Senior Building Control Surveyor (Registered Building Inspector)

We are looking to appoint a Senior Building Control Surveyor to join our Building Control team at Bromley. 

There has never been a more exciting time to join the Housing, Planning and Regeneration Division in the London Borough of Bromley. Not only will we be settled in our bright modern offices early 2025, we are now 3 years into our Service Transformation programme. Placing our residents as central to everything we do. As outlined in our new Corporate Strategy 'Making Bromley Even Better', we are committed to supporting people to make their homes in Bromley and for business, enterprise and the third sector to prosper.

About the Role

We are looking for a Class 2F Registered Building Inspector.

Bromley’s Building Control Service has embarked upon a program of improvements that will increase customer and public confidence in what we do and ensure customers receive the optimum level of service. Examples of these improvements include:

• Migration of our IT system to a more efficient and customer friendly system in 2025

• Increasing the number of surveyors to provide a more resilient and reactive service to meet to customer demands

• Development of trainee Class 1 Registered Building Inspectors

The focus of the work of the Senior Building Control Surveyor is dealing with a day-to-day management of an area for plan checking and carrying out site inspections. This will involve working with other Council services to deliver improvements to our existing buildings such as leisure centres, libraries and housing projects. 

The ideal candidate will be Class 2F registered and working towards Class 3. You will have experience in building control project management for residential and commercial developments as well as experience in dealing with dangerous structures. Good problem-solving skills and being able to use excellent communication skills to explain technical terms and regulations clearly to members of the public and other professionals are essential skills required for this role.

You will provide supervision to the Class 1 RBI’s at plan checking and site inspection stages. 

The service operates a flexible approach to remote working; however you will be required to carry out site inspections within the borough on a daily basis and take a turn on out of hours standby for attending and dealing with dangerous structures within the Borough.

The London Borough of Bromley is geographically the largest London borough and with this comes a wide range of developments for our Building Control Team. This will provide you with a varied workload in terms of challenge and expectation from customers however the role is incredibly rewarding. 

The successful candidate will be joining a values-based organisation and be supported with their Continuing Professional Development. Your registration, renewal and surveillance costs for the Building Safety Regulator will be fully supported.

Are you ready to join our team and be part of our exciting journey?

Within your personal statement, you should describe and demonstrate how you how you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification for the role.

For an informal discussion about this role and why you should consider a move to London Borough of Bromley, please contact Alison Pipes, Head of Building Control on 020 8461 7203. Or you can email your details to alison.pipes@bromley.gov.uk and ask for a call back.

Bromley’s central offices (Bromley Civic Centre) are located in the heart of Bromley and the borough is home to one of the biggest shopping, food and entertainment centres in the Southeast. Excellent transport links mean you can be in either Central London or the gorgeous Kent countryside in just 15 minutes, depending which direction you take! 

International travel is just as accessible. Fast and frequent trains will take you to Ashford and Dover, which both offer transport to the continent. What’s more, London’s two main airports, Gatwick and Heathrow, are both a short road trip away! 

Some of the benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley: 

• Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme

• Excellent transport links

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes make huge savings on – Cycle2Work bike scheme.

• Employee Benefits Lifestyle Discounts –hundreds of discounts at local and national retailers, restaurants, holidays and much more

Equal Opportunities Statement  

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.  

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities.  As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment.  We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.