Principal Building Control Surveyor
Principal Building Control Surveyor
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14-01-2025
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Job Description
3 months contract with local authority
Job Purpose:
- Review and assess a wide range of domestic and commercial developments to ensure compliance with all relevant statutory building control requirements.
- Ensure the Building Control service meets the demands of the Building Safety Regulator and Building Safety Act 2022.
- Deliver the Council s Dangerous Structures (DS) function including managing contractors and associated debt recovery operations.
- Work with the leadership team to provide an effective Building Control service.
- Maintain a culture of putting residents first and continuous service improvement.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Core Functions:
- Ensure domestic and commercial building control submissions are processed within statutory time periods aiming to reduce rejections and resubmissions.
- Record construction details and inspections of work carried out under The Building Regulations.
- Liaise with the London Fire Brigade on applications related to the Building Regulations and Building Safety Act.
- Investigate unauthorized work take appropriate action and prosecute contraventions as necessary.
- Provide a dangerous structures service including an outofhours response and take necessary action to remove dangers as required by statute.
- Ensure a positive approach to recouping the Council s costs related to enforcement dangerous structures or direct works.
- Advise the Head of Development Management & Building Control on draft responses to formal complaints.
- Provide advice support and guidance on building control issues to colleagues Members and the public.
- Offer expertise to the Senior Management Team on dangerous structures building safety and corporate risk.
- Provide specialist expert advice and guidance on all aspects of building control legislation policy guidance and practice.
- Stay updated on building control legislation policy guidance and practice ensuring the service is compliant and staff are appropriately trained.
- Accountable for statutory responsibilities related to Building Control and enforcement.
Engagement:
- Build positive relationships with other officers within the Council service users residents and their representative bodies.
- Contribute to effective Member and staff engagement training and learning opportunities particularly on building control issues.
- Represent the service at seniorlevel meetings project meetings committees public meetings and with external agencies as necessary.
Customer:
- Maintain highquality communication internally and externally with officers customers members and the general public.
- Promote understanding and awareness of the building control service and its offerings to potential customers.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Deputize for the Building Control Manager as appropriate.
- Work outside normal working hours as needed.
- Liaise with the Councils Civil Protection Team and take the corporate lead on dangerous structures including in emergencies.
- Support the officer on callout duty for complex dangerous structures.
- Complete other reasonable tasks as instructed by senior management.
Employment Type
Full Time
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