Trainee Building Inspector

Location: Malvern, WR14 3AF

Pay: £23,500 to £27,500 per year, Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Disability Confident: Yes

Closing Date: 21/06/2026

About this job

Trainee Building Inspector positions across England (LABC) Salary: £23,500 - £27,500 (dependent on experience) This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of LABC. Looking for an opportunity to earn while you learn and gain the qualifications needed to start a successful career in the construction industry?

Having already recruited and trained 200 people, LABC, the organisation that represents all local authority building control teams in England and Wales, is recruiting additional building control trainees to join their LABC Academy, starting in September 2026. The LABC Academy Programme is a two-year fully funded programme that provides the opportunity to gain level 4 and level 5 diplomas in building control surveying whilst getting on-the-job experience with a local authority building control department.

Throughout the programme you'll earn a competitive salary and on completion you'll have the skills, qualifications and experience required to become a Registered Building Inspector as well as the opportunity to progress to become a fully qualified Chartered Surveyor or Building Engineer.

Responsibilities

As a Trainee Building Inspector, you’ll assist in delivering a range of surveying activities relating to building control, including working with designers and contractors to achieve compliance with building regulations, doing inspections of building work, assisting in technical investigations and responding to dangerous structure call outs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 A levels at grade C or higher (or equivalent - 80 UCAS points)
• Demonstrable experience in a relevant or related discipline for example but not limited to construction, ex-military, fire etc.
• A qualification at level 3 S/NVQ in construction or a related discipline

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private Pension with 4% employers' contribution and 4% employee contribution
• Hybrid working (typically 2 days training and study at home, 3 days site based)
• Season ticket loan scheme
• 35 hour working week
• Laptop
• Investment in your development as a Building Inspector through levels 4 and 5 diplomas over two-year Fixed Term Contract
• Investment worth over £10,000

Additional information: This role will require regular travel to sites within your local authority; therefore a full driving licence or working towards one by the employment start date.

Please note all offers are subject to satisfactory references and a cleanDBS check.

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