Building Control Officer

1 month ago


Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom hireful Full time
About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Building Control Officer. As a key member of our building control service, you will be responsible for ensuring that building regulations are enforced and that buildings are safe and compliant with current standards.

You will be working closely with our building control surveyors, architects, and engineers to validate and register applications, input data into our computer system, and evaluate and calculate charges for building regulation applications.

We are looking for someone with good administrative skills, experience of working to service standards and targets, and strong literacy, numeracy, and accuracy skills. You will also need to be able to organise, prioritise, and manage your own workload in line with service demands.

If you have experience of working with specialist computer systems, knowledge of building terminology, and a commitment to valuing diversity and equality, we would love to hear from you.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
  1. Validate and register applications submitted under the building regulations, competent person schemes, and registered building control approvers.
  2. Input data into the computer system, including online capability and document management.
  3. Evaluate and calculate charges for building regulation applications, measuring plans, and explaining any technical corrections required on the plans for them to be validated.
  4. Produce and send documents, letters, and emails involved in the building control procedures, including consultation with various statutory bodies.
  5. Raise purchase orders, take credit/debit card payments, and generate invoices for the collection of building regulation charges.
  6. Arrange building control surveyor appointments for customer meetings and site inspections.
  7. Provide minor technical advice to applicants, agents, members, and all stakeholders on matters related to building control, including the need for approval, exempt buildings, sewer positions, etc.
  8. Respond to formal inquiries relating to land searches, building records, and associated matters.
  9. Produce electronically processed documents, letters, and spreadsheets as required by officers within the building control service.
  10. Maintain manual and electronic filing systems, control stock of stationery and office equipment, and sort post for the building control service.
  11. Prepare building control documents and files for digital scanning and archiving.
  12. Promote and encourage the use of the Local Authority Building Control Service, including associated products and business partners.
  13. Exercise and promote a high level of customer satisfaction.
  14. Identify tasks and issues for review and raise with the team leader.
  15. Attend internal and external meetings as appropriate.

The duties may vary from time to time without changing the nature of the post or the level of responsibility, and the post holder may also be required to carry out any other duties appropriate to the grading of the post.

About You

We are looking for someone with good general admin/office experience, experience of working to service standards and targets, and strong literacy, numeracy, and accuracy skills. You will also need to be able to organise, prioritise, and manage your own workload in line with service demands.

If you have experience of working with specialist computer systems, knowledge of building terminology, and a commitment to valuing diversity and equality, we would love to hear from you.

The Benefits We Offer
  1. A basic 25 days annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years.
  2. Flexible working and annualised hours.
  3. Salary pay awards.
  4. A generous career average pension scheme.
  5. The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme.
  6. Various schemes to keep you healthy.
  7. Two days per year to volunteer within the local community.
  8. A range of resources, support, and activities to help you maintain your wellbeing.


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