The role
About the role
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. We are committed to ensuring that both our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. Only the best is good enough for our customers. We are ambitious and have a growth and regeneration agenda with plans to build 11,000 new council homes in the borough, in addition, major regeneration programmes are underway including the town centre regenerations in Elephant and Castle and Canada Water. These projects will encompass a mixture of major commercial and residential buildings and be valued at over three-billion pounds. Predominantly you will be a technical specialist and will assess plans and attend regular design and site meetings with clients to discuss and inspect what are often leading edge and innovative construction solutions. You will play a primary role in ensuring our performance standards, resources, and income are sufficient to sustain a world class building control service.
About you
As one of Southwark’s lead technical experts, you will be RICS, CABE, IStructE, IMechE, RIBA, IFE, CIAT,ICE or CIOB qualified and be able to evidence continual professional development. We will support you to continue with your professional development.
This is a permanent role.
Benefits and more information
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
:Application Closing date: 11.59 on 5 Feb 2023
Interview date: 16 Feb 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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