Head of Building Control

Head of Building Control

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England | Home based with flexible hybrid working | Full time, Monday to Friday

Salary: up to £85,000 per annum depending on experience, competence and scope of appointment

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.

The Opportunity

The Head of Building Control turns the business strategy into consistently excellent technical and operational delivery. This is a senior management role with real authority over people, project allocation, technical processes, service quality and operational performance, combined with selected personal technical work within your competence and registration.

You will report to the Director of Building Control and lead the RBI team, trainees and operational support. The role is effective whether you join during mobilisation or after services commence.

Key Responsibilities

• Allocate and reallocate work against registration, competence, capacity and budget, and reject unsuitable assignments before commitments are made
• Manage plans assessment, statutory consultations, risk based inspection planning and completion readiness
• Operate the decision authority scheme for notices, plans certificates, final certificates and cancellations, making sure RBI advice is obtained, considered and recorded
• Maintain a live record of contraventions and interventions, and escalate serious or disputed matters without waiting for routine reporting
• Verify current RBI registration and conditions before allocation, and maintain a competence and supervision matrix
• Deliver the technical audit and peer review programme, and turn learning into improved procedures and training
• Provide structured induction and supervision for trainees and developing inspectors
• Translate operating procedures into portal workflows and keep accurate, auditable records
• Monitor project budgets, fee allowances and resource use, and support realistic client communication
• Provide the Director with a monthly dashboard and escalate urgent concerns immediately

About You

Essential:

• Relevant building control qualification or equivalent evidenced experience, with a strong technical delivery record
• Underlying Class 2 or 3 RBI registration, and Class 4 technical manager registration before undertaking technical management duties
• Experience of people supervision or technical team leadership, workload management, peer review and difficult technical decisions
• Ability to maintain accurate operational records, use digital systems, monitor project costs and report clearly on performance and risk
• Willingness to challenge unsuitable commitments and escalate xwzovoh beyond your own authority

Desirable:

• Experience of RBCA mobilisation, regulatory review, competence assessment, technical audit or building control portal implementation
• Chartered status or membership of a relevant body such as CABE, RICS or CIOB
• Class 3 registration where the portfolio needs it (Class 3H is not a universal requirement)

What's On Offer

• Salary of up to £85,000 per annum
• 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
• A clear development path, which may include broader technical scope, a larger team or consideration for the Director role, subject to capability and formal appointment