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Compliance Manager

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Freelance
English

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Roles & Responsibilities

  • NEBOSH General Certificate or Diploma
  • IOSH Membership
  • IWFM Membership
  • Strong understanding of UK Health & Safety legislation

Requirements:

  • Ensure full statutory and regulatory compliance across all properties
  • Track, prioritise, and ensure timely completion of actions from inspections and audits
  • Maintain accurate compliance records and documentation
  • Monitor contractor compliance performance against KPIs

Job description

Why Join Us:

Location: Remote 
Salary: Up to Β£53,000 depending on experience

Benefits: Bonus, Pension, Holidays, plus many more

 

 

About the Role

 

We are looking for an experienced and detail-driven Compliance Manager to ensure our buildings, services, and operations meet all statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements. This is a pivotal field-based role focused on maintaining safe, compliant, and efficient service delivery across a diverse estate including retail sites, head offices, and data centres.

 

Working closely with internal teams, contractors, and key stakeholders, you will play a critical role in reducing risk, driving compliance performance, and ensuring that all statutory obligations are consistently met.

About the Job:

Key Responsibilities

 

  • Compliance Assurance:
    Ensure full statutory and regulatory compliance across all properties, covering electrical, mechanical, fire, gas, water hygiene, asbestos, and life safety systems.
  • Remedial Actions Management:
    Track, prioritise, and ensure timely completion of actions arising from inspections, audits, and risk assessments.
  • Documentation & Records:
    Maintain accurate and up-to-date compliance records, certification, and supporting evidence for all statutory tasks and maintenance activities.
  • Risk Management:
    Own and maintain the FM compliance risk register, ensuring risks, overdue actions, and non-conformances are identified, managed, and escalated appropriately.
  • Contractor Compliance:
    Ensure contractors meet all statutory and contractual obligations, including competency checks, RAMS review, permit-to-work controls, and service validation.
  • Performance Monitoring:
    Monitor contractor compliance performance against KPIs, including statutory completion rates, certification quality, and remedial close-out.
  • Reporting & Insight:
    Deliver clear and accurate compliance reporting using CAFM systems and dashboards to support decision-making.
  • Continuous Improvement:
    Analyse trends in compliance failures and audits, identifying recurring issues and implementing preventative and corrective actions.
  • Incident Support:
    Assist in investigations into compliance-related incidents, conducting root cause analysis and reviewing technical records.

Stakeholder Engagement:
Liaise with internal teams, clients, and regulatory bodies to ensure transparent and effective communication.

To be successful you will have::

About You

 

We’re looking for a knowledgeable compliance professional with strong technical expertise and a proactive approach to risk management.

 

Essential Qualifications:

  • NEBOSH General Certificate or Diploma
  • IOSH Membership
  • IWFM Membership

Experience & Knowledge:

  • Strong understanding of UK Health & Safety legislation and its application within FM environments
  • Detailed knowledge of statutory inspection and testing regimes across key building systems
  • Working knowledge of CDM Regulations, duty holder responsibilities, and safe systems of work
  • Experience managing compliance in areas such as asbestos, water hygiene/legionella, electrical and gas safety
  • Proven ability to interpret technical reports, audits, and maintenance data
  • Experience using CAFM systems and compliance dashboards
  • Strong contractor assurance and performance management experience
  • Excellent analytical and reporting skills

What We’re Looking For

  • A safety-first mindset with a commitment to ensuring everyone goes home safely
  • A customer-focused approach, delivering high standards of service
  • Commercial awareness with the ability to balance risk, cost, and performance
  • Strong relationship-building skills with a collaborative and professional attitude

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation where compliance, safety, and operational excellence are at the heart of everything we do. You’ll have the autonomy to shape compliance standards and drive meaningful improvements across a national portfolio.

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