Building Regulations Consultant

About us…

Ingleton Wood is a value-led, people focussed practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; we exist to improve the communities in which we all live and work.

Originally established in 1935, we are a dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across many industry sectors, including commercial, education, defence, residential and more.

We develop long term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. We are one of a few medium-sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise. 

We have a nationwide presence with offices located across the UK. We plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.

Life At Ingleton Wood…

is busy but great fun, we work hard, and we play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially. 

We bring people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through our expert knowledge in delivering local solutions for global issues. A sentiment underpinned by our shared vision of solving global challenges one building at a time, and supported through our values;

✅ We are progressive 

✅ We collaborate

✅ We support

✅ We take ownership

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You can expect…

• Opportunities for flexible and remote working – we understand a work life balance helps us all.


• Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays with long service recognition and festive shutdown.


• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment including in-house coaching and mentoring.


• Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay. We are a real living wage employer.


• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.


• Health cash plan scheme.


• Professional membership support


• Family policies


• Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.


• Cycle to work Scheme.


• On-site parking facilities (excluding London office)


• Season Ticket Loan (if applicable)


• Death in service benefit.


• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.


• Additional leave allocated for volunteering (up to 2 days).


• Health & Mental Wellness Programs.


• Employee Referral Scheme.


• Employee working groups

The role...

We are currently recruiting for a construction professional with a building control background to be a Building Regulations Consultant within our Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD) and Building Safety Act team.

The role will be a key part of our central BRPD team, reporting to our H&S Director. The role is to be based in our Colchester, Billericay or London offices.

This is an exciting opportunity for a professional with a building control background to lead own jobs and help achieve safety and compliance with our IW designers on a variety of projects. 

Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.

The selected candidate will …

• Act as building regulations consultant for various project type design teams.


• Review design packages for projects and completing building control Plan Checks, to advise on and highlight compliance. Prepare Building Regulations Compliance Reports.


• Leading compliance workshops and interactive sessions with design teams to seek innovative and compliant solutions.


• Working on High Risk Buildings to support design teams to produce Gateway information. 


• Gather input and coordinate with independent technical specialists as needed for elements of the design. To be sourced from IW internal technical specialists and external support as required.


• Assess necessary involvement during the Construction Phase by setting out visits, requirements and information to be provided by the Principal Contractor requirements.


• Conduct periodic inspections of the works as defined in scope for each particular project.


• Coordinate and gather any variations to the design which may impact Building Regulations compliance.


• Assist in preparing the Building Regulations conformance statements and Completion Reports for each project.


• Input of necessary documentation into building information on agreed platform with Client for the works.
  

 Essential skills, experience, and attributes:

• Manage own job list, provide sound advice to clients and IW teams around the Practice.


• Help develop the Building Regulations Principal Designer Service with the H&S Director.


• Proactive self-starter who is comfortable dealing with clients and project teams.


• Ability to highlight concerns and work through solutions in a collaborative way.

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

To discover more about life at Ingleton Wood, please visit our website 🌐 https://www.ingletonwood.co.uk/