Building Control Surveyor

• The delivery of the Council’s policies, standards, values and objectives
• Participation in the delivery of a comprehensive and primarily statutory based Building Control Service, focused on health and safety, sustainability and accessibility throughout the built environment
• Participation in the Unit’s site inspection process to ensure compliance with the regulatory and policy standards
• Undertake the checking of Building Regulation proposals for compliance and undertake special projects appropriate to the grade, as directed

• Registered with the Building Safety Regulator at Class 2
• Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Building Studies or Equivalent
• Knowledge of applying Building Regulations, Building Act and associated legislation to enable enforcement via plan checking and site inspections (Training will be provided)
• Ability to read and understand plans in order to check and apply standards in Approved Documents
• Good knowledge of construction in order to check compliance of building work on site
• Good understanding of enforcement procedures to enable legal action to be taken on non-compliant building work (Training will be provided)
• Ability to deal with dangerous structures in order to ensure public safety (Training will be provided)
• Good communication skills including written and verbal to advise customers effectively
• Ability to carry out inspections of buildings and construction works to identify compliance with Approved Documents and standards

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