Principal Building Inspector

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION To lead and manage a professional team within the Building Control service. To assist the Building Control Manager in providing expert technical advice on building control matters. To supervise and co-ordinate the day to day activities of a plan checking and site inspection team in relation to technical and legal compliance with the Building Acts and Building Regulations. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. To support the provision of an excellent building control service to applicants and clients, landowners, residents, community groups, amenity groups and other interested parties. 2. To supervise and co-ordinate the day to day activities of a plan checking and site inspections team, ensuring technical and legal compliance with the Building Acts and Building Regulations in accordance with performance targets. 3. To carry an appropriate application case load, and to supervise or be directly responsible for the more complex building projects within the team. 4. To advise on building control matters including representing the Council at appeals, court cases and other public hearings arising from the works of the service. 5. To inform the Councils response on complex or sensitive cases. 6. Ensuring compliance with building regulations and related legislation and taking appropriate action to issue decisions on full plans applications and completion notices in accordance with performance targets. 7. Assisting and deputising for the Building Control Manager as appropriate in the provision of the Building Control service, including the formulation and implementation of policy, procedures and technical standards. 8. To liaise with the Principal Surveyor (Special Services) where necessary in order to ensure continuity of inspections on council, major, high value and partnership projects. 9. To coordinate a budget, including monitoring of income and expenditure, authorising payments, forward planning and review. 10.To work with the Building Control Manager to implement a cost recovery model for Building Control and meet income generation targets. 11.To deliver effective and efficient services on Partnership Schemes and developing and maintaining relationships with preferred clients, builders and architects. 12.To implement innovative, effective and efficient procedures for improving service delivery, including improvement of administrative procedures. 13.To deputise for the Building Control Manager on corporate working groups and external bodies as and when required in order to ensure the interests and reputation of the service are protected at all times. 14.To work with internal departments to ensure compliance with building regulations on council projects KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITY Ability and experience of managing a team including the monitoring of workloads, priorities and performance. Experience and knowledge of providing robust and defendable responses and decisions on legal and technical building control issues and other matters. Ability to undertake technically complex negotiations with service users and other interested parties to ensure compliance with the building act and related legislation, and the Councils policies and corporate aims are met. To have a good knowledge and experience of working practices and relevant legislation and the ability to utilise this to ensure compliance (including through enforcement action) with the Building Ability to implement and manage a risk assessed approach to building control activities. Ability to assess the structural safety of buildings and participate in the rota dealing with dangerous structures. Ability to produce and review accurate structural reports, site surveys and calculations. Knowledge of and ability to instruct in respect of enforcement action, prepare and attend hearings and support team members in undertaking this role. Knowledge, ability and experience of taking decisions under delegated authority on building control matters. Ability to provide expert advice to staff. Good written and oral communications skills including the communication of legal and technical requirements. Demonstrate excellent organisational skills together with experience of developing and maintaining performance management systems. Be proficient in the use of IT and its application to the service. Principal Building Inspector Principal Building Inspector Principal Building Inspector Principal Building Inspector Principal Building Inspector Principal Building Inspector Principal Building Inspector TPBN1_UKTJ

Created: 2025-12-15