Assistant Building Control Surveyor

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Place, Arts and Economy
Assistant Building Control Surveyor
£26,847 - £47,665 per annum (Career Grade)
37 hours per week
Permanent Post

Here at Warwick District Council, we pride ourselves on the fact that we offer you a great place to work. We achieve our goals by recruiting and retaining motivated, empowered and flexible staff. We are committed to training and development, and we encourage a healthy work-life balance.

We offer the rewards and benefits that make it a great place to work (if you are applying for a Casual position these do not apply).

People like you
We offer a wide range of career opportunities at every level of the organisation. From apprenticeships to senior management, permanent to fixed term contracts or part-time working, we have something for everyone.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join Warwick Building Control, an established shared service involving two local authorities. We are committed to providing a customer focused service.

Warwick Building Control has been running for over 10 years as a shared service with Rugby Borough Council, where Warwick is the lead Authority. We are a successful, established, busy team, which is evidenced through are substantive market share, and positive customer feed-back. More recently we achieved a very positive audit by BSI regarding ISO 9001:2015 LABC Quality Management System.

You will be working on all aspects of building control including, mentoring less experienced staff as required, checking plans, liaising with construction workers and the public on meeting Building Regulations, consulting with Structural Engineers, Fire and Rescue and other professionals.

Appropriate Class registration with the BSR, you will be self-motivated and well organised. Strong communication skills, both written and oral, combined with excellent interpersonal skills are essential, together with the ability to use modern IT software.

This post is based at offices within Warwick District and is not suitable for home or hybrid working.

Please note this post is subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

If you have any questions or wish to have an informal discussion, please contact Philip Rook, Head of Consortium (Building Control) by email philip.rook@warwickdc.gov.uk

Closing date: 22nd November 2026
Interview date: 25th November 2026

Internal applicants only: please note if you are applying for a secondment position, you must seek approval from your current line manager before applying.

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. By 'essential criteria' we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification. To be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS), applicants must disclose that they have a disability and would like to be considered for the scheme.