Building Control Team Manager -Rolling Advert

This is a great opportunity to join Hounslow's Building Control Service as a Building Control Team Manager.

Working as part of a busy and ambitious team, up to Class 3 level, the successful candidate will carry out examination and inspection of Building Regulation submissions, plans and site work to ensure building works comply with Building Regulations, including complex projects.

You will assist the Head of Building Control with the operation and management of one of the two main areas within the Borough and to undertake inspection/work when required out of Borough. The role will include consultation and liaison with other sections and departments.

The successful candidate will ensure that Building Control work is carried out in accordance with documented procedures, timescales and deadlines.

If requested, you will join the Dangerous Structure Rota to assist in the provision of an out of hours emergency service.
About The Team You'll Be Working In

The role and the team are situated in our Planning and Buildings service, working with the Head of Building Control to ensure Building Control services are delivered in an efficient way.

Your area team resolve complex Building Control related issues and as part of that, amongst other requirements, you will be required to;
1.Undertake examination for compliance Building Regulation Applications (including Full Plan, Regularisation, Reversion and Building Notices together with appropriate amendments) deposited under the Building Regulations and associated legislation as instructed and making recommendations to the Head of Building Control.

2.Manage and support a small team within an area of the Borough.

3.Undertake and manage efficient and regular Building Regulation inspections for all projects in the borough (including complex projects and MDT work).

4.To carry out efficient inspections and to report accurately on dangerous structures and advise on remedial measures to be undertaken., You should have full corporate membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or the Association of Building Engineers, or similar Professional Institution membership at corporate level involving a significant Building Control element. Working at or towards the BSR Class 3 specialist surveyor level.
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact

You will have significant skills and proven experience in delivering Building Control services to a high standard.

You will have the ability to clearly communicate and provide advice on technical Building Control matters.

You will have the ability to read and interpret drawings, plans and technical information.

You will have the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

You will have the ability to engage positively with customers and provide good levels of customer service.

We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in "Harness the Mix". It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.