Location
London, with flexibility to work at Arcadis office and client locations across the UK.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are seeking a Building Safety Consultant to advance their career within a world-leading architecture, design, and engineering consultancy. This role involves working with a diverse range of clients within the built environment to support Arcadis design teams as Principal Designer in achieving compliance with Building Regulations, including successful Higher Risk Buildings Gateway 2 applications. The business manages projects across multiple sectors including healthcare, residential, education, data centres, industrial, commercial, retail, office, leisure, and custodial.

This new position has been created due to securing a wide range of exciting projects requiring support following changes to the Building Regulations and Building Control Regime. The role includes providing Building Regulations Advisory Services and delivering the Building Regulations Principal Designer role. Arcadis has an established process for supporting clients on Building Safety Act requirements and requires additional expertise in building regulations and building control.

This position is ideal for candidates with several years of Building Control experience interested in applying their expertise in a consulting and advisory environment. Strong interpersonal skills are essential, as the role involves both client-facing and technical delivery. The successful candidate will support Arcadis’ ambition to be recognised as the industry leader in embedding building safety seamlessly into design work.

Key responsibilities include advising internal design teams and project stakeholders on Building Regulations technical requirements, assessing designs, surveys, and inspections for compliance, offering guidance on building control processes throughout project lifecycles, supporting delivery of the Principal Designer role, participating in client and design team meetings, facilitating workshops on Building Regulations compliance, providing technical expertise, ensuring alignment with current legislation, guiding clients and teams on obligations under the Building Regulations 2010 (as amended) and the Building Safety Act 2022, collaborating with designers to review regulatory compliance, compiling building regulation submission packages, conducting gap analyses, delivering compliance training sessions, applying quality assurance principles, and staying current with legislative updates and best practices.

Experience
Minimum 5 years’ experience delivering design or building control services. Experience in Residential and/or Healthcare (HTM/HBN) preferred. Proven knowledge of Building Regulations, Building Safety Act 2022, Design and Construction Processes, and design codes. Background in architecture, design/engineering, or building control. Experience delivering CDM 2015 or Building Regulations Principal Designer role is advantageous but not essential.

About you
Excellent client-facing skills with the ability to communicate complex safety concepts effectively. Highly organised and able to manage multiple projects across different sectors. Strong interpersonal skills to support both client-facing and technical delivery. Flexibility to work at Arcadis office and client locations across the UK. Commitment to supporting Arcadis’ ambition to lead in building safety integration.

Qualifications
Degree in Building Surveying, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related design field. Membership with CABE, RICS, RIBA, CIAT, or CIOB. Candidates must have either a design background with CABE Building Safety certificate or equivalent, or be a building control professional registered through BICoF (Class 2F or Class 3) or demonstrate equivalent knowledge. BICoF Class 3 registration preferred. Proven knowledge of CDM 2015. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain BPSS and Security Check (SC).