Job Detail

Building Regulations Principal Designer

• Field: Consulting
• Deadline: 2025-12-29 08:12
• Manchester, Greater Manchester

This is your opportunity to lead from the front as a Building Regulations Principal Designer - shaping Manchester's most exciting developments under the new Building Safety Act. If you want to drive safer, smarter design across high-profile projects, this is where you belong.

About the Company

This award-winning consultancy is leading the charge on compliance, innovation, and technical excellence. With a thriving Manchester base and a growing national presence, they're working across commercial, residential, healthcare, and education projects, setting new standards in safety and design integration.

They're now expanding their Building Safety function - and they're looking for a Building Regulations Principal Designer ready to take charge and influence the direction of projects city-wide.

The Role

As Building Regulations Principal Designer, you'll oversee compliance from Gateway 1 through to Gateway 3, ensuring designs meet and exceed regulatory expectations. You'll advise clients, coordinate with the Building Safety Regulator, and be at the centre of Manchester's most technically challenging developments.

Your focus:

Lead Building Regulations compliance under the Building Safety Act

Liaise with regulators, clients, and design teams

Manage design risk documentation and submissions

Support internal strategy as this division continues to grow

What's In It for You

Major Manchester-based projects shaping the city's future

Progression to Associate as the Building Safety team expands

Hybrid flexibility and genuine autonomy

Competitive package including car allowance, bonus, and CPD funding

A consultancy at the cutting edge of the new Building Safety landscape

About You

You're a detail-driven professional who thrives on compliance and design collaboration. You'll have a passion for making a tangible impact in safer building design.

Requirements:

In-depth understanding of Building Regulations and Building Safety Act

NEBOSH Construction or equivalent

Strong experience delivering CDM and design safety duties

Excellent communication and stakeholder management

This is your moment to lead as a Building Regulations Principal Designer.
Join a consultancy that's not just responding to regulation change - they're defining it