Department: Place
Team: Building Control
Hours: 37 
Grade: H (scp 27 £30,507 - scp 31 £33,799)
Contract Type: Permanent 
Location: Town Hall Bolton
Essential Requirements: Driving Licence Required, Qualification MCABE, MRICS, MCIOB

The Role 

You will form part of a team of surveyors and will be responsible for the delivery of Building Control services across the Borough. Covering a wide range of work from commercial town centre schemes to domestic developments. You will be able to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the legislation and technical documents which underpin the Building Regulations; and your ability in dealing with reports regarding dangerous structures. Most importantly you will be able to work with a range of clients from homeowners to large commercial / industrial developers who expect a prompt service and high-quality advice.

About You

To carry out this role you should be qualified to degree level or equivalent, in a related discipline and be a Corporate Member of a building control related organisation – Chartered Association of Building Engineers (MCABE), Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB), or Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) or equivalent You should have a good understanding and practical knowledge and experience of the role and its accountabilities, ideally acquired whilst working in a Local Authority or Approved Inspector building control organisation.  You will be expected to take part in the ‘out of hours’ rota, for responding to reports of dangerous structures 24/7, for which an additional payment is made 


About Us

Bolton Building Control Service is ISO 9001 Certified and annually we receive in the region of 1,000 applications providing a wide range of services including full plans submissions, building notices, partnership working, regularisations and street naming and numbering.  This work involves over 7,000 inspections per year.   In addition, Building Surveyors attended a total of 159 reports of dangerous buildings.   Our aim is to ensure a healthy and safe environment whilst assisting clients to achieve appropriate standards throughout the construction process  

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A DBS check is therefore required for this post.   This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.   This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits

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