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Interim Building Control Surveyor - Building Control
Reference no: Redcar 1001559814942556
Pay Rate: £22.42 per hour PAYE
Hours per week 35-37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 4-5 months
City: REDCAR
Participate in the operation of the Building Control Section in a manner which takes account of all relevant legislation and agreed policies of the Council. Participate in the implementation of efficient and effective, quality assessed procedures and working arrangements to ensure that Council and Statutory targets are achieved.
Assist the Building Control Manager and Team to deliver the Councils statutory and non-statutory responsibilities in order to provide a Building Control service which ensures buildings are safe, healthy, accessible and sustainable for current and future generations.
Key Responsibilities:
Be responsible to the Building Control Manager and Senior Building Control Surveyor and support the effective and efficient discharge of the Building Control function.
Examine, report upon, determine and issue decision notices in respect of applications deposited under the Building Regulations in a timely manner in accordance with the section’s local performance indicators following procedures laid down in the section’s quality management system.
Inspect and report upon work in progress to secure compliance with the Building Regulations; issue completion certificates for compliant work as appropriate; all in accordance with procedures laid down in the section’s quality management system.
Communicate and negotiate with the public, appropriate officers of the council, external agencies and other professionals with regard building projects deposited for determination under the Building Regulations.
Responsible for validating and auditing fees deposited with building regulation applications to ensure they accord with the ‘Local Authority charges regulations’.
Responsible for assisting the Senior Building Control Surveyor by giving advice to the general public, appropriate officers of the council and external agencies on all procedural and substantive aspects of the Building Regulations and the Building Control function.
Maintain records in respect of the timely and expeditious delivery of the range of tasks set out in the section’s Quality Procedures with regards plan examination comments, site inspection records, the issuing of decision notices, completion certificates and any other correspondence relating to building regulations applications; consultation with statutory bodies (Structural calculations, Development Management, NWA etc) and lapsed plan notifications.
Investigate any instances of unauthorised work under the supervision of the Senior Building Surveyor and progress to compliance with the Building Regulations or ensure removal of non-complying work following procedures laid down in the section’s quality management system.
Investigate, report upon, and consider the acceptability under the Building Regulations of unauthorised work notified to the Authority under the regularisation procedure, all as laid down in the section’s quality management system.
Investigate, report upon, and consider the acceptability of new building materials, construction methods and working practices for compliance with Building Regulations.
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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:
Minimum 5 GCSE’s must include Maths and English or equivalent
HNC/D Building Studies or equivalent
Knowledge:
Substantial knowledge of building construction.
Substantial knowledge of Building Regulations.
Good knowledge of Charges Regulations
Good knowledge in the operation of a wide range of bespoke IT systems.
Experience:
Extensive experience of working in a busy office environment
Extensive experience of communicating and negotiating with members of the public and external clients
Substantial experience of the Building Control function
Skills & Abilities:
Good keyboard and IT skills to complete tasks with precision and speed to the required standard and timescales.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills
The ability to apply creative skills to develop solutions to building control issues
Good ability to plan tasks, prioritise work and work to deadlines to meet performance targets.
Ability to organise workload and carry out a wide range of administrative and technical duties expeditiously to meet statutory time limits and to enhance service delivery.
The ability to multi task whilst under pressure
The ability to communicate well with staff at all levels and to maintain an efficient and courteous interface with a wide range of internal and external clients
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Job Ref: Redcar 1001559814942556
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.
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