Registered Building Control Surveyor/Registered Senior Building Control Surveyor

Maidstone Borough Council; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Maidstone is seeking a qualified Class 2 Registered Building Control Surveyor to join its Building Control Team. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with Building Regulations while providing high-quality customer service. Responsibilities include conducting inspections, negotiating with developers, and working within a hybrid model. Applicants should hold relevant surveying experience and a valid UK driving licence. The position offers a permanent contract with flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Hold a clean valid UK driving licence and ability to travel for site inspections.
• Experience in negotiating and advising developers and applicants.
• Stay updated with changes in legislation.

Responsibilities

• Carry out building control duties and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Liaise with statutory bodies for effective control.
• Be on stand-by out of hours for dangerous structures.

Skills

Relevant Building Surveying experience

Excellent communication skills

Customer engagement

Education

Minimum registration of 2A (Domestic) RBI

Full membership of RICS, CABE, CIOB

Job description

About the Role

We have an opportunity for a qualified and experienced Class 2 Registered Building Control Surveyor or Registered Senior Building Control Surveyor to join our small but successful and highly skilled team based in Maidstone Town Centre, the County Town of Kent.

Our Building Control Team has a reputation for high standards of service delivery and customer care, ensuring our customer requirements alongside performance targets are met.

We are looking for a surveyor who is committed to delivering a first-class customer orientated service and has the ability to promote our service in a busy competitive marketplace.

You will be a key member of our Building Control Team ensuring safe, compliant and sustainable development a varied workload.

The primary role of the post holder is to enforce Building Regulations. You will be responsible for the supervision of an area that covers both domestic and commercial types of work in a geographical area that encompasses the North Downs AONB.

Duties

• Responsibility to carry out building control duties.
• Negotiating and advising developers, applicants and other interested parties.
• Keeping up to date with changes in legislation.
• Carry out plan appraisals within the prescribed period to ensure compliance with Building Regulations.
• Liaise with statutory undertakers – Kent Fire and Rescue, Southern Water Services.
• Out of Hours stand-by for dangerous structures for which an additional allowance is paid plus overtime for any hours worked.

This is a full time position working 37 hours per week on a permanent contract. The role will include hybrid working opportunity.

About You

Essentially, the successful candidate must have relevant Building Surveying experience and hold a minimum registration of 2A (Domestic) RBI with the Building Safety Regulator, working towards 2B (General).

A full membership of an approved professional institute such as RICS, CABE, CIOB is desirable though not essential.

You will hold a clean valid UK driving licence and have the ability to travel across the borough to conduct site visits/inspections.

You will be highly motivated and have excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with different audiences but with the experience to know when to seek expert help.

The Council considers this to be a customer focused role and the ability to converse at ease with customers adapting communication style to suit differing audiences and provide advice in accurate spoken English is fundamental to the role.

About Maidstone Borough Council

Maidstone Borough Council is a confident and forward-thinking organisation, committed to delivering high-quality services to our residents and local businesses. We are ambitious in our goals to make the borough an attractive place to live, work, and invest, while supporting a thriving local economy.

We continue to build on our strengths—our assets, knowledge, expertise, and a strong track record of innovation and improvement—to ensure a financially sustainable future that supports our long-term vision.

Our success depends on the talent, dedication, and hard work of our people. We invite you to be part of our journey. In return, we offer support, training, and fair rewards, along with opportunities to develop your skills and contribute to a positive, forward-looking working environment. Your ideas for improvement will be valued, and we are committed to managing change effectively as we embrace new ways of working.

At Maidstone Borough Council, we recognise the importance of flexible working and the benefits it brings to both our staff and the organisation. By offering a range of flexible working options, we aim to enhance wellbeing, engagement, and productivity. Our highly flexible hybrid working model, alongside flexi-time and other flexible working policies, empowers staff to shape their working patterns and achieve a better work-life balance.

Selection Process

Following the submission of your application form, it will be reviewed by the recruiting manager. Those that are successful in securing an interview can expect job specific interview assessment, followed by an interview.

Contact

Maidstone Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.

For further information or to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact a member of the Senior Team at [e-mail]

Job Description and Person Specification: https://docs.maidstone.gov.uk/jobs/Registered-Building-Control-Surveyor-Registered-Senior-BCS-MBC-JDPS-Dec25.pdf

Interview Date: w/c 19th January 2026