Team: Building Control
Job Family: Enabling - CBG13
Salary: £51,471 - £55,585 Plus £6,500 Market Rate Supplement per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Working from home and any CBC offices, including Priory House, Shefford. You will be expected to attend an office location monthly and as needed to carry out your role
Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: July 31
Interview Date: TBC – this will take place in person at Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Bedfordshire SG17 5TQ.
About the role
There’s more than one reason why we believe Central Bedfordshire is a great place to live and work. Our attractive market towns and beautiful villages surrounded by stunning countryside, all boosted by a prime location, great transport links and a high performing economy are all part of what makes us great.
We work hard to enable Central Bedfordshire to grow and thrive in a safe and sustainable way. We want to make our area a great place to live and work, and somewhere companies choose to invest.
Join our Building Control team as a Class 2 A–F Registered Surveyor and play a key role in delivering safe, compliant buildings across a diverse mix of urban and rural projects. You’ll enjoy a flexible, hybrid working environment, with a blend of site visits, local hubs and home working, while collaborating with a supportive team and a wide range of partners.
This role is also a chance to make a lasting impact on the profession, with two new LGA Pathway to Planning (Surveying) graduates joining us in September 2026, you’ll also mentor and support the next generation of Building Control Surveyors, helping them build the skills and experience they need to succeed
You will ideally have a degree (or equivalent qualification and experience) in Building Control Surveying or a related subject and be a member of a relevant professional institute. You will also have building control experience, strong communication skills and can show experience and evidence of working on a range of domestic projects in line with your registration. We offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements, but there is an expectation that the postholder will be able to regularly, probably daily, visit sites across the CBC area.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Eamon Kiernan at eamon.kiernan@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 6606
- Provide specialist Building Regulations and associated legislative advice to users in line with Class 2F registration
- Investigate and enforce compliance matters and complaints
- Collect and maintain accurate Building Regulation and Building Control records
- Validation of applications and assessment of fees
- Plan assessment and site inspection: regulatory advice, compliance checking and site inspection
- Deal with Building Regulation application cases throughout plan and implementation stages
- Deal with Building Regulation cases throughout advice, plan, implementation and enforcement stages*
- Support and guidance of less experienced colleagues*
- Prioritisation of tasks within the team* and service delivery as part of that team
Membership of RICS, CABE, CIOB or other relevant professional body
