Technical Support Officer BUilding Control #000A236E1

Admin/Office Skills, Data Input, IT Literate, MS Excel, MS Word, Skills
Crewe, Ashton-under-Lyne
July 1, 2025
£16 - £16 / hour
Interim / temporary

Job Description

Please be aware this is a Long Term Temporary post to start ASAP.

Main Duties and Responsibilities include:

To register and validate Building Regulations applications, ensuring all submitted documents satisfy the legislative requirements. This includes data entry to the corporate systems (Idox), fee clarification to ensure compliance with the schedule of fees and charges, document management and all associated works.

To prepare and issue relevant consultations in relation to the Building Regulations. These checks will include sewer check and presence of ground gas. Issue any consultations as may be required, including sewer consultation, fire service consultation and structural engineering consultation.

Respond effectively and within the service standards to enquiries relating to Building Regulations by telephone and in writing. This includes the management of the service specific email inbox.

To prepare and issue Building Regulation Decision Notices in conjunction with Building Control Surveyors. This will include the inputting to the computer systems and production of all appropriate statutory documentation

To accurately book, accept and acknowledge requests for site inspections in a timely manner, ensuring all relevant information is available to the building control surveying team.

To prepare and issue Completion Certificates following satisfactory completion of a project, under the instruction of the building control surveying team

To maintain an effective system of financial control for the team, incling fee checking, invoicing, pursuing non-payment of invoices, and maintenance of financial records, banking cheques, etc, in accordance with the Council’s financial regulations and in consultation with the Business Support Manager.

Assist those officers registered with the Building Standards Regulator to deliver locally and nationally recognised service standards, and their assessments and investigations associated with day-today caseload.

To carry out weekly office related duties including processing of post both incoming and outgoing, interrogation of microfiche records and production of planning site notices.

Ensure any reports of Dangerous structures are actioned immediately, ensuring all relevant data is captured to enable notification to be added as a case within the system and Building Control surveyors are notified promptly. This will also involve further investigative works to assist the building control surveying team.
Responsible for the raising and issuing of Demolition Notices as required, including conducting any consultations as required by legislation or corporate policies

To ensure all statutory registers and service related information/data (including spatial data) are accurate and in accordance with data protection.

Support with the collation of KPI data and create reports for the Building Safety Regulator in line with the provisions and legal requirements of the Building Safety Act

Maintain the general email correspondence received by the section in a timely and professional manner.

Completing Building Control questions on the CON 29 Local Land Charges Searches and dealing with Personal Searches

To carry out such other duties as may be directed by the Head of Planning.

To comply with Health and Safety legislation and the Council’s policies
Maintain appropriate work records relating to the work within the area to the required service standards, in accordance with the principles of data protection and associated confidentiality rules and procedures.

To comply with the Council’s policies and regulations.

You must have:

  • Post qualified experience.

  • Enhanced DBS/Update service.

  • References required for the last 5 years of employment.

Benefits of working with Semester.co.uk:

  • Free on-going training opportunities upon registering as part of our commitment to you.

  • Competitive Rates of pay

  • In house payroll, providing weekly payments and support

  • Enhanced DBS completed.

  • Support and expert advice from an approachable, dedicated and friendly team

  • An assigned dedicated & experienced consultant

  • Various employment opportunities in your preferred geographical area

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