Contract Building Inspector

Job: Contract Building Surveyor

Rate: �60 p/h

Location: Carlisle

The Brief:

Are you passionate about ensuring the safety and compliance of buildings within a vibrant and historic community? Do you possess a keen eye for detail and a knack for interpreting building codes? If so, their is a great opening for a contract surveyor to join my clients team as a Temporary Building Inspector in Carlisle!

As a Temporary Building Inspector with my client, you will play a crucial role in upholding regulatory standards and ensuring the structural integrity of buildings throughout Carlisle. From conducting comprehensive inspections to collaborating with stakeholders, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the safety and livability of the community.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Checking of deposited plans and Building Notices for compliance with Building Regulations and allied legislation (including the checking and assessment of estimated costs).
• Site inspection of work in progress to ensure compliance with Building Regulations.
• Record keeping including the use of the Section's 'Acolaid' computer system.
• Negotiating with owners, architects, agents, builders and members of the public.
• Enforcement of Building Regulations.
• Dealing with dangerous structures and control of demolition.
• Ensure customer care and the promotion of Local Authority Building Control.
• To keep up to date with changes and developments within own area of work, co-operate with and participate in the Council's training and development activities.
• Promote Best Value, excellence in customer service, a focus on continuous improvement and the promotion of these in the delivery of services and employment within the context of equality of opportunity and cultural diversity.
• Implement and monitor a positive performance culture, complying with policies and procedures that enable delivery of agreed targets and service standards.
• Establish and maintain effective two-way communication with staff, colleagues, Members and customers, seeking out and responding to opinions in order to further enhance the quality of service delivery.
• To promote best practice in meeting the requirements of Health & Safety legislation and to comply with other relevant statutory legislation.

Health and safety:

• To promote best practice in meeting the requirements of Health & Safety legislation and to comply with other relevant statutory legislation.
• To ensure that the Council's corporate and service specific health and safety policies are followed and training is undertaken in all relevant health and safety procedures
• To be responsible for identifying and managing all risks associated with the job role through effective application of risk assessments, internal controls, training, monitoring and review to ensure health and safety remains a top priority.

About You:

• Full membership MCABE, MCIOB or MRICS
• Either actively working towards or holds a minimum of a Class 2F registration with the Building Safety Regulator.

Experience Required:

• process applications relative to major projects for compliance with the Building Regulations, including those involving the application of extended regulatory guidance related to fire-engineered solutions, Building Bulletins, Firecodedocuments, etc. from receipt to determination without supervision;
• the preparation of statements of evidence and attendance at Court as expert witness where the enforcement of Building Regulations and allied legislation so requires.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.