Building Control Surveyor - Rolling Advert
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Location
Hounslow, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
2/4/2025
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About Us At Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
About The Role
A great opportunity to join Hounslow’s Building Control Service as a Building Control Surveyor.
Working as part of a busy and ambitious team, up to Class 2 general level, the successful candidate will carry out examination and inspection of Building Regulation submissions, plans and site work to ensure building works comply with Building Regulations, including non-domestic projects. You will assist the Head of Building Control and the Building Control Team Manager with operations within the Borough and to undertake inspection/work when required out of Borough and to include consultation and liaison with other sections and departments.
The successful candidate will ensure that Building Control work is carried out in accordance with documented procedures, timescales and deadlines.
If requested, you will join the Dangerous Structure Rota to assist in the provision of an out of hours emergency service.
With training, you will undertake other works such as Architectural Design, Fire Risk Assessments, and Party Wall Agreements etc.
Key Responsibilities:
The Building Control service sits within the Housing, Planning & Economic Regeneration directorate - working closely with all our colleagues. It is also a team which proactively collaborates with a range of teams across the Council.
The Building Control team is responsible for providing a wide range of services including building regulation compliance through plan assessment and site inspection, response to dangerous structures, demolition notice administration, and enforcement.
About You
Successful completion of BSC (Hons) in Building Control, Building Surveying, Structural Engineering or Civil Engineering. Working at or towards the BSR Class 2 non-domestic surveyor level.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the Role Profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email:
(Please note this is rolling advert and we encourage submission of applications at any time. Suitable candidates will be interviewed as and when applications are received and assessed to have met the requirements for interview)
Email:
(Please note this is rolling advert and we encourage submission of applications at any time. Suitable candidates will be interviewed as and when applications are received and assessed to have met the requirements for interview)
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
About The Role
A great opportunity to join Hounslow’s Building Control Service as a Building Control Surveyor.
Working as part of a busy and ambitious team, up to Class 2 general level, the successful candidate will carry out examination and inspection of Building Regulation submissions, plans and site work to ensure building works comply with Building Regulations, including non-domestic projects. You will assist the Head of Building Control and the Building Control Team Manager with operations within the Borough and to undertake inspection/work when required out of Borough and to include consultation and liaison with other sections and departments.
The successful candidate will ensure that Building Control work is carried out in accordance with documented procedures, timescales and deadlines.
If requested, you will join the Dangerous Structure Rota to assist in the provision of an out of hours emergency service.
With training, you will undertake other works such as Architectural Design, Fire Risk Assessments, and Party Wall Agreements etc.
Key Responsibilities:
- The examination for compliance of appropriate Building Regulation Applications (including Full Plan, Regularisation, Reversion and Building Notices together with appropriate amendments) deposited under the Building Regulations and associated legislation as instructed and making recommendations to the Head of Building Control and Building Control Team Manager including discharging our responsibilities under Safety at Sports Grounds Legislation.
- To work in a small team within an area of the Borough.
- To carry out efficient and regular Building Regulation inspections for all projects (including non-domestic) and to compile accurate records.
- To carry out efficient inspections and to report accurately on dangerous structures and, together with a Building Control Surveyor, advise on remedial measures to be undertaken.
The Building Control service sits within the Housing, Planning & Economic Regeneration directorate - working closely with all our colleagues. It is also a team which proactively collaborates with a range of teams across the Council.
The Building Control team is responsible for providing a wide range of services including building regulation compliance through plan assessment and site inspection, response to dangerous structures, demolition notice administration, and enforcement.
About You
- If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:
- Ability to clearly communicate and provide advice on technical Building Control matters.
- Ability to read and interpret drawings, plans and technical information.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
- Ability to engage positively with customers and provide a high standard of customer service.
Successful completion of BSC (Hons) in Building Control, Building Surveying, Structural Engineering or Civil Engineering. Working at or towards the BSR Class 2 non-domestic surveyor level.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the Role Profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email:
(Please note this is rolling advert and we encourage submission of applications at any time. Suitable candidates will be interviewed as and when applications are received and assessed to have met the requirements for interview)
Email:
(Please note this is rolling advert and we encourage submission of applications at any time. Suitable candidates will be interviewed as and when applications are received and assessed to have met the requirements for interview)
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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