£504 Per Day
Full Time
Temporary
London, Greater London
Public Sector And Council
Posted 8 hours ago
Expires In 29 Days
Job Description
- To provide a high quality and efficient Building Control Surveyor service. Key functions include ensuring compliance with the Building Regulations and associated legislation and assessing applications and associated plans, reports and calculations
Responsibilities
- To support the provision of an excellent building control service to applicants, landowners, residents, community groups, amenity groups and other interested parties.
- To process plans, specifications and calculations and applications for compliance with building regulations and associated legislation and take appropriate action in accordance with local performance indicators.
- Undertake inspections of sites to ensure compliance with the building regulations and related legislation, and take appropriate action (including logging site visit notes and dates) in accordance with local performance indicators.
- To work with internal departments and/or the appropriate Principal Surveyor to ensure compliance with building regulations, licensing, fire/access regulations and public health and safety on council projects as and when required.
- To advise on statutory and non statutory building control matters including collating and recording information to be used by the Council at appeals, court cases and other public hearings arising from the works of the service.
- In respect of enforcement action, to prepare evidence for Court or other hearings and appear as a witness.
- To provide advice and guidance to applicants and their agents/representatives as required as well as other professionals including builders, professional advisors, statutory bodies and the public
- To work with the Principal Surveyor to implement income generation actions and take responsibility for ensuring allocated targets are met.
- To lead on developing and expanding effective Partnership Services. 37.Instruct the Council’s legal services in respect of enforcement action, prepare evidence for Court or other hearings and appear as a witness.
- Provide expert support and advice to the team across a range of specialisms including Fire Safety, CDM and structural safety.
- To assess the validity of complaints of danger arising from defective structures, and instruct the Council’s dangerous structures contractor (including outside normal working hours and at short notice). Advise and assist staff in undertaking this function.
Requirements
- Hold a BTEC qualification, Degree or equivalent in a building construction related subject.
- Have appropriate post qualification building control experience
- Ability to undertake technically complex negotiations with service users and other interested parties to ensure the Councils policies are met.
- Ability to assess the structural safety of buildings and participate in the rota dealing with dangerous structures.
- Demonstrate excellent organisational skills together with experience of operating within a performance management systems
- Have good written and oral communications skills including the communication of legal and technical requirements
- Ability and some experience mentoring others in the disciplines of licensing, public health and safety and fire risk assessment
- Registered Building Inspector as specified by the Building Safety Regulator at Class 2A-F or above
Isaac Bonsu
Isaac.Bonsu@voxconsultants.com
02081384125
Division V85
Vox Network Consultants London
27 Clements Lane
Greater London
EC4N 7AE
0208 1384125
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