Head of Structure, Fire and Building Safety Team

Job description
Do you have strong leadership skills with ability to give honest, motivating messages about priorities, objectives and expectations?

Our Built environment is central to our vision for communities. For that reason, Building Standards Division, based at Denholm House in Livingston, is part of the DG Communities and the Directorate for Housing of Scottish Government. Building Standards Division creates the building standards regulations and technical guidance, to ensure buildings are safe, efficient and sustainable.

BSD is organised into three units, the Practice Unit, Development Unit and Technical Unit reporting to the Deputy Director (Head of Building Standards Division).

Following the findings of the Grenfell Inquiry Report, there is a renewed focus on reviewing technical guidance and introducing regulation within the fire engineering sector to improve competence and build capacity. The postholder will play a key leadership role in this work, including driving the introduction of the next generation of structural Eurocodes and reporting all relevant fire and structural matters to the Building and Fire Safety Ministerial Working Group. Read more