Job Title: Senior Area Building Control Surveyor
Location: East Suffolk Council, Lowestoft
Salary: £37,568 – £41,591 per annum
Job Type: Full Time (37 hrs per week), Permanent
Closing Date: 24th March 2022 – 9:00am
East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work and a great place to make a real difference to people’s lives, delivering vital services to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.
The Role:
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the East Suffolk Council’s Building Control Team as a Senior Building Control Surveyor as part of the Ipswich and East Suffolk Building Control Partnership.
Reporting to a Building Control Team leader, you will be an experienced Building Control professional, committed to delivering and improving the high-quality Building Control Service we pride ourselves on offering.
You will be responsible for the delivery of Building Regulation requirements and related services within a geographic area but will be flexible enough to support other areas as required. Your role will also include administration of demolition and dangerous structure legislation, including out of hours emergency cover, as well as supporting corporate projects.
About you:
You will be a full member of the RICS or MCABE with considerable experience working in a building control area with evidence of a high level of performance. You will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as being experienced in plan examination and site inspection relating to Building Regulation applications. A high level of customer care and the ability to develop new business opportunities will be essential to maintain our self-financing service.
The position is based at our Lowestoft offices but could include work across the wider partnership areas of Ipswich and East Suffolk. The Building Control team are fully equipped to work remotely which allows and encourages surveyors to work from home or any other desired location.
The Building Control industry is proactively preparing for positive industry changes in line with the Building Safety Bill amendments, the East Suffolk and Ipswich Building Control partnership welcome the amendments to the Building safety Bill and will support every Building Control surveyor to be the best that they can be.
If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don’t meet all the essential requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.
Why work for us?
East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video on our site and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work.
Here are some of the main benefits:
- Great opportunities for training and development
- Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 24 days a year, increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays)
- Local government pension scheme
- Free car parking (for when you are working in the office)
- Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.
Please click on the APPLY button and you will be redirected to the Council’s careers page.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Building Surveyor, Property Inspector, Building Engineer, Inspection Engineer, Property Engineer, Surveying Engineer, Property Surveyor, Property Inspection Clerk, Building Inspection Clerk, Insurance Surveying, Property Inspection Engineer, Building Inspection Engineer and Graduate Surveyor may also be considered for this role.
