Senior Building Regulations Principal Designer

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Role: Senior Building Regulations Principal Designer
Location: London office - hybrid working
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Sector: Property and Construction Consultancy

Are you an experienced Building Regulations Principal Designer looking for the autonomy to lead, shape and grow a developing service?

WRG is supporting an established multidisciplinary design, property and construction consultancy in appointing a Senior Building Regulations Principal Designer .

The business works with public and private sector clients across residential, education, commercial, healthcare, leisure and community projects. Its integrated team includes architects, building surveyors, project managers, cost consultants and health and safety professionals, providing an excellent technical platform from which to deliver BRPD services.

This is a senior, hands-on position combining complex project delivery with technical leadership. You will take ownership of BRPD appointments, particularly across residential and Higher-Risk Building projects, while developing the systems, standards and people required to grow the service.

The Role

As Senior BRPD, you will:

• Act as Building Regulations Principal Designer on a range of refurbishment, remediation and new-build projects
• Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate design work to support compliance with the Building Regulations
• Lead BRPD activity on Higher-Risk Buildings, including Gateway submissions and engagement with the Building Safety Regulator
• Review architectural, structural, fire, faade and building-services information against the relevant functional requirements and Approved Documents
• Establish project compliance strategies, trackers, responsibility matrices and evidence schedules
• Coordinate multidisciplinary xwwtmva design teams and ensure compliance risks are identified, recorded and resolved
• Support robust Golden Thread information, design change control and auditable decision-making
• Advise clients, designers and contractors on their duties under the Building Safety Act and amended Building Regulations
• Review and monitor the competence of designers involved in projects
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and support to colleagues delivering BRPD services
• Develop internal procedures, templates and qua
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