Wates Group
Gas Compliance Manager
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National Gas Compliance Manager
National Role | Ideally Based in Wolverhampton
WPS is looking for an experienced and influential National Gas Compliance Manager to lead gas compliance across our national portfolio, supporting Responsive Maintenance, Planned Works and Facilities Management (FM) contracts.
This is a high-profile leadership role responsible for ensuring compliance with gas safety legislation, British Standards and internal governance requirements. You'll work closely with operational teams, supply chain partners and senior leaders to drive a culture of safety, quality and continuous improvement across the business.
Why Join WPS?
This is an exciting opportunity to shape gas compliance standards across a national organisation. You'll play a key role in protecting residents, supporting operational excellence and influencing compliance strategy across a diverse portfolio of housing maintenance and FM contracts.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading gas compliance across Responsive Maintenance, Planned Works and FM workstreams nationwide.
- Delivering risk-based project visits, compliance audits and site inspections.
- Reviewing gas certification, compliance documentation and quality records.
- Monitoring compliance performance and identifying areas for improvement.
- Ensuring compliance with all relevant gas legislation, regulations and British Standards.
- Investigating gas-related incidents and supporting corrective actions.
- Driving the implementation of gas safety policies, procedures and best practice.
- Providing technical advice, guidance and coaching to operational teams and engineers.
- Building strong relationships with clients, operational teams and supply chain partners.
- Supporting compliance accreditations and assurance programmes.
- Presenting compliance findings, trends and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
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About You
You'll have:
- Experience in a Gas Compliance Manager, Compliance Manager or similar senior compliance leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of gas safety legislation, British Standards and industry best practice.
- Experience delivering compliance audits and risk-based assurance programmes.
- A background within social housing, property services, maintenance, construction or FM.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Strong analytical, reporting and risk management capabilities.
- Experience leading and developing operational teams.
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel nationally.
Essential Qualifications
- City & Guilds NVQ Level 2 Mechanical Engineering (Plumbing).
- City & Guilds NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering (Plumbing - Gas Option).
- Current domestic Gas Safe qualifications and relevant ACS accreditations.
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Desirable
- Commercial Gas qualifications (COCN1, CDGA1, CIGA1, CORT1, ICPN1, TPCP1 and associated modules).
- Oil-fired heating qualifications.
- Additional compliance, mechanical or health and safety accreditations.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- A national role with significant influence across the business.
- The opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of contracts and workstreams.
- Long-term, stable social housing and property services contracts.
- Ongoing career development within a growing and ambitious organisation.
Our Commitments
WPS is proud to be an employer where anyone can thrive, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement, as we value transferable skills and assess all applications fairly.
We don't discriminate based on a criminal record; all applications are reviewed on an individual basis against the requirements of the role. Some roles may require additional checks, due to the nature of the work. As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role and opt in to the Disability Confident scheme. Reasonable adjustments are available, please contact us at wpsrecruitment@wates.co.uk.
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