Contract Type : Permanent
Salary: Grade G. SCP 23 £33,366 - SCP 28 £37,938
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Tameside One, Ashton-under-Lyne
Assessment Date : Shortlisting w/c 13 January 2025, Interviews w/c 20 January 2025
The Role
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Building Control team as an Assistant Building Control Surveyor.
The role has great potential for the candidate to build their experience working on a variety of projects both domestic and commercial of varying scales.
There’s plenty happening in Tameside. With some of the largest development pockets of land in the Greater Manchester area, Tameside has a number of significant growth projects that are being taken forward. These include the 2,000+ home Godley Green Garden Village, Ashton Moss employment site with capacity to deliver 1million sq ft of commercial floorspace, the St Petersfield mixed use regeneration scheme and other significant mixed use regeneration projects in Tameside’s 9 towns.
The role will involve plan checking, site inspections, dangerous structures, enforcement, and contravention work, with support provided by other members of the team. Good communication and organisational skills, including effective work prioritisation, are an important part of the position.
In return, Tameside will support your training and professional development through a recognised Level 4 Diploma in Building Control Surveying.
About You
We are seeking an experienced Class 1 Assistant Building Control Surveyor who can support the Building Control Service. You will have:
* NVQ level 2 in literacy and numeracy or 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, in English, Maths, a Science (preferably Physics or Chemistry) and two other subjects.
* Ability to successfully complete a Level 4 qualification in Building Control (this includes but is not limited to courses provided by Local Authority Building Control (LABC)).
* Ability to obtain Class 2A/2B Registered Building Inspector status through the Building Safety Regulator within the time taken to complete the approved training course plus one year.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 2490 or Daniel.Wheelwright@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number : DPT505
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