Senior Building Control Surveyor

Job introduction

Are you looking for a busy and varied role as a Registered Building Inspector where you can make a real difference in Building Control?

Do you thrive in a diverse team that prioritises the health, safety, and welfare of residents, workers, and visitors?

Would you like to play a key role in delivering our vision to make Brighton & Hove a city to be proud of?

Brighton & Hove is a vibrant and flourishing city, home to a unique blend of iconic heritage buildings, historic and contemporary housing, and exciting new developments. We’re looking for someone who thrives in a dynamic and challenging environment and is confident in delivering a wide range of responsibilities.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For an informal discussion to find out more about this exciting new role, please contact Marina Brigginshaw on 07594 647093.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Building Control team. In this role, you will manage a caseload of applications, respond to dangerous structures, enforcement and demolition matters - making a real impact on the safety and quality of the built environment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Making professional judgements on the adequacy of building work and its compliance with regulations.

• Responding to and resolving dangerous structures.

• Determining and applying the most appropriate enforcement powers to address non-compliance.

• Providing advice on relevant legislation and associated quality assurance systems.

As part of our team, you’ll help deliver a high-quality Building Control service in line with legislation and professional standards.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your Application Form and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Application Form guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Part office / part home – hybrid - We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).