Building Control Surveyor (Registered Building Inspector)

Surrey Heath Borough Council; Camberley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Surrey Heath Borough Council as a Building Control Surveyor, where your expertise will ensure compliance with building regulations in a supportive team. This role offers competitive salary, flexible working, and a commitment to community engagement. Ideal for both newly qualified and experienced inspectors.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Local government pension scheme

Paid professional membership fee

Subsidized gym membership

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Registered Building Inspector qualification required.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Excellent customer service and IT skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensure applications are processed within statutory periods.
• Conduct site inspections for compliance with building regulations.
• Inspect Dangerous Structures and provide out-of-hours cover.

Skills

Literacy

Numeracy

IT skills

Customer service

Decision making

Education

Registered Building Inspector qualification

CABE, RICS or CIOB membership

Job description

Building Control Surveyor (Registered Building Inspector)

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Salary: £55,708.00 – £61,184.00 per annum (inclusive of £9,000 Recruitment & Retention Allowance), plus £2,000 car allowance per annum, and £5,000, one-off ‘Golden Hello’ payment made payable following successful completion of probationary period

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Flexible Hours/Full Time

Hours: 37 hours per week.

Join Surrey Heath Borough Council and be part of an organisation which is committed to delivery through meaningful community engagement and excellent customer service. We have a friendly and supportive staff culture with people who want to help make a real difference in our community for everyone that lives and works here. We welcome a culture of innovation and creativity by welcoming new ideas from everyone. We support a work life balance with options for flexible and hybrid working.

About The Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for newly qualified or experienced Registered Building Inspectors to join the Council’s Building Control Team. You will join an efficient and pro-active team of professionals to ensure the continuation of a first-class Building Control Service

Surrey Heath Borough comprises of a mix of residential, high end residential and commercial developments within 36.5 sq miles.

About You

We are looking for Registered Building Inspectors to manage an area within the Borough and assist the team as a whole to maintain its current outstandingly high level of service. Duties will include ensuring decisions on applications are made within the statutory period, undertaking site inspections so that works carried out on site comply with the building regulations, inspecting Dangerous Structures, providing out of hours and office cover.

We are seeking applicants with a good level of literacy and numeracy together with excellent IT skills. You will also need to be committed to delivering a first-class customer focused service in a competitive environment and marketing the department and Local Authority Building Control (LABC).

The ability to make clear concise and accurate decisions on the spot and under pressure is essential. You will ideally be a member of the CABE, RICS or CIOB. A current full UK driving licence and daily access to a car for business purposes are required, for which expenses will be paid.

Additional Information

We are committed to providing a healthy work life balance for our employees, with hybrid working and other flexible working arrangements on offer. A laptop and mobile phone will be provided for your role. We offer a generous benefits package including a minimum of 24 or 25 days’ annual leave (grade dependant) rising by a further 5 days after 5 years’ service, plus paid Bank Holidays, a generous local government pension scheme, free parking for all employees and payment of a professional membership fee. As well as subsidised gym membership at our local Places Leisure Centre and great savings from supermarkets, shopping, cycle to work schemes and holidays via the My Staff Shop scheme.

Closing date: Sunday 22nd June 2025

Interview date: Thursday 26th June 2025

Please note that an assessment maybe required, you will be informed of this prior to interview.

For an informal discussion, please contact Samantha Hallam, Building Control Manager on

01276 707243, [e-mail]

Our Commitment

Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

NO AGENCY CALLS, PLEASE

Surrey Heath Borough Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How To Apply

Please apply online via the link provided.

Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to safer recruitment and equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. If you are unable to apply online for reasons of disability, please call 01276 707126 to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be made to accommodate your individual requirements.

Please Note

All successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks in line with BPSS guidelines, which includes standard identification, referencing and unspent conviction checks. Surrey Heath Borough Council undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed.

For the best chance of successful application, please read the Job Description and Personal Specification fully before applying for this vacancy as it contains information you will need to refer to when applying. We do not accept CV’s submitted without a fully completed application form. To reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. If you choose to submit your CV with your application form we request that you remove all your personal details before uploading your CV.

This will ensure that Managers cannot see your personal details when completing their shortlist. If you have not heard from the council within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. All unsuccessful applications will be removed and confidentially disposed of 6 months after the closing date.

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