Test Valley - Assistant Building Control Surveyor / Building Control Surveyor

LABC (Local Authority Building Control); Andover; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Home working

Lease car

Pension scheme

On-site parking

Job summary

Test Valley Borough Council is seeking an Assistant Building Control Surveyor to join our Building Control team in Andover. The role offers a career-graded pathway (grades 6–8) with a salary range reflected in the posted figures.

You will contribute to the delivery of building control services across residential, commercial, and mixed-use schemes. The post includes training and supervision, with opportunities for professional development, flexible working options, and a lease car or cash

Responsibilities

• Assist in a wide range of building control projects including residential, commercial and mixed-use schemes.
• Deal with dangerous structures and respond to emergency incidents.
• Develop effective client relationships through partnership working.

Job description

Assistant Building Control Surveyor / Building Control Surveyor

Career Graded- 6-8 (£32,155.20 – £45,518.52 per annum)

Full time, 37 hours

Beech Hurst, Andover

Benefits include: payment of professional subscription, and at grades 7 and 8, a leased car or cash alternative (currently £3000), subject to meeting mileage requirements.

We have a great opportunity at Test Valley Borough Council, a forward-thinking organisation with excellent employee satisfaction rates. If you are enthusiastic and self-motivated, and are seeking a Building Control Surveying role for 2026, this could be just the job for you.

With an established reputation within our community for delivering high quality services, you’ll play a key part in the delivery of this vital service. You will be aware of the challenges facing the Building Control profession and be willing to respond to these along with improving our market share and increase the potential for personal development for the whole team. The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment is an urgent challenge and an important priority for the service; using your expertise you’ll be expected to make a valuable contribution to this.

As an Assistant Building Control Surveyor, you will be offered training and supervision, and will help the team of technical surveyors providing guidance and advice on all building control matters. Under supervision, you will be involved in a wide range of projects including residential, commercial and mixed‑use schemes. We have a number of partnership working agreements that you will be involved with, so it is important to develop effective client relationships.

If you are already an experienced 2A Building Control Surveyor, you will be one of a team of technical surveyors providing guidance and advice on all building control matters. From your first day of employment, you will undertake a wide range of projects including residential, commercial and mixed‑use schemes. This also includes dealing with dangerous structures and attending other emergency incidents, as well as dealing with a number of partnership working schemes that require effective client relationships.

• flexible working hours and some home working opportunities.
• remote/mobile working technology.
• competitive salary, with a starting salary dependent on your ability, experience and qualifications.
• A lease car or cash allowance options at grades 7 and 8 are also available subject to meeting mileage criteria.
• We pride ourselves on our supportive working environment and you’ll also benefit from flexi‑time, generous holiday allowance, professional subscription paid, free car parking on site, staff restaurant, subsidised leisure facilities and membership of the local government pension scheme.

As a progressive council we also place great importance on living our values and behaviours in terms of how we work and deliver our services. For more information on our values and behaviours, and why it is a great to work at Test Valley Borough Council, please follow Test Valley, a great place to work | Test Valley Borough Council.

More information about working for the Council can also be found here; https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/aboutyourcouncil/a-great-place-to-work/employee-benefits

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Tom Wippell, Head of Building Control, on 01264 368453.

Closing date for applications: 07 September 2026