Building Safety Consultant

Building Safety Consultant
£400 per day (Outside IR35)
Location: Birmingham with occasional site travel
Duration: 6 months (potential for extension)
Would you thrive in a role that demands strong governance, stakeholder engagement, and insight into the Building Safety Act (BSA)?
We are supporting a leading organisation operating across both the commercial and industrial sector to recruit a Building Safety Consultant. You will play a key role in integrating best practices and ensuring compliance across different business units. Your expertise will drive the development of reporting capabilities and support audit assurance activities.

The successful Building Safety Consultant will:

• Lead the creation and maintenance of a centralised safety governance and compliance framework.
• Develop meaningful reporting tools to support stakeholder decision-making.
• Collaborate with IT/IS teams to embed safety data within infrastructure systems.
• Act as a key interface with internal teams to ensure audit readiness and assurance.
• Translate complex BSA requirements into operational practice and governance updates.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong understanding of Building Safety Act (BSA) and its impacts on governance and ways of working.
• Proven experience working across multiple operational sectors, including commercial and industrial environments.
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse internal stakeholders, including QSHE and project teams.
• Credibility in audit processes, reporting, and governance frameworks.

This is an excellent opportunity to influence safety standards within a forward-looking organisation. For more information or to apply please contact Tom Hewat at or (phone number removed). Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions. Irwin and Colton Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at our website (url removed). Irwin and Colton is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.