job Description attached at the bottom of this page.

The impact you'll make

You'll help develop and maintain Building Safety Cases, coordinate inspections, manage fire safety compliance and work with residents, contractors and regulators to continually improve the safety of our homes.

You will:

• Develop and maintain Building Safety Cases for higher-risk buildings.
• Support compliance with the Building Safety Act, Fire Safety legislation and other statutory requirements.
• Carry out inspections of completed and ongoing works to ensure safety standards are met.
• Coordinate and monitor actions arising from Fire Risk Assessments.
• Manage building safety information and support the development of accurate Golden Thread records.
• Work closely with contractors, consultants and internal teams to ensure building safety risks are effectively managed.
• Engage with residents to provide clear information and build confidence around building safety.
• Support planned preventative maintenance programmes for fire safety systems and equipment.
• Help ensure FCHO continues to deliver safe, compliant homes for our customers.

Our ideal candidate

You'll be passionate about keeping people safe and confident working in a building safety, fire safety or property compliance environment. You'll enjoy working collaboratively, solving problems and helping ensure our homes remain safe, compliant and well managed.

You'll have:

• An HNC/HND in Building Services Engineering or an equivalent qualification (essential).
• A MIFSM qualification (or equivalent) or be willing to work towards achieving it (essential).
• Experience working in building safety, fire safety or statutory compliance.
• A good understanding of building safety legislation, fire safety legislation and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM).
• Knowledge of housing compliance, building regulations and fire safety construction within residential buildings.
• Experience applying Approved Document B and relevant design guidance to ensure compliance.
• Experience maintaining compliance records, carrying out inspections and managing remedial actions.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to present technical information clearly.
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

It would also be great if you have:

• A NEBOSH Fire Certificate or equivalent.
• Professional membership of IOSH, the Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) or another recognised fire safety body.
• Experience carrying out Fire Risk Assessments and Health & Safety risk assessments.
• Experience supporting structural investigations and working closely with contractors.
• Experience analysing fire safety inspection data and coordinating remedial works.
• A full UK driving licence.

Why Join FCHO?

First Choice Homes Oldham is a housing association providing safe, affordable and high-quality homes across Oldham and the surrounding areas. We own and manage over 11,500 homes and have the highest regulatory (G1/V1) governance rating.

Every day we're proud to make a real difference in our communities.

Our work is guided by our Corporate Plan, focused on providing quality homes, excellent services and thriving communities. We care deeply about our customers, colleagues and neighbourhoods and are committed to improving lives across Oldham.

What's in it for you?

We offer a fantastic range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development, including:

• A salary of £46,870 per annum. 
• A 37-hour working week with hybrid working options. 
• 30 days' annual leave -plus 8 bank holidays. 
• Option to purchase additional annual leave. 
• Defined contribution pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution and salary exchange option. 
• Death in service benefit. 
• Healthcare cash plan covering dental, optical and physiotherapy treatments.
• Private health insurance. 
• Employee Assistance Programme offering 24-hour confidential support. 
• Doctorline, giving you and your family 24/7 GP access. 
• Access to our colleague benefits platform, including retail discounts and wellbeing tools. 
• Discounted gym membership. 
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay. 
• Long service awards. 

Interested?

If you're passionate about building safety and want to help create safer homes for our customers, we'd love to hear from you.

Please submit your application before 13/07/2026

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

We are committed to building an organisation that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. As an equal opportunities employer, FCHO is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We care that you have a great experience with us at FCHO. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience smoother, please let us know and we’ll do all we can.