Admin Assistant – Building Control

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Admin Assistant to support their building control operations in Leeds. This role is perfect for a detail-oriented individual with a background in administration and building control. You'll be the first point of contact for clients, managing correspondence and supporting the team with essential tasks. Join a fast-growing company that values professional development and offers a fun, sociable work environment. With significant growth on the horizon, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team and advance your career.

Benefits

33 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Employee Assistance Programme

Company sick pay

Qualifications

• Experience in building control is essential.
• Proficiency in IT and administration tasks required.

Responsibilities

• Generate and issue letters to clients and record responses.
• Process fee payments and handle general admin duties.
• Submit applications and follow up on inspections.

Skills

Administration experience in building control

Confident telephone manner

IT proficiency

Self-motivated and organized

Great interpersonal skills

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YDBC

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Leeds, United Kingdom

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Posted:

02.05.2025

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16.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job Title : Admin Assistant – Building Control

Salary : £19,000 – £22,000 depending on experience

The Company:

YDBC Ltd is an Approved Inspector, with offices in Horsforth and Darlington. YDBC was established in 2009 to provide a professional and friendly straight forward approach to ensure projects meet the ever changing demands of the building regulations.

YDBC is part of the C80 Group. C80 Group is a fast-growing integrated building consultancy offering services in the building compliance, building control, energy assessment and M&E design spaces. We currently consist of four businesses: C80 Solutions, YDBC Building Control, Ask Building Control and Stewarts Building Services Consultancy.

It’s a great time to join us. In 2022 we saw significant 50% organic growth, allowing us to double our headcount and open a brand new Leeds office alongside our existing head office in Horsforth. In 2023 and beyond, we aim to continue our rapid expansion through key new hires, acquisitions and further organic growth.

Our fast-paced environment provides plenty of training and progression opportunities for our team members and we pride ourselves on providing a varied, interesting, fun and sociable place to work. We’ve been shortlisted for the People Development Award at the Yorkshire & Humber Constructing Excellence Awards two years in a row

The Role

The company currently has a position available for an Administrator based in Horsforth or Birstall.

Candidates must have a confident and professional telephone manner, have administration experience in building control and be fully proficient in all forms of IT.

The Administrator will be the first point of contact to new customers.

Responsibilities

Depending on experience the role will initially include:

• Generating and issuing 28, 60 and 90 day letters to clients via the system and record all responses in the relevant file
• Generating and submitting Final Certificates to local authorities/clients
• Chase up quotes via the automated system and record all responses archiving where required
• Processing fee payments – taking payments by card
• General admin duties including filing, answering calls and taking messages

In due course the role will expand to include the following:

• Processing new applications and submitting Initial Notices to local authorities
• Sending water/fire/structural consultations out and processing the responses to these consultations
• Generating and submitting Plans Certificates to local authorities/agents/clients
• Following up on completion inspections/reminding clients of completion information requirements/time restrictions
• Submitting extension of time letters / notices of cancellation to local authorities
• Generating and submitting Final Certificates to local authorities/clients

Skills and Experience

• Experience working in building control
• Self-motivated, organized with a high degree of accuracy
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Great with people

What we offer

• 33 days holiday (inc. bank holidays)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company sick pay

If you are interested in applying for this role, please email your CV to .