Assistant Building Standards Surveyor - 6 Posts

Job Description

We’d like to welcome you to the unique setting of Glasgow, Scotland's largest and most dynamic city. A global destination for innovation, culture, education and investment.

As the heart of the Scottish economy and its only metropolitan region, Glasgow offers an exciting environment where major developments, landmark events and complex urban challenges are part of everyday life.

Our Building Standards & Public Safety service plays a crucial role in shaping this city. From transformative city centre and city-wide projects to major concerts, festivals, international events and safety at sports grounds, the scale and variety of work is unparalleled in Scotland.

If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.

Position Details

We are offering an excellent opportunity to join our expanding Building Standards & Public Safety team as an Assistant Building Standards Surveyor. There are 6 permanent positions available.

In this developmental role, you will support the delivery of a high-quality Building Standards service to meet verifier appointment criteria, statutory duties, NRS service targets and wider Council objectives. You will manage your own workload, maintain accurate records and help ensure compliance with statutory requirements.

This role provides structured training and professional support, with a pathway toward full membership of a relevant professional institute and help progress to be being a Building Standards Surveyor.

The post is located within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability and reports to a Team Manager for Building Standards & Public Safety.

Duties / What you will do:

• Assist in assessing building warrant applications and completion submissions.
• Support enforcement activities and compliance checks.
• Contribute to public safety work relating to events, sports grounds, licensed venues and dangerous buildings.
• Maintain accurate records to support statutory reporting and performance indicators.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver service priorities.

What we can offer:

• A unique opportunity to work across the widest range of building types and development scales in Scotland.
• Professional development, mentoring and support toward relevant institute membership.
• The chance to contribute directly to the safety, sustainability and future growth of Glasgow.
• A supportive team environment within an ambitious, forward-looking service.

An HNC/HND in an appropriate construction discipline or being currently enrolled and working toward this qualification is an essential requirement of the role. A degree in an appropriate construction related discipline, construction related experience, and a full current driving licence are desirable.

Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Role Profile for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.

Should you wish to discuss the post please contact ken.donoghue@glasgow.gov.uk or alex.maccalman@glasgow.gov.uk.

Contract Details

Weekly Hours: 35 per week

Work Pattern: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm

Annual Salary: £30,942.03 - £34,929.32 on an incremental scale Please note that this will increase by 3.5% on 1^st April 2026.

 

Hybrid working is available in this role.

If you’re shortlisted for the post, we look forward to telling you more about our approach to ensuring needs of the business are met along with flexibility to maintain your work-life balance through our family friendly policies, such as our flexible working procedure and work/life balance policy which are available here.

Benefits of working with us

Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:

• 26 days (182 hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days (203) hours after 5 years’ service
• 12.5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year
• Local government pension scheme
• Life and Personal Accident Insurance
• Occupational Sickness Pay
• Staff Benefit Scheme
• Glasgow Credit Union

For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/vacancies.

Details on our policies are available here.

Application Packs

We want everyone to be able to apply. If you need the Application Pack in another format, like Braille, large print, or another language, please call us on 0141 287 1054.

If we need to post it to you, we’ll send it by second-class mail within three working days. Please allow enough time to complete and return your application before the closing date. If you think you might need more time because of accessibility needs, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.

There are also a number of Accessibility Tools compatible with the myjobscotland website which may assist you with your application. More information on these can be found at https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/accessibility-statement.

Further Information

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