Senior Building Control Officer

SENIOR BUILDING CONTROL OFFICER

 

Directorate:           Environmental and Community Services

Department:          Regulatory and Housing Services

Hours:                    37 hours per week

Contract Status:    Permanent

Salary:                   Grade H - £42,708 to £46,731 (plus standby allowance)

Location:               Long Eaton Town Hall, Derby Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire NG10 1HU

                               Hybrid working available

 

About Us:

Centrally located between Nottingham and Derby with good transport links, Erewash is a diverse borough encompassing the towns of Long Eaton and Ilkeston. Erewash and West Nottinghamshire Building Consultancy are seeking to recruit a Senior Building Control Officer to work for one of the Midlands foremost local authority building control services.

 

About the Role:

You will help to successfully deliver the building control service, which includes plan checking and site inspections on domestic, commercial and mixed-use projects along with demolition licensing and a dangerous structure service to four local authorities – Erewash, Broxtowe, Mansfield and Ashfield.

 

We are fully committed to training and developing our staff and as a Senior Officer you will also provide support to other Building Control colleagues as well as mentoring Assistant Building Control Officers.

 

About You:

We are looking for someone who has excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with experience of forming and maintaining key relationships with partners and customers. You will have a high level of knowledge and understanding of building control legislation.

 

You must be a registered building inspector at minimum level 2 and be working towards level 3 specialist, and level 4 technical manager.

 

You should also have a relevant qualification in Building Surveying (or equivalent demonstrable experience) and corporate membership or working towards corporate membership with either the Chartered Association of Building Engineers, Chartered Institute of Building or Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Ideally you should also hold a postgraduate qualification in fire engineering or access studies and should achieve by assessment LABC level 6 Competency.

 

The usual place of work will be the Town Hall in Long Eaton; however, you may be required to work at other premises from time to time in order to undertake your duties. The post is full time, and the hours of work are 37 hours per week plus out of hours emergency standby, which is rota based.

 

Applications for full or part time hours will also be considered.

 

The closing date for applications is 7^th April 2025 at midnight. Interviews are scheduled to take place on 14^th April 2025.

 

For an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity please contact Kevin Renshaw, Building Control Manager on 0115 907 2226 or by email kevin.renshaw@erewash.gov.uk

 

Benefits of Working for Us:

In addition to a competitive salary, you will also have access to:

• A generous annual leave package – 29 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ continuous service) plus 8 bank holidays a year.
• Free workplace car parking within the Borough.
• Opportunities for training, learning and continuous professional development.
• Family friendly flexible and Hybrid working policies available.
• Option to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) plus access to a salary sacrifice scheme for added voluntary pension contributions.
• Discounted leisure centre membership with the Fit for Work scheme.
• Employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Essential car user allowance.

 

How to Apply:

Interested candidates can apply with a CV and a supporting statement, clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role.  

 

Alternatively, an application form and job description are available from Human Resources, Erewash Borough Council, Town Hall, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 5RP, telephone: 0115 931 6000 (24 hr. voicemail), e-mail: jobs@erewash.gov.uk

 

If you are a current employee of Erewash Borough Council and you wish to apply for this vacancy, you must apply through your Employee Self Service account.  If you do not have access to Employee Self Service, you must complete a paper or word version of Erewash Borough Council’s job application form.

 

The Council is positive about disabled people and those who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview.

 

The council also supports the Armed Forces Covenant and those who have previously worked in the armed forces and meet the essential shortlisting criteria will be guaranteed an interview. 

 

Please ensure that you make it clear on your application form that you wish to be considered under these criteria.