Director of Building Control

Director of Building Control

Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.

England | Home based with flexible hybrid working | Full time

Salary: up to £100,000 per annum plus bonus, depending on experience

About Our Client

Our client is a dedicated building control business building a dependable, professionally independent service for applicants, building owners and project teams across England. Their purpose is to exercise building control functions competently and consistently, protecting the public interest through sound judgement, effective inspection and clear regulatory decisions.

The business is moving from establishment and mobilisation into operational delivery and sustainable growth, with a focus on capable people, practical procedures, strong technical governance and a digital building control portal that supports reliable records and service.

The Opportunity

This is an executive leadership appointment. As Director of Building Control you will lead the overall direction, performance, governance and sustainable success of the business, building the organisation and making sure it has the people, resources and controls to meet its obligations.

You will report into the wider group's senior leadership, with the Head of Building Control and other senior roles reporting to you. The appointment is initially non statutory, with a potential route to statutory directorship through demonstrated performance, leadership and governance capability, subject to a separate formal appointment.

Key Responsibilities

• Propose and implement the business strategy, annual operating plan, budgets and recruitment programme
• Set the operating scope, acceptance criteria and capacity limits, and decline work where registration, conflicts, insurance, competence or resources prevent responsible delivery
• Establish the management system through which the business meets its RBCA obligations, Operational Standards Rules and Professional Conduct Rules
• Act as the principal regulatory relationship lead with the Building Safety Regulator
• Appoint the Head of Building Control and hold them accountable for operational performance
• Set the technical governance framework with the Head, protecting professional independence and the boundaries of registration
• Take executive ownership of financial performance, fee principles and commercial controls
• Lead business development and market positioning, built on reliable service and impartiality
• Sponsor the digital building control portal and the systems behind records, data quality and regulatory returns
• Develop the workforce and succession plan, and build a culture where concerns are raised early and without blame

About You

Essential:

• Established building control expertise, with a relevant professional qualification or equivalent evidenced experience
• Demonstrable leadership of people, technical standards and service performance, supported by sound financial understanding
• Appropriate RBI registration for any technical work you undertake personally, and Class 4 registration (held or obtainable) before taking on technical management responsibilities, alongside relevant underlying Class 2 or 3 scope
• Ability to establish proportionate procedures, assess organisational capability and engage constructively with regulators, applicants, statutory consultees and senior stakeholders
• Balanced judgement, written decision making and a willingness xwzovoh to refuse commitments that compromise professional standards

Desirable:

• Experience of establishing or scaling a regulated building control service
• Experience of leading regulatory assessments, managing a business budget or developing digital delivery systems
• Chartered status or membership of a relevant body such as CABE, RICS or CIOB
• Class 3 registration where the portfolio requires it (Class 3H is not a blanket requirement)

What's On Offer

• Performance related bonus, in addition to base salary
• Home based role with flexible hybrid working, with office, site and meeting attendance as required
• 25 days annual leave plus England and Wales bank holidays, and an additional day of birthday leave
• Christmas shutdown
• Workplace pension through NEST
• WPA private medical insurance following successful completion of probation
• Support for professional membership fees, CPD and agreed training
• Home working allowance of £26 per month
• The chance to shape a new regulated business from the ground up, with a potential route to statutory directorship