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Building Control Officer

Posting date:	26 July 2024
Salary:	£14.41 per hour
Additional salary information:	per hour PAYE
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	24 August 2024
Location:	SPENNYMOOR, Durham, DL16 6JQ
Company:	Triumph Consultants Ltd
Job type:	Temporary
Job reference:	Durham 1000055715037164

Summary

What's involved with this role:

Temporary Building Control Officer

Reference no: Durham 1000055715037164

Pay rate: £14.41 per hour PAYE

Hours per week: 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours

This opening assignment is for 1 month

City: SPENNYMOOR, Durham

A Building Control Officer is required to be responsible for assisting in the provision of the Building Regulation service ensuring the effective delivery of the statutory processes. To assist the Principal Building Control Officer in engaging customers including the general public, applicants, stakeholders and the development industry in the Building Control service. In doing, so the post holder will carry a case load of varied duties across a wide spectrum of building control activity.

Key responsibilities:

Participate within a locality area to ensure smooth delivery of the service in a timely and customer focussed manner.
Provide professional Building Control advice within an area locality team.
Assist the Principal Building Control Officer in liaising with other services/outside bodies; community groups and Elected Members as required delivering effective and responsive Building Control services as necessary.
Assist the Principal Building Control officer in contributing to service improvement initiatives and effective performance management for the Building Control Service.
Assist the Principal Building Control Officer in meeting the demands/requests of the public, including community groups and organisations to both engage the community in the service and to further the interests of the service.
Support the Principal Building Control Officer to implement Building Regulations and their enforcement in accordance with powers delegated by the council, including Pre Application advice and guidance; receipt, validation, administration and plan examination of applications for Building Regulation Approval, including applications submitted as part of the LABC Partner Authority Scheme; site inspection of developments to determine building work carried out on site is compliant with Building Regulations and any other relevant Legislation; processing of Initial Notices submitted by Approved Inspectors; processing of consultations for all types of Building Regulation Applications; administer the Council’s responsibilities in relation to Dangerous Structures and Demolitions.



NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.


Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Qualifications:

HNC/HND in Surveying/Construction.
AssocRICS, ABEng or equivalent professional qualification.
BICoF Class 2F minimum.



Experience:

Experience/knowledge of Building Regulations and other legislation.
Experience/knowledge in Surveying/Construction related employment.
Experience/knowledge of Building Control Enforcement services.
Experience/knowledge of Dangerous Structures and associated Legislation.



Knowledge:

Relevant up to date knowledge of all relevant Building Regulation Legislation in relation to Building Control services.
Relevant up to date knowledge in relation to administering the Council’s responsibilities relating to Dangerous Structures and Demolitions.



Skills & Abilities:

Ability to carry out site inspections to establish compliance with Building Regulations.
Ability to carry out investigations of alleged contraventions of the Building Regulations and take enforcement action where necessary.
Ability to carry out plan examination of submitted Building Regulation applications to determine compliance with Building Regulations and other relevant legislation.
Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with a wide range of people from different backgrounds.
Ability to demonstrate customer orientated approach to service delivery.
Ability to establish stakeholder relationships and to communicate effectively.
Ability to recognise key issues, identify problems and find, and implement, solutions.
Access to a car or means of mobility support (if driving then must have a current valid driving licence and appropriate insurance).
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).



***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.

Full Driving licence, access to a vehicle or access to means of mobility support.

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Job Ref: Durham 1000055715037164


Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.

We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.

Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.