Associate Building Regulations Principal Designer

Associate Building Regulations Principal Designer

A successful multidisciplinary architectural practice is looking to appoint an experienced Building Regulations Principal Designer to lead and grow its Manchester building safety offering.

The practice already has a strong technical team and an established workload across residential, healthcare, refurbishment and remediation projects. It is now seeking a specialist who can take ownership of the Principal Designer function and develop it into a standalone service.

This position would suit an ambitious Principal Designer, Associate or Associate Director looking for greater autonomy and the opportunity to build a team.

The Associate Building Regulations Principal Designer's Role

The Associate Building Regulations Principal Designer will provide technical leadership across the practice while managing a portfolio of complex and higher-risk building projects.

You will be responsible for developing compliance strategies, advising clients and coordinating design information through the relevant regulatory gateways.

The role will include:

• Acting as Building Regulations Principal Designer

• Leading compliance on higher-risk building projects

• Advising clients on Building Safety Act responsibilities

• Leading Gateway applications and regulatory submissions

• Coordinating golden thread information

• Reviewing multidisciplinary design information

• Identifying and managing compliance risks

• Developing internal procedures, templates and reporting tools

• Supporting bids, frameworks and client presentations

• Mentoring architects and technical professionals

• Helping secure external Principal Designer appointments

• Supporting the future growth of a specialist team

The Associate Building Regulations Principal Designer

The successful Associate Building Regulations Principal Designer will have:

• Demonstrable higher-risk building experience

• A detailed understanding of the Building Safety Act

• Experience delivering Building Regulations Principal Designer duties

• A background in architecture, building control, surveying or design compliance

• Strong technical and client-facing skills

• Experience supporting or leading junior colleagues

• An interest in business development and service growth

In Return?

• 65,000 - 75,000

• Annual profit-related bonus

• 25 days' annual leave

• Christmas office closure

• Hybrid working, typically two or three days in the studio

• Employee health and wellbeing programme

• Optical and physiotherapy benefits

• Mental health and GP support

• Opportunity to recruit and develop a specialist team

• Clear progression into a senior leadership position