About the job

Job summary

The Project Delivery Team, within the Strategic Estates Directorate in Parliament takes great pride in looking after and improving the buildings of Parliament itself, as custodians of the Estate.   Our aim is to provide the right environments for building users whilst restoring and protecting our heritage buildings.

The Project Delivery Team is accountable for the delivery of all the current major projects across the Parliamentary Estate, having recently undergone a reorganisation the team will focus on a portfolio management approach, alongside an enhanced focus on construction quality, cost scrutiny and consistency of approach whilst strengthening opportunities for professional development and career progression across the team.

Job description

The Senior Construction Compliance Manager will work collaboratively, focusing on site engagement and communications, to ensure Client strategy and expected standards are consistently adopted across all construction sites.  They will act as subject matter experts and “go-to” people for any operational, health, safety, environmental and wellbeing matters or concerns, providing up-to-date advice and knowledge of best practice in a construction setting, whilst ensuring compliance to our obligations relating to CDM and driving improvement across all projects.  Where improvement is identified, through monitoring, lessons learned or other feedback, the Senior Construction Compliance Manager will engage with relevant stakeholders to agree process and introduce to the teams.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• Ensuring health and safety standards as set out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and where appropriate the Parliamentary Health and Safety standards, are adhered to throughout all the programme of activities and work sites, and there is a safe work environment.
• Carrying out regular inspections of all work areas, on a permanent or temporary basis, including offices, sites, plant rooms, any spaces occupied by contractors, or where maintenance and related work is carried out.
• Maintaining records of the audits and inspections, and ensuring the necessary corrective measures are agreed and implemented.
• Ensuring everyone in Capital Delivery, employees and contractors, are aware of their responsibilities under legislation and that they comply with the processes defined in Parliamentary policies and standards from Stage 0 through to Project Completion.
• Providing advice to employees, line managers, senior managers and contractors, on all aspects appertaining to construction including health and environmental matters and guidance on the preparation of Construction Phase Plans, Method Statements and Risk Assessments.

Person specification

Qualifications, knowledge, skills, experience and behaviours: 

• NEBOSH Construction Certificate, Tech IOSH, or similar/equivalent membership required.
• CMIOSH / MCIOB Desirable.
• BOHS Certificate of Competence/Knowledge of Control of Asbestos Regulations, ACoP and associated guidance desirable.
• Experience of working in a public-sector environment that is politically sensitive or highly complex and implementing and monitoring of a Behavioural Based Programmes.

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• Experience of managing operational and strategic health and safety issues, developing, and implementing improvements, within an estate’s environment.  Specialist knowledge of legislation, standards and best practice including inspections and reporting of the working environment and safety. Working knowledge of civil engineering works, building and construction projects and an awareness of latest Building Regulations and Health and Safety legislation.
• Anticipates and plans for the evolving safety requirements on a working site, adapting to evolving circumstances and client needs.
• Builds wide reaching collaborative relationships to achieve the common goal of keeping all staff and customers safe, keeping up to date and sharing all resources, information and regulations with others. Seeks solutions to difficult working situations with others, in order to build better relationships and safer ways of working. Positively promotes an inclusive and collaborative approach to working.
• Explains complex issues and safety regulations so they are easy to understand and follow. Takes full responsibility of ensuring important H&S messages are communicated and understood. Ensures all H&S messages, especially changes or updates to policies and procedures are accurately conveyed in a timely manner.       
• Plans and organises complex implementation of procedures into large groups of individuals and multiple varying sites.  Improves understanding of monitoring and compliance to regulations. Establishes systems which help others to monitor and assess the organisation’s adherence to standards, as well as implementing reporting methods for any non-adherence.  Ability to work clearly and accurately under pressure and tight timescales.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,118, House of Commons contributes £11,911 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter with a 500 word limit. 

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description. 

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Security

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Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

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