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Ref no:
SLA10201
Published:
06/02/2023
Closes:
20/02/2023
Location:
Council, HQ. Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA
Salary:
£44,308.57 - £44,965.54 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week

Job Description

South Lanarkshire Council are looking to appoint an Advanced Building Standards Surveyor. Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates who ideally have experience of and working within a Building Standards environment. The main focus of this post is verification of building works through plan checking, site inspections and testing of materials in line with all current legislation.

You will be based in one of our Area Teams and assist/deputise for the Team Leader in dealing with a wide range of building warrants, completion certificates, letters of comfort, plan vetting, site visits, and lead on enforcement and compliance work. We ask that you bring excellent communication skills, be highly organised and have the passion and experience to deliver results. You will ensure continuous improvement and efficiency, a positive and flexible organisational culture and promote an innovative and collaborative way of working and a partnership approach to service delivery.

**Previous applicants need not apply**

Requirements

Please Apply online

All correspondence will be via your email address registered with myjobscotland.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant.  Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.

The Individual

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

  • Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
  • Up to 33 days annual leave
  • Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
  • Occupational sick pay
  • Family friendly policies - flexible working, including consideration of a condensed working weeks e.g 4 day working week, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
  • Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
  • Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)
  • Disability Confident Employer - Employer
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  • Scottish Living Wage
  • Carer Positive Employer in Scotland - Engaged