Building Control Surveyor

Berry Recruitment; Southampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is offering a Building Control Surveyor position to work with Southampton City Council. This role involves ensuring compliance with building regulations through site inspections and plan checking. Successful candidates must have experience and qualifications, including a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Building Studies. The role is on a PAYE direct basis and offers the potential for full-time employment. Training will be provided to develop knowledge around enforcement procedures and health safety.

Benefits

Holiday pay

Qualifications

• Registered with the BSR at Class 2.
• Experience in site inspections and plan checking expected.

Responsibilities

• Apply Building regulation requirements to ensure a safe built environment.
• Carry out inspections to check compliance with standards.
• Advise customers on legislation and standards.

Skills

Knowledge of Building Regulations

Ability to read and understand plans

Good knowledge of construction

Understanding of enforcement procedures

Good communication skills

Excellent IT skills

Teamwork

Education

Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Building Studies or Equivalent

Job description

Berry Recruitment is offering a fantastic opportunity for Building Control Surveyor (Building Services and Maintenance) to join our team, working with Southampton City Council. This 3-month rolling contract has the potential for full-time employment for the right candidates.

The Role

Apply Building regulation requirements and associated legislation to a range of projects to ensure a safe accessible and sustainable built environment

Hours

9AM - 4PM, Monday to Friday

PAYE Direct

PAYE direct with Berry Recruitment - including holiday pay

Surveyor Requirements

Surveyor must be registered with the BSR at Class 2

Majority of role will be site inspections and some plan checking

Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Building Studies or Equivalent

Working within the Housing Operations team

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Knowledge of applying Building Regulations, Building Act and associated legislation to enable enforcement via plan checking and site inspections (Training will be provided)
• Ability to read and understand plans to check and apply standards in Approved Documents
• Good knowledge of construction to check compliance of building work on site
• Good understanding of enforcement procedures to enable legal action to be taken on non-compliant building work (Training will be provided)
• Ability to deal with dangerous structures to ensure public safety (Training will be provided)
• Good communication skills including written and verbal to advise customers effectively
• Ability to carry out inspections of buildings and construction works to identify compliance with Approved Documents and standards
• Excellent IT skills to check plans, communicate with customers, record site inspection and administer applications.
• Work as part of a team leading and supporting colleagues to ensure high quality services.

Desirable

• Awareness of Health and Safety to ensure own safety when working on construction sites
• Ability to demonstrate improvements to service delivery.

If you have the relevant Building Control Surveyor (Building Services and Maintenance) skills, experience, and qualifications, and would like to discuss this opportunity further, please apply online now. We will review all Candidates and contact suitable candidates.

Full job description will be provided.

Please note: If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks of your application, unfortunately, you have not been selected on this occasion.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job