Senior Building Control Surveyor

Heathrow; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international airport is seeking a Regulatory Compliance Specialist to ensure adherence to building regulations for various projects. The role requires technical expertise and leadership abilities, overseeing compliance assessments and mentoring team members. Applicants must be a Registered Building Inspector and a full member of a relevant professional institution. This position supports flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual performance-based bonuses

Generous annual leave

Private health insurance

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Building Inspector at Class 3G or 3H level.
• Experience in project management of the building control function.
• Experience of building control in multi-tenanted commercial buildings.

Responsibilities

• Timely review of plans for compliance with Building Regulations.
• Assessment and consultation for projects.
• Maintain personal competence in relevant subject areas.

Skills

Technical expertise

Regulatory assurance

Leadership

Strong assessment ability

Education

Full membership of a relevant professional institution (RICS, CABE, CIOB, CIBSE)

Job description

Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers, while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability. At Heathrow, you can be part of this – providing solutions that make every journey better for millions each year. That means ensuring we meet the changing needs of the passengers, colleagues, and partners who use our airport to work, travel, trade, shop, eat, explore, and connect. Our Solution teams cover project management, process improvement, business change, technology, cyber defence, master planning, infrastructure, and procurement. It brings together people with the skills to deliver prestigious and often large-scale projects, from transforming terminals to making big reductions in our carbon emissions.

Every day will test your skills and give you the opportunity to make your mark. You might be working with the technology and data that power our city within a city, driving vital commercial agreements with everyone from retailers to airlines, or improving the unique infrastructure that includes everything from 200 buildings to 250 HV substations. It’s a collaborative environment, where you can rely on the support of the experts around you as you take on projects you’ll both take pride in and feel passionate about.

Job Description

Category: Legal and Compliance

This is a pivotal role that combines technical expertise, regulatory assurance, and leadership to support a wide range of developments — from routine projects to complex, high-profile schemes. You will play a key role in maintaining service excellence, mentoring team members, and driving continuous improvement within our ISO 9001-accredited quality management framework.

Your role will involve

• The timely review and assessment of submitted plans for compliance with Building Regulations and relevant standards, as well as assessment of construction activities via in-person inspection activities to ensure compliance with Building Regulations and relevant standards.
• Assessing the need for and carrying out consultations (statutory and others) necessary for projects.
• Assessment of overall compliance with Building Regulations, including issuing appropriate documentation or, when necessary, taking corrective actions.
• Maintaining and developing personal competence (SKEB) in relevant subject areas to ensure relevant registration is achieved and maintained.
• Supporting part/unqualified members of the team to gain the necessary exposure to develop their SKEB and gain appropriate registration.

• Must be a Registered Building Inspector at Class 3G or 3H level (Class 2F would also be considered).
• Must be a full member of a relevant professional institution (such as RICS, CABE, CIOB, or CIBSE).
• Strong technical knowledge and ability to assess compliance from first principles.

Ideally, you’ll have:

• Experience in project management of the building control function (management and planning of building control engagement on major projects).
• Experience of building control in multi-tenanted commercial buildings or reviewing fire engineered solutions.

About us

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities, and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family-friendly policies, access to private health insurance, and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.