Building Control Team Leader (Class 3) in Bournemouth

Starting salary for this role is £53,460 (pro rata for part‑time colleagues). This role sits within a well defined pay band, offering clear progression as you grow your career at BCP. Without exception all new starters begin at the entry point of the band, ensuring fairness and consistency across the organisation. You will benefit from joining a Building Control team where we understand the importance of professional and personal development and encourage it. We promote a positive work/life balance including flexible working, home‑working and generous annual leave.

Role Purpose

To lead a team of Building Control Staff to enable effective delivery of Building Control services in accordance with legislation and regulatory standards. The role is a senior building control expert, and will therefore take the lead in the more complex cases as well as lead a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team to enable effective delivery of Building Control services. This includes managing and motivating the team, performance management, and contributing to recruitment.
• Exercise statutory authority as a registered Class 3 Building Control professional, acting as the Council’s competent person for complex and high‑risk building work under the Building Act 1984 and Building Safety Act 2022.
• Act as a senior technical authority for complex, high rise, and higher risk buildings, providing expert advice, peer review, and decision making assurance.
• Ensure robust operational delivery of statutory plan checking, site inspection, and enforcement functions, maintaining audit‑ready records in accordance with national regulator and BCP Council requirements.
• Ensure compliance with legal obligations such as Building Regulations and the Building Act, and have a thorough understanding of relevant legislation which sets out the statutory duties of the Council.
• Manage and control project, service and programme budgets to ensure spend is within financial limits, value for money is achieved, and to help protect the financial health of the Council.
• Allocate, monitor and review building control casework to ensure an efficient workload across the team and that decisions and recommendations are accurate and align with regulatory standards and best practice.
• Provide authoritative building control advice and advanced observations on construction, design and safety issues for complex projects at the pre‑application stage to reduce the risk of non‑compliance or approval delays.
• Examine and assess complex or complicated applications against building regulations to decide if applications are compliant and can proceed to construction.
• Inspect and survey buildings and building methods, typically the more complex constructions or those using novel methods/materials, throughout the construction process against regulations concerning safety, accessibility and sustainability, and provide specialist advice and advanced solutions to any issues identified.
• Lead on enforcement activity for unauthorised and non‑compliant building works, preparing documents, serving enforcement notices and supporting more junior officers with enforcement activity.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of processes and procedures relating to building control, informed by policies and operational experience of what works and what doesn’t.
• Ensure accurate records of all inspections and associated work carried out by the team are maintained, so that all information is accessible and auditable and can be used in legal proceedings if required.
• Contribute to defining the professional fee rates, and support surveyors to calculate fees so the service can invoice customers appropriately.
• Take the lead in building relationships with new and existing customers, and in marketing the service to support promotion, growth and reputation of the service.

Qualifications

• Class 3 Registered Building Inspector.
• Degree in a construction related discipline or equivalent.
• Extensive post‑qualification experience in local authority or equivalent Building Control, including management of complex and high risk buildings.
• Detailed working knowledge of the Building Act 1984, Building Regulations, Approved Documents, Building Safety Act 2022, and associated secondary legislation and guidance.
• Experience of leading professional teams, including supervision of technical decision making, quality assurance and competency management.
• Strong professional judgement and the ability to make and defend regulatory decisions under scrutiny, including enforcement action and regulatory challenge.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. CABE, CIOB, RICS).
• Comprehensive understanding of relevant legislation and legal knowledge associated with statutory duties of the council and understanding of administrating contracts.
• Financial management skills and commercial acumen.
• Problem solving and risk management skills associated with managing major projects and/or complex programmes/services, and ability to manage conflicting priorities.
• Ability to build relationships with and persuade and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to engage and motivate teams of technical and professional staff.

Eligibility

Please note this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship and we can only consider applicants with an existing right to work in the United Kingdom.

Inclusion and EEO

At BCP Council, inclusion is more than a promise – it is how we work. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and we provide a fully inclusive recruitment process ensuring every candidate and colleague has the support and reasonable adjustments they need to thrive. From the moment you apply, through the recruitment process and throughout your career with us, we’ll be here to listen and provide help and support you need.