Building Regulations Principle Designer

Talk Recruitment Ltd; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CompetitiveBasic

Car Allowance

Pension

Bonus

Job summary

Talk Recruitment Ltd seeks a Building Regulations Advisor / Inspector to guide project teams on compliance with building safety standards in a Midlands hybrid/remote role.

You will assume Principal Designer duties, review design information, mentor regional staff and liaise with Design Managers to ensure compliance, delivering consistent, high-quality outputs.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Hold a Class 3 Building Control accreditation/qualification with RBI experience.
• Level D competence across the Building Inspector competence framework.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree/HND/HNC).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with customers, stakeholders and project teams, communicating technical solutions per building regs.
• Fulfill the Principal Designer role and demonstrate competencies to advise project teams.
• Create processes to review team competency and ensure compliant design information.
• Liaise with Design Managers and design teams to ensure information supports compliance.
• Ensure design information is of high standard, compliant and deliverable.
• Keep accurate records of conversations and decisions.
• Sign as Principal Designer duty holder after design completion.
• Assist sites and respond to questions raised during site inspections.
• Engage with and mentor regional design manager community.

Skills

Building sector knowledge

RBI accreditation

Level D competence

Construction degree

Education

Degree/HND/HNC

Job description

Building Regulations Advisor / Building Inspector / Building Regulations Consultant / Building Regulations Principle Designer (Technical Lead) – Construction / Building - Midlands - Hybrid / remote working role.

Reputable Tier 1 building main contractor with long term work on local midlands public and private sector projects including Education, Healthcare, Commercial, Blue Light and Residential.

Ideal opportunity for job security, with long term local regional projects and hybrid working.

Option also to base out of Birmingham or Nottingham office.

Due to a strong work pipeline this is an exciting opportunityto join one of the UK’s largest privately owned building main contractors.

Role

As Building Regulations Advisor you will play a key role to provide technical guidance to project teams to ensure compliance with business and building safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain positive relationships with our customers, stakeholders, and project teams, and effectively communicate technical solutions and recommendations in accordance with relevant building regulations.
• Facilitate the company’s role as “Principal Designer” and demonstrate the right competencies to be an advisor to our project teams.
• Create processes and procedures to review the competency of other members of the team.
• Where appropriate, liaise with Design Managers and the wider design team to ensure they and specialists have provided information and detail to demonstrate compliance requirements of the legislation.
• Ensure that design information is of a consistent high standard, compliant, and deliverable for the project.
• Keep accurate records of conversations and decisions.
• Upon completion of the design, sign as the “Principal Designer” duty holder for and on behalf of the business.
• Assist sites and respond to questions or items raised through site inspections by others, where required.
• Engage with and mentor our regional design manager community.

Requirements

To be considered for this Building Regulations Advisor role you must meet the following criteria:

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Hold a Class 3 Building Control accreditation/qualification with previous experience as a Registered Building Inspector (RBI)
• Possess a Level D competence across the Building Inspector Competence Framework as required by a Class 3 Building Control Officer and demonstrate the behaviours and ethics appropriate to this level.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).

Remuneration

The successful Building Regulations Advisor will receive:

• CompetitiveBasic (Dependent on experience)
• Car Allowance
• Pension
• Bonus