Building Regulations PD Advisor

About us…

Ingleton Wood is a growing and dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across the majority of industry sectors including commercial, health, education, defence, residential and community.

Our services include architecture, building surveying, building services engineering, planning, interior design, sustainability, civil and structural engineering, quantity surveying, project management, CDM and health and safety services.

We have offices in London, Billericay, Cambridge, Colchester, Norwich, Oxford, and Nottingham and plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.

The role…

We are currently recruiting for a construction professional with a building control background to be a Building Regulation Advisor within our Building Regulations Principal Designer 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 Principal Designer advisor for Ingleton Wood’s design teams.


• Collate and comment on all Design Risk compliance documents for projects. Produce, review and update a BSA compliance Risk Register / Project Compliance Coordination Record.


• Review full design packages for project prepared by IW design teams in architecture/building surveying/services engineering/structures and highlight Building Regulations compliance. Prepare Building Regulations Compliance Reports.


• 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.


• Assist in preparing the project Building Regulations conformance statement.


• Assess necessary involvement during the Construction Phase by setting out visits, requirements and information to be provided by the Principal Contractor requirements, and any opening up or inspection regime.


• 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.


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

Essential skills, experience, and attributes:

• Good collaborator.


• Strong technical background in architecture, building surveying, project management or health and safety.


• Qualifications as appropriate.

We offer our staff…

• Competitive salaries and earning opportunities.


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


• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment.


• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.


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


• Cycle to work Scheme.


• Employee Referral Scheme.


• Death in service benefit.


• Health cash plan scheme.


• Generous holiday entitlement with long service recognition and festive shutdown.


• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.