Associate Building Regulations Principal Designer in London

About us

Ingleton Wood is a value‐led, people-focused practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; we exist to improve the communities in which we all live and work. Originally established in 1935, we are a dynamic multi‐disciplinary property and construction consultancy providing a wide range of services across many industry sectors including commercial, education, defence, residential, and more. We develop long-term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. We are one of a few medium‐sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise. We have a nationwide presence with offices located across the UK. We plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.

Life At Ingleton Wood is busy but great fun; we work hard and we play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially. We bring people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through our expert knowledge in delivering local solutions for global issues. A sentiment underpinned by our shared vision of solving global challenges one building at a time and supported through our values:

• We are progressive
• We collaborate
• We support
• We take ownership

You can expect:

• Opportunities for flexible and remote working; we understand a work-life balance helps us all.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays with long service recognition and festive shutdown.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment including in‐house coaching and mentoring.
• Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay. We are a real living wage employer.
• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.
• Health cash plan scheme.
• Professional membership support.
• Family policies.
• Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• On‐site parking facilities (excluding London office).
• Season Ticket Loan (if applicable).
• Death in service benefit.
• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.
• Additional leave allocated for volunteering (up to 2 days).
• Health & Mental Wellness Programs.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Employee working groups.

The role

We are currently recruiting for an Associate Building Regulations Principal Designer to join our Building Regulations Principal Designer and Building Safety Act team in London to work across the whole Practice. The role will involve supporting the Director in managing the team, overseeing resource allocation, fee proposals, fee projections, and quality of service delivery. Supporting the existing team in their roles.

Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.

The selected candidate will:

• Lead all IW BR PD jobs in terms of coordinating internal resource, undertaking work within the BRPD scope, managing fees, and reporting to the Director of Health and Safety.
• Coordinate IW’s internal technical experts in architecture, building surveying, structures, and building services engineering in delivering Organisation Competence for the BR PD Role.
• Collate and comment on all Design Risk compliance documents.
• Produce, review, and update a BSA compliance Risk Register / Project Compliance Coordination Record.
• Assist Client in preparing competence declaration.
• Coordinate the review of the full design package by internal IW specialists in architecture/building surveying/services engineering/structures and highlight Building Regulations compliance.
• Gather input and coordinate with IW internal technical specialists.
• Assist in preparing the project Building Regulations conformance statement and other BR PD duties.
• Assess necessary involvement during the Construction Phase by setting out visits requirements and information to be provided by the Principal Contractor requirements and any opening up or inspection regime.
• Conduct periodic inspections of the works as defined in scope for each particular project.
• Coordinate and gather any variations to the design which may impact Building Regulation compliance.
• Input necessary documentation into building information on agreed platform with Client for the works.

Essential skills, experience, and attributes:

• Manage own job list, provide sound advice to clients and IW teams around the Practice.
• Help develop the Building Regulations Principal Designer Service with the H&S Director.
• Proactive self‐starter who is comfortable dealing with clients and project teams.
• Proven leadership capability.
• Ability to highlight concerns and work through solutions in a collaborative way.

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

Employment Type: Full‐Time

Vacancy: 1