Project & Building Compliance Manager

The Role:

Due to the current post holder moving into a new role/promotion, Blackpool and The Fylde College (B&FC) is currently seeking an experienced and dedicated individual to join our Estates team as a Project & Building Compliance Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a key role in ensuring statutory compliance across the College's estates, while managing capital projects, service contracts, and maintenance programmes.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

As a key member of the Estates team, you will be instrumental in supporting and delivering the College’s building and compliance strategy. Your primary duties will involve:

-       Manage capital projects and building compliance across the College, ensuring facilities are delivered on time, within budget, and meet statutory standards.

-       Oversee planned, cyclical, and reactive maintenance programmes, ensuring minimal disruption to curriculum delivery.

-       Ensure health and safety compliance, including CDM2015 regulations, through effective collaboration with the College's Health and Safety team.

-       Manage tendering, procurement, and contract performance for building projects, ensuring value for money and adherence to College policies.

Why Join Us?

This role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to the continuous improvement of the College’s estates. You will be joining a small, friendly, and supportive team, and will work closely with the College’s Health and Safety team to ensure a 'one team' approach to delivering exceptional service across the College.

This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on the College’s environment and services while developing your expertise in building compliance and project management.

Interested? Apply Early!

We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so if this role excites you, please submit your application as soon as possible!

Rewards and Benefits

• Enhanced leave allowance of 38 days (full-time equivalent), inclusive of bank holidays
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Competitive pension scheme:
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) - 28.68% employer contribution
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - 19.3% employer contribution
• Extensive professional development opportunities for all, with B&FC choosing to invest circa. £1.8m annually in colleague development and professional qualifications
• Agile working opportunities
• Enhanced Family friendly policies
• Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:
• Access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days a year
• Occupational Health
• FREE Flu Vouchers for those not entitled through the NHS
• FREE eye tests
• Dedicated Wellbeing Hub available to all colleagues containing rich and varied content with resources relating to emotional, physical, financial and social wellbeing
• FREE healthy breakfast
• Sports facilities including fully equipped gym and discounted memberships
• Health and beauty salon
• Trim Trails on Campus (guided routes for walks)
• Onsite food outlets and Starbucks at subsidised rates
• FREE car parking
• Car lease scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite kids ‘Sports Camp’ 8am – 5pm during selected half-term breaks

B&FC is committed to the promotion of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all resourcing practices. Please email jobs@blackpool.ac.uk should a specific adjustment be required to support in the application and selection process

B&FC is dedicated to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of all learners, and expects all colleagues to share in this commitment. As such, employment at B&FC is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. For further information on DBS, please click here

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