Principal Building Control Surveyor

Principal Building Control Surveyor

Maldon District Council

Temporary, Full Time

£70.00 - £75.00 ph *umbrella/inside IR35*

Location: Maldon

Closing Date: 20th March 2026

Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Maldon District Council to recruit a Principal Building Control Surveyor on an initial 3-month temporary basis.

Key Accountabilities

We are looking for a qualified Principal Building Control Surveyor to support the delivery of our Building Control team through undertaking assessing a range of Building Control applications suitable to your accreditation.

Main responsibilities:

• Carry out site inspections and plan checking (min 2 days on site per week)
• Attend to dangerous structures
• Carry out enforcement of The Building Regulations and Building Act as necessary
• Supervise senior, junior surveyors and admin staff
• Deputise for the Building Control Manager when required
• Assist the Building Control Manager in the implementation of the BSR operational Standards
• Assist the Building Control Manager in procedural changes to the service
• Plan checking 

Please note that this post requires you to be based in the office 1 day a week with addtional travel around the district to do site inspections for 2 days per week.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Professional qualifications by one the chartered institutes with a specialism in Building Control
• Minimum Class 2F Registration and Chartered with CIOB/ RICS/ CABE

To read more about us please visit: https://www.maldon.gov.uk/site/

Maldon District Council is an equal opportunities employer and therefore all staff are expected to comply with our equality policies and help create a work environment in which everyone is treated with dignity, respect, courtesy and fairness. You are also expected to fully comply with health and safety policies and procedures in force to help maintain and develop a safe working environment. In pursuing a practice of continuous improvement and seeking to obtain best value in all aspects of the service, staff will be expected to assist in other such duties as may be allocated for the benefit of the organisation and their own personal development. Staff will be expected to assist if the council has to deal with the results of a civil emergency.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website or email louise.butler@essex.gov.uk