The main purpose of the Building Control Service is to ensure that building work in Kirklees is carried out in compliance with current building regulations and that any potentially dangerous buildings are made safe. We also deal with safety at sporting events and provide advice to the safety advisory group (SAGs). The service comprises of a Building Control Manager, Senior Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Technicians, and a small group of business support officers.
The main responsibility of the role is processing building regulation applications, processing Initial Notices/Cancellation Notices/Amendment Notices, Final Certificates, working out appropriate fees, scanning and indexing paperwork and plans using specialist software (APAS). You will also log any changes to plans, arrange inspections on site, and issue completion certificates. Additionally, you will raise invoices and credit notes on SAP. A further element of the role is undertaking ‘searches’ when houses are sold.
Requests and queries come into the office by email, by telephone, and by ‘SMILE’ where calls are taken by Kirklees Direct and are sent through on an electronic system called ‘SMILE’. A high standard of customer care is essential.
This role requires accuracy of data inputting and knowledge of IT packages such as Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Here are some of the tasks you might perform in a typical day:
* Responding to email queries
* Responding to SMILE queries
* Answering telephone calls, giving advice, and passing on messages as appropriate
* Liaising with building surveyors and colleagues throughout the course of all your work
* Dealing with digital post, receipting, and processing building regulations applications and working out fees
* Taking card payments via an automated payment system
* Recording information onto specialist software
* Creating invoices/credit notes and journals for upload to the SAP system
* Electronic filing and occasional scanning
* Booking inspection requests
* Reporting dangerous structures
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Closing date: 10 January 2025, 11:55 PM
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