Salary: £40,221 to £44,428 (Subject to pay award)
Grade: L
Contract: Full Time, permanent
Location: Hybrid with expectation to attend offices in North Yorkshire when required including NYBCP Head office at Easingwold, Civic Centre (Skipton) and Civic Centre (Harrogate)
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Building Control team working within the heart of North Yorkshire. The Building Control Service prides itself on aiming to deliver a cost effective, efficient and professional service to all clients.
About Us
The Role
North Yorkshire Building Control Partnership (NYBCP) was the first Local Authority Building Control Partnership in the UK. We provide a flexible and modern building control service on behalf of North Yorkshire Council.
We process Building Regulation applications under the provisions of Section 91 and 92 of the Building Act 1984. In addition to Building Regulations, we undertake work in relation to dangerous structures and demolition notifications across the Partnership area. We have a wealth of experience and knowledge across all types of projects and construction techniques and encourage innovative solutions.
We are seeking Senior Building Control Surveyors registered or ready to work towards registration at Class 2 with the Building Safety Regulator to effectively deliver the Building Control function throughout North Yorkshire and contribute towards the objectives of the council. Working alongside a professional team, you will be competent in all Building Control and administrative matters, ensuring that appropriate buildings meet the regulatory standards in safety, sustainability, accessibility and design.
You will initiate and assist with enforcement action to ensure delivery of the council’s obligations under the Building Act and associated legislation, whilst working within a highly competitive market. The post holder will ensure a strong and efficient performance culture with a focus on service excellence and customer satisfaction.
What You Can Bring
Can you help towards effectively delivering the Building Control function throughout North Yorkshire? The Building Control Service requires Senior Building Control Surveyors to help ensure that appropriate buildings meet the regulatory standards in safety, sustainability, accessibility and design. You will need to be a team player, able to prioritize a busy workload and demonstrate a proactive approach to plan assessment and site inspection work, checking compliance with Building Regulations and associated legislation.
You need to be able to perform within a highly competitive market, working to ensure a strong and efficient performance culture with a focus on service excellence and customer satisfaction.
Working in Building Control you will be surrounded by a supportive, established team of building control professionals. As a North Yorkshire Council employee, you will have access to some great benefits via our everybody benefit’s scheme such as shopping discounts, home technology and green car salary sacrifice schemes, financial wellbeing and health assured and our employee assistance programme to assist with your health and wellbeing. You will also have access to our local government pension scheme, a generous plan for your retirement with the option to increase your monthly contribution if you so wish.
For more information on the benefits, we offer please see our Total Rewards Brochure below:
Key Dates:
Closing date: 06th October 2024
Interview Date WC 14th October 2024
If you wish to have an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact either of the following people:-
Robert Harper, Head of Building Control. 01347 820601. Robert.Harper@nybcp.org
Christy McGibbon, Building Control Manager. 01347 820600. Christy.mcgibbon@nybcp.org
Simon Nichol, Building Control Manager. 01347 820600. Simon.nichol@nybcp.org
Darren Sykes, Building Control Manager. 07525 988175. Darren.sykes@northyorks.gov.uk
We can offer you…
Job security – Job security in today’s climate can be somewhat uncertain. We pride ourselves on being able to offer diverse careers with breath and longevity, having the stability of working for large, complex organisations delivering vital public services.
Working atmosphere – We offer a good working environment at work, with professional employers. While we always provide high standards of work, it is important to us that all our employees have the right work / life balance; so you can enjoy the things in life that matter to you. We have fun at work too! We believe we do our best work when we love what we do!
Flexible working – As we deliver vital services to the general public, this brings into sharp focus the complexity of people’s lives, and the need for work and home life to complement each other. We recognise the different circumstances of our employees. We offer flexible working hours to improve the services by individuals or teams working beyond the standard day, and to help employees to balance their work and home commitments. Being 'digital by default' can enable greater flexibility around home or remote working. This connectivity can ensure that in extreme weather conditions people can safely work from home instead of risking a treacherous journey. Part-time jobs and job sharing are the norm in the public sector.
Training & Development – We are fully committed to realising the potential in all our staff. We have robust programmes of training and development to improve our employees’ knowledge and skill sets. We always encourage employees to further develop their knowledge base and up skill with additional qualifications and support them with future career opportunities. Support will be provided in terms of payment of tuition fees and time to attend formal training courses. For many years the building control team has held the ‘Investors in People’ accreditation and are currently accredited to ‘We invest in people Gold’. This accreditation is an independent review that we take our investment in our staff seriously for the benefit of the individual as well as the service.
Generous Leave Entitlement – We recognise that our employees work hard, and it is important that they spend time with their families and therefore offer a generous leave entitlement. We also offer additional leave entitlements such as paid leave, volunteering leave, additional leave, paid leave during periods of illness and flexible leave.
Pension scheme – We offer a comprehensive pension scheme, and having a guaranteed pension scheme tied into your job is a substantial perk of working in the Public Sector.
Additional benefits/schemes – We offer a number of additional benefits/schemes, including the payment of professional fees, BSR registration fees and potentially re-location expenses (which are subject to eligibility and agreement).
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.