Building Control Surveyor

Location: Cromer

Department: Building Regulations

Salary: £33,486 - £37,568 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Contract Term: Full Time

Closing date: 20 Jun 202

Interview Date: 28 Jun 2022

About The Role

North Norfolk is a fantastic place to live, work and visit – covering over 360 sq miles of coastal and rural environment, with a population of over 100,000 people living in 120 distinct communities, our District is one of England’s top holiday destinations and a place where people positively choose to live.

Following a sustained period of growth, the positive and pro-active approach of the North Norfolk District Council Building Control team has maintained a high market share of development within the district. We are now looking to recruit an additional Building Control Surveyor with an excellent understanding of Building Control legislation and strong commercial awareness.

The Building Control team are passionate about providing a personal and professional service, adding value to construction projects, with a responsive inspection service, pre submission advice and a positive plan vetting experience.

About You

Educated to degree level or with relevant technical qualifications in construction, you will need to be a member of CABE, RICS or CIOB. You should have extensive experience of supervising domestic projects along with an understanding of commercial projects.

The ideal candidate will be expected to have a sound knowledge of construction and building techniques along with an excellent awareness of the Building Regulations and British Standards.

In return, we can offer you:

• Golden Hello Payment of £5000 Annual retention payment of £2500 Fantastic Relocation package One professional fee paid (RICS/CABE/CIOB)

If you want to be part of an enthusiastic and forward-thinking team, with a varied and challenging workload - we would like to hear from you.

For an informal discussion please contact: Stuart Tate, Building Control Manager, 01263 516132 or stuart.tate@north-norfolk.gov.uk

About Us

We're committed to promoting equality of opportunity for the people and communities of North Norfolk. We respect and value difference in our district and across our workforce, and we want everyone to feel included and able to play their part in making North Norfolk a great place to live, learn, work and visit.

Our coast and environment are really important to us. We are part of Coastal Partnership East, an organisation with responsibility for our coastline from Holkham to Felixstowe in Suffolk. We have a net zero strategy, and a team of people working to deliver these important initiatives.

As one of the largest employers in the district, we offer a number of benefits that are open to all employees. We have a really supportive culture of enabling our people to learn and grow through attending courses, e-learning, and their day to day job roles. Our office in Cromer is clean, modern and light with onsite lunchtime catering.

We have an active health and well-being group with a new strategy, mental health first aiders, domestic abuse change champions, employee assistant program, and employee discounts portal.

We have a great forum for communication with regular updates from Directors and Chief Executive, employee voice through our Staff Focus Group, and great working relationship with Unison, our onsite recognised union.

Most people that work for North Norfolk District Council are able to enjoy a great work life balance, as part of our hybrid approach to work. If your role supports hybrid working, all we ask is that you have a stable and reliable internet connection.

In terms of the numbers, if you are new to the public sector, you’ll enjoy 24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and when you’ve been with us for five years, this increases to 29 days (assuming the role is full time). We provide access to a great pension scheme, based on your local authority career average earnings.