Associate Building Control Inspector

Capita; Manchester; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

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Build better environments as an associate building control inspector:

Location: Home Based roles - Nationwide

Salary: 60k+

Join us as an associate building control inspector and you’ll improve building safety and the environment we live in. You’ll use your professional and technical skills to deliver statutory building control functions to our core and external growth services on a wide range of commercial and domestic projects. You’ll be involved at every stage of the construction process and, with health and safety at the heart of everything you do, you’ll create the standards that make sure these projects are safe, compliant and sustainable. We’re also making provisions to meet the challenging requirements of the new Building Safety Regime.

With innovative technology at your fingertips, you’ll also have the opportunity to interface with various stakeholders and organisations. In your role, we will expect you to be chartered and a member of a recognised professional body, namely CABE, RICS, CIOB, etc. However, for the right candidate, we will support you to become chartered. We’ll also give you a comprehensive induction and continue your development journey with a tailored learning and development programme with access to bespoke training, and you can become part of our mentoring programme, too. With lots of flexibility, this is an exciting opportunity to help us shape our business and our client’s future operations. Apply now and you’ll have a huge impact on future building safety and the safeguarding of communities and the people who live, work and visit them.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing:

1. Be involved in external contract, growth and resilience work.
2. Delivering all building control functions and services, including pre-application meetings, plan checking, site inspections and visits of various nature.
3. Making decisions on works, applications, notices and other matters, controlled under the Building Act 1984, Building Regulations 2010 and an imminently new Building Safety Regime.
4. Liaising with other partner agencies and authorities, as required in the process of carrying out your duties and responsibilities.
5. Upselling our building control services and specialist services, including other associated provisions.

What we’re looking for:

1. Comprehensive experience in building control inspection, general building surveying, design, project management or other similar specialist services, ideally within a local government authority or building control body.
2. Thorough knowledge of current building control legislation, associated guidance and issues relevant to the post and be a good practical problem solver.
3. Excellent experience of administering all forms and levels of building regulation applications.
4. Knowledge and understanding of operating building control software systems.
5. Ability to undertake all duties in accordance with the building control quality management system and building control performance standards policy adopted.

About Capita Local Public Services

At Capita Local Public Services, we’re transforming the way local government authorities and councils serve the public. We’re using technology, innovation and domain knowledge to improve services and deliver savings. Our teams are answering thousands of service calls every day and are making significant differences to communities and areas in the process making them safer and improving amenity.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary (£60k+).
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice.
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more.
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.
• You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita.

You’ll be joining a network of 55,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email [e-mail] or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.

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